JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said there will be no general increase in electricity tariffs across the Union territory in the current financial year. The chief minister made this announcement amid apprehensions over an additional 20 per cent charge on electricity consumption during morning and evening hours in the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday ordered a preliminary enquiry after a cricketer from south Kashmir wore a helmet with the Palestinian flag during a private cricket tournament match in Jammu, a police spokesperson said. A video and photos of the cricketer, Furqan Ul Haq, were circulated online after he was seen […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against 108 persons accused in a corruption racket in the Bandipora district electric division, officials said on Friday. The EOW has submitted the chargesheet in a case registered under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), read with Section […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Narcotics Task Force of the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a woman drug peddler on Thursday, who had been evading her arrest for the last three years, officials said on Friday. The accused, identified as Tamana Ashraf, a resident of the Batamaloo area, was wanted in connection with a drug trafficking case […]
SRINAGAR — Police have initiated “security proceedings” against ten people, and counselled five minors, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district for not complying with orders prohibiting the use of virtual private network (VPN) in the Union territory for security reasons. Authorities in Shopian and Kulgam districts on Monday (Dec 29, 2025) had suspended the use […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday imposed a ban on trekking, hiking, camping and other similar outdoor activities in the high-altitude and forest areas of Kokernag due to “security concerns”. The decision followed reports received from police and security agencies about rising threats in certain high-altitude and forested areas […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday carried out searches in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts as part of its probe into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, officials said. They said the NIA sleuths, assisted by police and CRPF, brought along one of the accused — […]
JAMMU — Five houses were gutted and two people sustained injuries after a fire, triggered by an LPG cylinder blast, broke out in a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Friday. The fire erupted in a house in Thachna village late Thursday and spread rapidly to nearby homes, they said. […]
SRINAGAR — Police have initiated legal proceedings against 69 people in Kashmir for not complying with orders prohibiting the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) in Jammu and Kashmir for security reasons. A spokesperson said police in Sopore have identified 23 people using VPN services in violation of the prohibitory orders issued by the Baramulla […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that two terror associates were arrested and arms, ammunition and cash amounting to Rs 8.4 lakh were recovered from their possession during a late-evening operation in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. Police said the recovery was made by Police Station Ganderbal in coordination with the […]