JAMMU — A fresh batch of 5,335 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base-camp here early Tuesday for the annual Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir. More than 2.77 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine till now. The 13th batch included 3,911 men, 1,288 women and 21 children. According to officials, 1,736 pilgrims […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government on Tuesday ordered summer vacations for all Government Degree Colleges in Kashmir Division and the Winter Zone of Jammu Division from July 21 to August 2, 2026. According to a government order issued by the Higher Education Department, all Government Degree Colleges falling in the Kashmir Division and the Winter […]
JAMMU — A massive search operation was launched on Tuesday across some villages in Thanamandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after CCTV footage purportedly captured the movement of two suspected terrorists, officials said. The suspected terrorists were caught on CCTV crossing a road late on Sunday night, prompting the Special Operations Group (SOG) […]
JAMMU — A drone was recovered from an open field in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The drone was found lying in an agricultural field near Devak by a resident of Chak Salaria, who spotted it while out on a morning run at 5:50 am, the officials said. They said […]
JAMMU — A Jammu court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed for his role in last year’s terror attack in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow. The warrant was issued at the request of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which plans to declare the terrorist a proclaimed offender, people familiar with the […]
JAMMU — Amid the row over Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir donation theft, a court in Jammu and Kashmir has directed the J&K Crime Branch to produce records related to over Rs 550 crore worth of “fake silver” offerings at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. The court issued the directions while hearing a plea seeking registration of […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Monday rejected the bail plea of the founder-editor of a Jammu-based news outlet, arrested by the ED in May for allegedly impersonating an “influential” PMO official and cheating people of over Rs 4 crore on the pretext of getting their work done. The court said Vijay Gupta “failed” […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Monday demolished the house of an alleged drug peddler and seized the property of another alleged narcotics trafficker in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district as part of an intensified crackdown on the drug trade. Officials said both actions, carried out in separate cases, were done in accordance with the relevant legal […]
SRINAGAR — The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted permission to increase the annual MBBS intake at the Government Medical College Jammu by 50 seats, an official spokesperson said on Monday. The announcement was made by the Health and Medical Education Department. The Medical Assessment and Rating Board of the NMC has issued the Letter […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said they detained an alleged Over Ground Worker (OGW) after the Facial Recognition System (FRS) generated an alert at the Nunwan X-Ray Point during the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. According to a police statement, the individual was identified as Faisal Muzaffar, son of Muzaffar Ahmad, […]