NEW DELHI — Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday said that the Muslims of Kashmir Valley want the Kashmiri Pandits to return, while emphasising that the issue is a humanitarian one and not political. During an interaction with IANS, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also spoke on several issues, including the long-standing Kashmir conflict and […]
SRINAGAR — An off-duty soldier, who had gone missing on Saturday, has returned home in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Rifleman Abid Bhat had left his home in Chittergul in Anantnag district to report to duty at Rangreth on Saturday. However, he did not report at the camp till Sunday morning, leading […]
JAMMU — An 11-year-old boy was killed and his younger sister injured when the wall of an under-construction mud house collapsed in a remote village in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred at Paundal village in the Lathi area when a group of labourers was busy in construction […]
SRINAGAR — A soldier returning to duty from home after holidays has gone missing, officials here said on Sunday. Rifleman Abid Bhat had left his home in Chittergul in Anantnag district to report to duty at Rangreth on Saturday, the officials said. They said the soldier did not report at the camp till this morning […]
NEW DELHI — A five-member team of experts from AIIMS Delhi, including specialists in toxicology, has spoken to 11 patients who are undergoing treatment for a mysterious illness that has claimed 17 lives in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, and recorded their clinical history. The team would visit Badhaal village on Sunday where three families […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre has allocated Rs 41,000.07 crore to Jammu and Kashmir in the Union Budget for 2025-26, which is almost the same as the revised estimate for the 2024-25 fiscal. Additionally, the Jammu and Kashmir Police — directly controlled by the Union home ministry since the abrogation of Article 370 and the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday arrested a chicken seller in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley for allegedly overcharging customers and using inaccurate weighing machines to deceive them. “Police in Srinagar has taken cognizance after receiving a written complaint against a chicken seller in Nowhatta Chowk for allegedly overcharging customers and using […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a major crackdown on criminal activities, Jammu and Kashmir Police apprehended two gangsters in Miran Sahib area of Jammu district and seized illegal arms and ammunition from their possession. “During a search operation, a team of Jammu Police, led by PSI Arjun Singh & PSI Nitish Khajuria under the leadership of […]
BANIHAL — One person was killed and three others injured when a truck loaded with liquor bottles skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday, officials said. The accident occurred near Battery Cheshma in Ramban district when its driver Rafaqat Khattana lost control while negotiating a […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday attached properties worth crores of a notorious drug drug peddler under NDPS Act in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. “A three BHK Flat at Mohali, Punjab and three trucks bearing registration numbers JK14J-1718, JK14J-0018, JK14J-0618 belonging to the notorious drug peddler were attached under Section […]