SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said he was saddened by the passing of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, describing him as a statesman committed to harmony. Singh, the architect of India’s economic reforms and a consensus builder in the rough world of politics, died at the All India Institute of […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold continued in the Valley on Friday as the weather office forecast light rain and snowfall during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The MeT department officials said that light rain in the plains of Jammu division and snowfall in the higher reaches of the Valley is likely to occur […]
JAMMU — One person was killed while another one was injured in a road at Bari Brahmana area of jammu district. Officials told GNS that on thursday evening one trailer truck bearing registration number PB07CA lost its control near Bari Brahmana and hit a motorcyclist. In this incident the motorcyclist was killed on spot where […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached the properties of three absconding militants currently operating from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in the Rajouri district, officials said. The attached land, measuring 7 kanals and 15 marlas, belongs to Khadim Hussain of Kandi, Muneer Hussain of Gakhrote, and Mohd Shabir of Panjnara, they […]
JAMMU — A team of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress was stopped on Thursday by police from proceeding to Katra to extend support to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, which is protesting against the proposed ropeway project. The shutdown against the proposed ropeway project in the Trikuta Hills entered its second day, with […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met several delegations and emphasized his government’s commitment to addressing the challenges faced by various sectors of society. The Chief Minister stated this during his public outreach programme at Raabita office here, where scores of delegations and individuals from various parts of Kashmir presented their concerns and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a major breakthrough against the drug menace, the Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property worth 14,76,579 lakhs and cash 6 lakhs in Melhura village in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a double-storey residential house under section 68-E read with 68-F(1) of Narcotic […]
GURUGRAM — Simran Singh, a social media influencer and freelance radio jockey from Jammu and Kashmir with nearly seven lakh followers on Instagram, has died by suicide in Gurugram, the police said. Her body was found hanging in her room on Wednesday night, police said, adding that no suicide note was found from the spot. […]
GANDERBAL [Hadi Hidayat] (KIMS) — In a swift response to a viral social media post, the Drug Control Department shut down a medical shop in the Peerpora Kachan area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday. Acting on a complaint, a team of drug control officers inspected the medical shop and found it non-compliant with […]
JAMMU — A shutdown in Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, against a proposed ropeway project entered its second day on Thursday, with the protesters sitting on a hunger strike to press for the release of those detained by police the day before. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi […]