SRINAGAR — The wedding season in Kashmir is losing its sheen amid the mutton crisis — a problem that traders in the Valley attribute to an “illegal” levy imposed by Punjab on livestock passing through the state. Weddings in Kashmir are incomplete without Wazwan, a traditional multi-course meat-based meal, acting as the ultimate culinary centrepiece […]
JAMMU — Off-line registration for the annual Amarnath Yatra commenced on Wednesday, with hundreds of devotees turning up at the designated centres a day before Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is scheduled to flag off the first batch of pilgrims from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp here. The 57-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high […]
JAMMU — A chargesheet was filed against a man on Tuesday for allegedly duping two brothers of Rs 10 crore by claiming to have secured an Army contract and using a forged supply order to obtain bank credit facilities, officials said. The chargesheet was filed before a local court against Puneet Rasutra of Rehari, Jammu, […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a patwari and his assistant for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹70,000 in Jammu. According to an ACB statement, Shashi Kumar, Patwari of Patwar Halqa Gole, and his assistant, Harkeerat Singh, were trapped and arrested after a complaint alleging that they had demanded […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said it has filed chargesheets in two separate corruption cases before the competent Special Courts after completion of investigations and obtaining the requisite prosecution sanctions. According to an ACB statement, in the first case, a chargesheet was filed before the Court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Baramulla, […]
JAMMU — Two persons were killed and two others, including a woman, were injured after a truck collided with a tractor on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident occurred around late Monday night near New Khajuria Dhaba at Peerah when a truck, travelling from Jammu towards […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they arrested an alleged inter-district drug smuggler in Anantnag district of South Kashmir and seized 2.613 kilograms of heroin (brown sugar) worth an estimated ₹20 crore in the illicit market. According to a police statement, the recovery was made during routine naka checking at Halmulla, […]
JAMMU — A young woman constable of the Border Security Force (BSF) was found hanging in her room at the force’s frontier headquarters here on Monday, officials said. The deceased, Constable Bishnu Priya Roy, was undergoing a three-month Lab Assistant Course that began on May 25 and was staying in accommodation allotted to her at […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Monday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a hideout in Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. During a search operation in Warpora area of Sopore, they recovered arms and ammunition, including an AK rifle, a magazine, 30 rounds of ammunition, a Under barrel […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he has taken up the concerns of mutton dealers of Jammu and Kashmir with his Punjab counterpart, Bhagwant Mann, seeking his intervention in ensuring smooth movement of livestock vehicles through the neighbouring state. Abdullah informed Mann that livestock-laden vehicles bound for Jammu & Kashmir were allegedly […]