JAMMU — The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, visited forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch on Friday to review security and operational preparedness, officials said. He also engaged with trainee IAS officers, discussing topics related to […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A bovine smuggler with six FIRs registered against him has been arrested in Nagrota area of Jammu district, police said on Friday. “Under Operation Kamdhenu, Jammu Police, led by SSP Joginder Singh, have tightened their grip on bovine smugglers. Nagrota police recently apprehended a notorious bovine smuggler and booked him under the […]
NEW DELHI — The Railway Ministry will set up a new division with headquarters at Jammu under the Northern Railway Zone by reorganising the Firozpur division. An official communication of the ministry to the Northern Railway dated Jan 1, 2025, said the Jammu division is proposed to have five sections — Pathankot-Jammu-Udhampur (now martyr Captain […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday prevented a man from committing a suicide at Khellani area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir. “A distress call was received at Police Post Khellani from Dial-112 that one person namely Manish Kumar, son of Mohinder Kumar, resident of Paryote Doda was about to commit […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Thursday filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court against the “misuse” of police verification process. The PIL, submitted through advocate Syed Sajad Geelani, seeks to address the “growing misuse” of police verification as a tool of “collective punishment, targeting individuals […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today convened a meeting with NHAI, NHIDCL, Beacon and Project SAMPARK to review progress on construction of different highways across all districts of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, APD, Commissioner Secretary, Forest Department, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu/Kashmir, Secretary, R&B, Deputy Commissioners, Chief Engineers of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case concerning alleged irregularities in the selection process for Fireman and Fireman Driver posts in the Fire & Emergency Services (F&ES) Department. The investigation follows a communication from the General Administration Department (GAD) dated July 24, 2024, accompanied by a report from an inquiry committee […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police has traced out two missing ladies from different areas and reunited them with their families in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The families of both the ladies had lodged their missing reports in Police Station Samba and Police Station Vijaypur. “On 24-12-2024, a written report was lodged […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the hybrid model of governance in the Union territory is not to anyone’s advantage and the systems work better when there is single centre of command. “Obviously, dual centres of power are not to anyone’s advantage. If dual centres were effective tools of […]
BHADERWAH — Three people were found dead under suspicious circumstances in a guest house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. A charcoal heater was found in the room and the trio could have died due to asphyxiation, they said. According to police, a man informed them that his sibling, who had gone to […]