SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has approved the appointment of 42 candidates in the Housing and Urban Development Department under the J&K Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme, 2022, reaffirming the government’s commitment to providing compassionate support to eligible beneficiaries. According to a post shared by the Chief Minister’s Office on X, the […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday dismissed a Selection Grade Constable from service after a departmental inquiry found him guilty of misconduct in connection with an NDPS case in Kathua district. According to a police statement, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kathua Mohita Sharma (IPS) ordered the dismissal of Selection Grade Constable […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday directed all party office bearers to ensure participation in district-level protests to be held by it across Jammu and Kashmir to mark the seventh anniversary of abrogation of Article 370. The protests will be held on August 5, demanding the restoration of Article 370 and release of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday announced that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the status of a Fully Literate State/UT under the Government of India’s ULLAS scheme. In a post on X, Sinha said J&K recorded a 99.09 per cent success rate, making it the largest population region […]
JAMMU — A batch of 964 devotees left the base camp here on Tuesday for the annual Amarnath yatra in Kashmir, the smallest batch of pilgrims so far. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which was shut for several hours due to slippery road conditions and debris clearance operation, was reopened for traffic facilitating passage of the […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Tuesday launched a massive search operation after receiving inputs about the suspected movement of terrorists at two locations in the remote Surankote area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Acting on the information, personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, assisted by […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was washed away while hundreds of people were evacuated as multiple cloudbursts struck the Valley on Monday, triggering flash floods in several districts, officials said. Naseema Begum (52) was washed away in a flash flood caused by a cloudburst as she was trying to manoeuvre across a culvert over a swelled […]
SRINAGAR, Mudasir Maqbool (KIMS) — “The ANT: A Philosophy of Human Existence,” authored by young writer Mir Muzzamil, was launched at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on Monday. The event brought together literary personalities, scholars, entrepreneurs, students and intellectuals to celebrate the release of a thought-provoking work exploring the deeper meaning of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday congratulated Jammu and Kashmir cricketer Auqib Nabi on his selection to the Indian squad for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka. In a post on X, the Chief Minister described Nabi’s selection as a matter of immense pride for Jammu […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — The Jal Shakti Department on Monday issued a public advisory stating that potable water supply to Anantnag town and several adjoining areas has been affected due to multiple cloudbursts in the upper reaches of the Pahalgam area of the district. According to the department, the cloudbursts have rendered the raw water sourced […]