SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday opposed any free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union and the US, saying a similar deal with New Zealand had hurt the apple growers of Kashmir by exposing them to “unfair imports”. Expressing concern that apple import duties may be diluted, she said flooding markets with […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, V K Birdi, on Saturday conducted an annual review of the crime situation in the valley, and directed officers to ensure convictions in the NDPS Act and UAPA cases to break the narco-criminal and terror ecosystem. Birdi chaired the annual crime review meeting at PCR Kashmir here, […]
JAMMU — Dozens of protesters on Saturday gathered outside Lok Bhavan here and set ablaze an effigy of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, demanding revocation of the MBBS admission list of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi. Raising slogans such as “LG go back”, the protest was organised by […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone on Saturday said “harassment” of Kashmiris in some parts of the country should be treated as a matter of national security, and urged the lieutenant governor and chief minister to intervene in the matter. “This behaviour against Kashmiris in the rest of the country should not to be […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday said they detained three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) under the provisions of the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Shopian district of South Kashmir and shifted them to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. The detained individuals have been identified as Owais Ahmad Lone of Sedow, Mashooq Ahmad Shah of Shahlatoo […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological (MeT) Department on Saturday forecast mainly dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir till December 29, with rain and snowfall likely around the New Year. According to the MeT Department, the weather is expected to remain mainly dry in Jammu and Kashmir from December 27 to 29. On December 30, there […]
JAMMU — A 35-year-old CBI lawyer died in a vehicle collision on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, officials said on Friday. A video purportedly showing the advocate’s car being hit from behind by a speeding vehicle near Banihal went viral on social media. The victim, Sheikh Adil Nabi, was recently appointed as a […]
JAMMU — Sixteen people were detained by police from drug-related hotspots in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, police carried out an operation in areas prone to drug-related activities at Rakh Barotian in Vijaypur tehsil, where some homeless people were found wandering suspiciously, they said. They detained 16 […]
JAMMU — The Jammu railway division will operate special reserved train services for six days from Saturday between New Delhi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to facilitate passengers amid heavy rush during the New Year celebrations, officials said. The special trains will run from December 27 to January 1 to manage increased passenger traffic […]
SRINAGAR — A stone sculpture of Goddess Durga was recovered by a fisherman from the Jhelum River in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Friday. A police spokesman said that on Thursday, Nazir Ahmad Latoo, a resident of the Shaltang-Zogyar area of the north Kashmir district, reported that he had found a stone […]