GANDERBAL — Two minor children lost their lives after accidentally slipping into the Baba Irrigation Canal in Goripora village of Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Arshiya (4), daughter of Mohammad Amin Lone, and Mohammad Imran (6), son of Mohammad Iqbal Lone, both residents of Goripora village. […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday announced that a proposal to construct a new two-lane tube tunnel parallel to the existing Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee tunnel on the Chenani-Nashri stretch, connecting Udhampur with Ramban district, has been approved. Describing the development as “another good news for Udhampur,” Singh expressed gratitude to Union transport […]
JAMMU — Two Border Security Force officers sustained injuries after a bus carrying security personnel for deployment on Amarnath Yatra duty collided with two other vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. The injured personnel have been shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Their condition is stated to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a joint operation with the Army’s 52 Rashtriya Rifles recovered illegal arms and ammunition in Baramulla district and arrested an accused in connection with an unlawful arms possession case. According to a police statement, a Mobile Vehicle Checking Point (MVCP) was established at Chandsuma, Kanispora near the […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a minor girl within 24 hours of her reported kidnapping in Pulwama district and arrested the accused involved in the case. According to a police statement, a written complaint regarding the kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl was received at Police Station Pulwama. […]
ZOJILA — Zojila Tunnel will see light of the day, literally, on Tuesday when a blast will lead to a breakthrough at the end of the world’s longest single-tube bi-directional bypass built at record height. The breakthrough will bring the decades-old dream of an all-weather connectivity between the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh closer to reality, […]
SRINAGAR — PDP MLA from Pulwama on Monday joined local farmers in paddy transplantation as a mark of protest against the Jammu and Kashmir government’s attempts to evict the land tillers. Waheed Ur Rehman Para drove a tractor as he ploughed a paddy field and later joined the farmers in sowing paddy saplings. “The authorities […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday sanctioned key infrastructure projects worth Rs 7.05 crore aimed at strengthening facilities and enhancing welfare measures for Kashmiri migrants residing in Jammu. The approved projects include the construction of a multipurpose community hall at Migrant Camp Muthi, Jammu, which will also accommodate a library and dedicated shops […]
JAMMU — Two notorious drug peddlers were detained under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. Suresh Kumar alias Bantu and Hussain Mohd, both residents of Katra, have been detained pursuant to formal detention orders issued by […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said they have attached properties worth over ₹66 lakh belonging to two alleged drug peddlers under the provisions of Chapter VA of the NDPS Act in Sopore area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. According to a police statement, the attached properties belong to Zahoor Ahmad […]