SRINAGAR — Three people were injured after a portion of a retention wall collapsed in the tourist resort town of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, officials said. A portion of the retention wall near the Pahalgam taxi stand collapsed due to incessant rain, they said. Three people were injured in the […]
SRINAGAR — A few areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while rains lashed the plains on Thursday, officials said. The famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Gurez in Bandipora, and a few other places received fresh snowfall overnight that continued till morning, they said. They said most plains, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said state land valued at over Rs 18,000 crore is under illegal encroachment in the union territory, with eviction processes initiated to reclaim it. Health Minister Sakina Itoo, who was replying on behalf of the Revenue Minister, stated this in reply to a question from BJP […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces have arrested two militant associates in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. “Based on specific intelligence input, a search operation was launched by security forces at Gandbal-Hajin Road in Bandipora district on Wednesday,” Indian Army’s Srinagar based Chinar Corps said in a post on X. “During search, the two militant […]
JAMMU — The district task force has rescued nine homeless street children from different parts of Jammu city over the past two days, officials said on Wednesday. Three children living on the streets were rescued from the Gole Market area during a rescue drive, they said. The task force carried out a similar drive in […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday said the Centre’s decision to ban Awami Action Committee (AAC) and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) is yet another “authoritarian move to silence voices”. The Srinagar MP said in a post on X that this action by New Delhi only adds to the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested another man in the murder of a gangster here that took place nearly two months ago, an officer said on Wednesday. Yudhvir Singh, a resident of Mandi Sangwali area of Samba, was arrested from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Delhi, soon after he landed from Kuala Lumpur, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that TV channels and news portals should stop spreading misinformation about new liquor vends being allotted by the government in the region. “There is no change in the 305 shops being auctioned in 2025-26, with no addition of any new shop for bidding.” […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Emergency Service Unit (ESU) of the SP Rural Office, Jammu, has recovered 51 missing mobile phones reported lost at various police stations and posts across the rural zone of Jammu. “Missing reports of these mobile phones were lodged by people in different police stations and police posts of the rural zone. […]
GULMARG — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre has not shared any intelligence with his government that could have warranted the ban on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Awami Action Committee (AAC), and asserted he was not in favour of such decisions. The Centre had on Tuesday banned the AAC, headed […]