JAMMU — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday said that the militancy is alive in Jammu and Kashmir and it cannot be finished by the use of military or police. He urged the Centre to find ways to address the root cause of the menace. The former chief minister said the common people […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani Saturday alleged the BJP was misleading the public by claiming that normalcy has returned in the Union Territory even as frequent militant attacks continue to kill people and security personnel. He asked the government to take more effective steps to check the rise of militant […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir Government has assigned an additional charge of the post of Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, J&K to an Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer, Vijay Kumar. According to an order, “Shri Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General Police (Law & Order), J&K, shall also hold the charge […]
JAMMU — Three men were found dead under suspicious circumstances on Friday near the site of an ambush by militants on two Army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district that left five soldiers dead and two injured the previous day, officials said. The deceased were among the eight people reportedly picked up by the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Higher Education Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government has announced Winter vacation in all Government Degree College’s of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. According to a communique, “All Government Degree College’s of Kashmir division shall observe Winter vacation from December 27, 2023 to February 14, 2023.“ “All Government Degree […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Sheetal Devi, an armlessPara Archer from Loidhar village in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir will be conferred with prestigious Arjuna Award by President of India Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 9, 2024. Sheetal Devi won a record three medals at her maiden Asian Para Games in Hangzhou in […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least seven earthquakes of moderate intensity hit Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territory on Monday. The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.5, struck Zanskar, Kargil, at 3:48 PM, followed by a 3.8 magnitude tremor at 3:57 PM with the same epicentre. Two more earthquakes of magnitude 4.8 and 3.6 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the Regularization of In-charge Section Officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Secretariat (Subordinate) Service as Section Officer. According to an order, “the Departmental Promotion Committee in its meeting held on 11.10.2023, sanctioned the Regularization of Mr. Ishfaq Ahmad Ganai, In-charge Section […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, making a strong defence of the scrapping of Article 370, said no power in the universe could restore the revoked provisions of the Constitution. He said, “The scrapping of Article 370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir was necessary for the development of the […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti said that her party will continue struggle for the restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. In response to the Supreme Court’s decision on December 11, upholding the Centre’s move to revoke Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state, Mufti said that […]