SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday said it has filed a chargesheet against 11 accused persons, including four officials of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and seven private beneficiaries, in a case related to violations in building permissions. ACB said the chargesheet was filed in FIR No. 24/2020 under sections 5(1)(d) […]
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15 illegal structures razed in demolition drive in Jammu
JAMMU — The Jammu Development Authority (JDA) on Monday carried out a major anti-encroachment drive on the outskirts of Jammu city, demolishing over 15 structures built without requisite permissions, officials said. They said notices had been served to the violators according to legal procedures, giving them adequate time to comply. “In a significant enforcement action […]
Three dead, two injured as bridge collapses during repair work in Jammu; Dy CM orders probe, suspends engineers
JAMMU — Three labourers were killed and two persons including a fire officer were injured after a portion of an old bridge collapsed during repair work in the Thuther area of Bantalab on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said on Saturday. They were trapped under debris on Friday when labourers were carrying out retaining wall […]
Pulwama Police warns against sharing sensitive content related to minor’s tragic death
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Pulwama Police on Friday issued a public advisory urging social media users, content handlers and members of the media fraternity to strictly refrain from sharing, uploading or circulating any videos or photographs related to the tragic incident involving the minor who slipped into Rambiara Stream and whose body was retrieved today after […]
Security forces busted hideout in Kishtwar forest; recover cache of arms, ammunition
JAMMU — Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Kishtwar district on Friday and recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosive material, officials said. During a search operation in the Chatroo area of the district, security forces busted the hideout in the Bajmandoo forest of the Sigdi Bhata area. Officials said it belonged […]
Minor boy laid to rest in Pulwama, thousands attend funeral prayers
DC Shopian commends rescue teams, volunteers for unified efforts in operation PULWAMA/SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Thousands of people on Friday participated in the funeral prayers of 4-year-old Mohammad Hanzala of Tiken Batpora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district after his body was retrieved from Heerpora area of Shopian following a five-day-long search operation. Mohammad Hanzala had gone […]
Body of missing 4-year-old Pulwama boy retrieved from Ranbiara stream after 5 days
SHOPIAN — The body of a four-year-old boy from Pulwama, who had gone missing after slipping into a stream in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, was on Friday recovered from the Ranbiara nallah in the Hirpora area. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the deceased, identified as Mohammad Hanzala of Tiken village […]
Multi-agency counter-terrorist exercise carried out at Srinagar airport
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The CISF at Srinagar Airport conducted the annual counter-terrorist mock exercise in coordination with CRPF, local police, Airports Authority of India (AAI), BCAS, and other key stakeholders. The exercise evaluated response protocols through the coordinated deployment of specialized units, real-time scenario simulation, and comprehensive testing of actions as per the Counter-Terrorist Contingency […]
Engineer Rashid meets ailing father in SMHS hospital after granted one-week interim bail
SRINAGAR — Jailed Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Thursday arrived here to meet his ailing father after the Delhi High Court granted him a week’s interim bail, officials said. Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, the Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, arrived at the Srinagar airport here on Thursday afternoon and drove […]
Cyber Police lodges FIR as late separatist leader’s video surfaces online
SRINAGAR — The cyber wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday registered an FIR against unidentified persons for posting a video of late separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on social media, alleging that it glorifies separatist content, officials said. The move comes a day after Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti posted a […]









