JAMMU — Heatwave has triggered a severe water and power crisis in several areas of the Jammu division, prompting authorities to set up control rooms and appoint nodal officers in each district to cater to public complaints. On Monday, authorities announced a four-hour load-shedding in urban areas and an eight-hour cut in rural areas on […]
JAMMU — Three persons, including two women, were injured when a rusted mortar shell exploded in a field due to a fire in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The condition of two of the injured is stated to be serious, they said. The explosion occurred when some farmers were burning […]
SRINAGAR — The body of a man with his throat slit was found on Monday in Mir Muqam Awoora village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding his death. A police official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the deceased, identified as Abdul Hamid Khan, […]
SRINAGAR — The final batch of 273 Haj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir departed from Srinagar International Airport on Monday, marking the conclusion of the Haj departures for 2024. The first return flight from Saudi Arabia is scheduled for June 22, an official said. A senior officer of the J&K Haj Committee said that today […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The residents of the Kashmir Valley have appealed to the authorities to take action and cut down the Russian poplar trees, as they pose severe health risks, particularly to children and the elderly. The residents have also demanded that the government find an alternative to the Russian poplar trees, which have become […]
SRINAGAR — ACB J&K arrested a cashier in the office of Executive Engineer, KPDCL sub transmission division Sopore red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 9000 for release of security deposit of a complainant. In a statement, a spokesperson said that ACB received a complaint against Mohd Shafi Bhat senior assistant-cum-cashier in the […]
SRINAGAR — Election authorities in Jammu and Kashmir seized about Rs 95 crore worth of cash and other freebies like liquor that were meant for influencing the minds of voters during the staggered elections to five Lok Sabha seats in the Union territory. The polling in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Saturday as Anantnag-Rajouri […]
JAMMU — A police constable booked last year under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was dismissed from service in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, an official said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police (Reasi) Mohita Sharma ordered the dismissal of selection grade constable Tariq Hussain Shah for his prolonged unauthorised absence from duties […]
JAMMU — A Bangladeshi national appearing to be mentally challenged was detained in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwalla area of Akhnoor sub-division here, officials said on Sunday. An army patrol party saw the person, who seemed to be a vagrant, at Lower Kot Maira in Khour area on Saturday […]
SRINAGAR — Fire broke out in a commercial complex near the headquarters of National Conference (NC) in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. A commercial complex near the Zero Bridge caught fire this evening and the flames engulfed two restaurants, the officials said. The complex is in close proximity to […]