JAMMU — The authorities in Jammu on Wednesday conducted an inspection of nearly two dozen ultrasound and imaging centres, and sealed one such facility for its failure to renew registration, an official spokesman said. The drive was conducted across various subdivisions on the directions of Jammu Deputy Commissioner Sachin Kumar Vaishya, the spokesman said. He […]
JAMMU — The Army busted a major militant hideout in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said here. The Rashtriya Rifles troops busted the hideout during cordon and search operations in the forest area of Mahore, they said. According to the officials, […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a swift and commendable operation, the Jammu Police unraveled the mystery behind the blind murder of a laborer, Pappu Paswan, within six hours of its report in the Garkhal area of Akhnoor. The investigation was led by IC SDPO Akhnoor Mudassir Hussain, SHO Akhnoor, and IC BPP Garkhal, under the supervision […]
SRINAGAR — Discussions between Union home and tourism ministries are at an advanced stage on allowing satellite phones for trekkers in no-network zones in the Kashmir valley, Tourism Director Raja Yaqoob Farooq said here on Wednesday. “The tourism ministry, Government of India, has already taken up (the issue) with the MHA for different states, because […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a major step to curb criminal activities in the District Udhampur, District Police Udhampur have booked and detained one more habitual bovine smuggler under the J&K Public Safety Act (PSA) for his notorious activities in bovine smuggling on the detention orders issued by the District Magistrate Udhampur. The accused namely Mohd. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said Jammu’s uniqueness will not be allowed to diminish and asserted that his government will restore Darbar move. Darbar move, an age-old practice under which the civil secretariat and other government offices used to function six months each in Srinagar and Jammu during summer […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday chaired a meeting of civil society at his official residence here, his first such exercise in the winter capital after the National Conference-led coalition government assumed power in the Union Territory. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary, and ministers Sakina Itoo, Javed Rana and Satish […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested lady drug peddler in Awantipora area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Wednesday and recovered contraband substances from her possession. “After receiving reliable information regarding presence of contraband in a residential house […]
JAMMU — A two-member team of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met Rohingya Muslims at a slum here amid a heated debate whether the illegally settled immigrants be provided water and electricity. Senior Protection Officer Tomoko Fukumura along with Protection Associate Ragini Trakroo Zutushi on Monday met the Rohingya Muslims and some […]
SRINAGAR — Cold wave continued to sweep across the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday as Srinagar city recorded minus 3 degrees Celsius minimum temperature. Since morning, fresh snowfall has started in the Zojila Pass axis of the Srinagar- Leh highway. Traffic on the highway has been suspended for the day. Meteorological Department officials said the minimum […]