JAMMU — Flash floods triggered by incessant overnight rainfall damaged the Doda-Kishtwar highway on Monday, disrupted vehicular traffic and buried several vehicles near the under construction 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric Power Project in the hilly districts of Doda and Kishtwar. Huge quantities of mud, boulders and debris was deposited on the highway following the flash […]
JAMMU — A Class seven student was accidentally locked inside a government middle school after he fell asleep in his classroom on the last working day before the 15-day summer vacation in Ramban district last week, prompting authorities to conduct an inquiry and suspend the entire nine-member staff of the school, officials said on Monday. […]
JAMMU — A fresh batch of 5,794 pilgrims, including 1,211 women, departed from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here early Monday for the annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said. Around 60,000 pilgrims have offered prayers at the holy cave shrine since the yatra began on July 3, they said. The officials said the fifth batch included […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric of Kashmir on Monday welcomed efforts by civil society for the resumption of India-Pakistan dialogue, saying that in the new world order, war is not a solution to any problem. On the Amarnath Yatra, the Mirwaiz said that Kashmir has a long tradition of hospitality and the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday said it has registered an FIR against five officials of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Department and nine Fair Price Shop (FPS) dealers for their alleged involvement in the embezzlement and misappropriation of government food grains in Karnah area of Kupwara district. According […]
JAMMU — A search operation was launched early Monday after a suspected Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The drone-like object, fitted with a blinking light, was observed over the forward villages of Meenka and Beripattan in the Sunderbani […]
SRINAGAR — The operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district to trace two local terrorists of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit, who were believed to be trapped in a dense orchard, entered the third day on Monday, officials said. The searches resumed at day break after nightlong suspension to track down the two terrorists who were […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Srinagar Airport on Monday said that no scheduled commercial flights are operating from the airport today, as confirmed by the respective airlines. In a post on X, the airport said that following the recent withdrawal of the proposed Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for Monday and Tuesday, airlines are in the process of […]
JAMMU — A 42-year-old Amarnath pilgrim died after allegedly being bitten by a snake here on Sunday, officials said. Amit Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, reportedly suffered a snakebite at Bhagwati Nagar base camp around 2.30 am and was immediately rushed to Government Medical College hospital for treatment, the officials said. They said his […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said the party has expanded its nationwide campaign against examination paper leaks to all 20 districts of the Union territory, and alleged that the Centre has failed to safeguard the future of students. He said the Congress high command had announced 28 pilot […]