SRINAGAR — The Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, has convicted a former Executive Engineer and an orderly in a corruption trap case involving the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification during the processing of a contractor’s bill. The convicts have been identified as Ghulam Nabi Dar, the then Executive Engineer, Rural Engineering Works (REW), Ganderbal, and […]
JAMMU — One Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed and another critically injured after a fellow VDG member allegedly opened fire on them following a scuffle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur on Friday, officials said. The incident took place in remote Pancheri area when the VDG members were heading for Damnot police post, the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that he was placed under house arrest again on the eve of the Islamic month of Rabi-ul-Awwal and condemned the repeated and arbitrary restrictions imposed on Fridays. In a post on X, Mirwaiz questioned the government’s narrative of “normalcy”, saying that repeated restrictions preventing him from […]
JAMMU — The Railway Police has arrested an absconding terrorist accused in a 1991 bomb blast case at Jammu railway station after a manhunt spanning nearly 35 years, officials said. The accused was identified as Altaf Hussain Sheikh, son of Nazir Ahmed Sheikh and a resident of Marhama-Bijbehara in Anantnag district, they said. He had […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Director General of Police (DGP) J&K Shri Nalin Prabhat, accompanied by IGP Kashmir Shri V.K. Birdi, SSP Srinagar Dr G.V. Sundeep Chakravarthy and other jurisdictional officers, conducted a late-night ground review of security arrangements across Srinagar ahead of Independence Day. The DGP personally inspected naka points, security deployments and arrangements at Bakshi […]
SRINAGAR — Two teenage boys were killed and two others injured on Thursday after they were struck by lightning in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The lightning struck Gawran Nard in Anantnag district. Officials said the deceased have been identified as Faizan Ahmad (18) and Bilal Ahmad Battana (16). Sajad Ahmad Battana […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved the Chief Minister’s Digital Internship Programme 2026 (Batch-I), a six-month paid initiative aimed at providing students with hands-on experience in government technology projects. The programme will be executed by the J&K e-Governance Agency and will be open to eligible students from BE/B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Thursday chaired a security review meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir to assess preparedness for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations across the Union Territory. The meeting was attended by senior officers from the J&K Police, BSF, CRPF, SSB and other security and […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police activated the National General Emergency Response System, Dial 112, on Thursday for immediate assistance to people during emergencies through a single helpline, officials said. They said the service is available through all police stations across the Jammu zone, and the public has been urged to make full use of […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a contempt of court notice against Shopian’s deputy commissioner, observing that the judicial magistrate exceeded jurisdictional boundaries under the Code of Criminal Procedure. On July 10, Shopian’s judicial magistrate ordered Deputy Commissioner Shopian Shishir Gupta to appear at the court and […]