JAMMU — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has listed one more accused in its charge sheet for his role in delivering arms and weapons from Pakistan to militants of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) by drones, the agency said on Wednesday. Zakir Hussain alias Sonu is the tenth accused against whom charges have been filed in a […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has paved the way for the construction of key police projects involving national security matters, modifying an interim order passed in March last year. The interim order had stalled important police projects such as the construction of a battalion headquarters in Kishtwar and an […]
JAMMU — Located just 600 meters from the Line of Control (LoC), the Dabbi village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district comes alive after dusk, thanks to the army which has installed solar-powered lights to provide succour to the villagers. The project was undertaken under operation ‘Sadhbhavana’ (goodwill) and was completed in a short period, […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan has been granted bail by a special court in Srinagar in connection with a five-year-old case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The case pertains to an incident of rioting at Srinagar’s Central Jail in 2019, when a group of inmates allegedly set fire to a few barracks and […]
PULWAMA [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — In the serene valley of Pulwama, a remarkable event took place at Iqbal Memorial Public School in Dogripora, Awantipora, marking the starting point of the ‘Young Marathon Race’—a 3-kilometer journey of determination and endurance. Twenty spirited students from Dogripora laced up their running shoes and took to the track, each […]
JAMMU — A village head was on Tuesday dismissed from service for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by participating in a political rally in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Rajouri is part of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls on May 25. District collector Rajouri Om Prakash Bhagat […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A man has been stabbed to death in Dalgate area of Srinagar on Tuesday evening while the accused involved in the crime has been arrested. Jammu and Kashmir Police said, “The man identified as Bilal Ahmad Guroo, son of Nazir Ahmad Guroo, a resident of Bemina Srinagar, a fruit vendor by profession […]
JAMMU — Several policemen were injured in clashes with anti-social elements as authorities retrieved more than 20 acres of prime land in a major anti-encroachment drive in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Samba SSP Vinay Sharma said the joint drive by the police and the civil […]
JAMMU — Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan on Tuesday said the pilgrims planning to visit Amarnath cave shrine would experience “improved tracks” this year. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir will commence from the twin tracks — traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district […]
JAMMU — The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Tuesday achieved a significant milestone by breaking through the 2.79-km Sungal tunnel along the Jammu-Poonch national highway. BRO chief Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan expressed the hope of completing the strategically important project within the next couple of years. Sungal, connecting Akhnoor and Poonch, is the second of […]