JAMMU (KIMS) — Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, today convened a meeting with senior officers to review progress on construction of new Legislature Complex at Jammu. Secretary, PWD (R&B), Bhupinder Kumar; Secretary, Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Achal Sethi; DG, Budget, Mohammad Sultan; DG Codes, Mahesh Dass; Secretary, JKLA, Manoj Kumar […]
JAMMU — Opposing the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, the Jammu chapter of the J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) on Friday said it will stage a protest against the Central government’s proposed move on Saturday. The decision was taken at an urgent meeting of the advisory committee of the association at its office here, a […]
SRINAGAR — Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Friday while the plains received intermittent rains, officials said here. The famous tourist resorts of Gulmarg, Sonamarg, and Pahalgam received fresh overnight snowfall, the officials said. They said snowfall was also recorded in Anantnag, Zojila Pass, Banihal, Sadhna Pass, and Machil in Kupwara, and Razdan […]
JAMMU — India and Pakistan on Friday held a flag meeting along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district in an effort to ease tension after several recent incidents of cross-border firing and an IED attack, official sources said. The sources said the brigade-commander level flag meeting took place in the […]
JAMMU — A former Hizbul Mujahideen militant was arrested after a long hunt of 18 years from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Thursday, police said. Anwari Ali Chouhan alias Jamsheer, originally a resident of Gujjar-Kothian Talwara, had joined Hizbul Mujahideen in 2001. He remained active for seven years before surrendering in 2007 in the […]
JAMMU — The National Disaster Management Authority of India, Airport Authority Jammu Airport and Jammu & Kashmir Disaster Management Authority jointly conducted a Disaster Management Mock Exercise on February 18 and 19. All the Stakeholders, multiple agencies participated in the earthquake mock drill. The J&K Disaster Management department is committed to deal with any disaster […]
JAMMU — Three persons, including a policeman, travelling on two motorcycles were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Udhampur districts, officials said on Thursday. Selection grade constable Manpreet Singh, who was in his early 30s, lost his life when an electric bus hit his motorcycle at Gadigarh in Jammu on Thursday, the officials said. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday held separate meetings with elected representatives from Kishtwar and Doda districts here as he concluded his pre-budget consultations. Abdullah said the series of consultations with public representatives from all 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir had provided valuable insights into the ground-level issues faced […]
POONCH — An army soldier was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. Rifleman Mohd Asif Rather, who was part of a patrolling party, accidentally stepped over a landmine in a forward area in the Balakote sector of Mendhar sub-division around […]
JAMMU — The helicopter and ropeway service at the Vaishno Devi shrine remained suspended on Thursday as high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir experienced snowfall while the plains, including Jammu city, were lashed by rains, ending a prolonged dry spell, officials said. Jammu division had recorded an 83 per cent rainfall deficit and Kashmir Valley […]