GANDERBAL (KIMS) — As part of security preparedness for the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY)-2026, Ganderbal Police, in coordination with the Army, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and other concerned agencies, on Thursday conducted a joint mock drill at Wandhama Pandit Colony focusing on Urban Area Room Intervention. The exercise was aimed at enhancing […]
JAMMU — Two rusted mortar shells were detected and safely destroyed by the Army in the Mankote sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The unexploded ordnance was found in the Choki Sagra area of the Mendhar sub-division, they said. Army personnel of bomb disposal squad destroyed the shells in a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he will personally approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a proposal seeking a special central package for the flood-affected districts of Rajouri and Poonch. He also noted that the union territory does not have the financial capacity to meet the entire cost of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday registered two FIRs in connection with incidents of firecracker bursting during marriage ceremonies in alleged violation of prohibitory orders issued by the District Magistrate, Shopian. According to a police statement, the action was taken despite repeated public advisories and the enforcement of the District Magistrate’s orders […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police in Jammu on Thursday has arrested three alleged drug peddlers and seized heroin, cash, electronic weighing machines and other incriminating material in a crackdown under the Nasha Mukt Jammu campaign. According to police, the action stems from an operation carried out on July 27, when a police team intercepted a Mahindra […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday expressed outrage over the alleged listing of pork products for sale on the online delivery platform Blinkit in Kashmir, urging the company to immediately remove such products from its stock in the Valley. In a statement, the MMU said screenshots shared by public had […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited several flood-affected areas of Rajouri district to assess the damage caused to homes, livelihoods and public infrastructure. According to a post on X by the Office of the Chief Minister, Abdullah interacted with the affected families during the visit and expressed solidarity […]
JAMMU — The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed from Jammu on Thursday after a day-long suspension due to heightened security across Jammu and Kashmir on the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. A batch of 1801 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for yatra to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir. […]
JAMMU — Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, officials said. The soldiers were trying to defuse the landmine at Kanga Gali in Mendhar sector when it went off, the officials said. They said the injured […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that those rendered landless by the recent cloudburst would be provided five-marla plots. He also said his government would explore the adoption of advanced early-warning systems to strengthen disaster preparedness and minimise the loss of lives and property in the future. Abdullah visited […]