JAMMU — Two more children died on Monday after six kids from a family were admitted to hospital due to a mysterious illness at Badhaal village in Rajouri district, officials said. Six children of Mohammad Aslam were taken to the community health centre for a medical check-up on Saturday evening. The children were initially referred […]
SRINAGAR — Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought Jammu and Kashmir out of the darkness of despair and set it on the path to a bright future, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said after the Z-Morh tunnel was inaugurated on Monday. Sinha said the tunnel marks the beginning of a new chapter in the […]
SRINAGAR — Stressing the demands of restoration of ‘statehood’ to Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that he is hopeful that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon fulfil his promise of re-granting statehood to J-K. CM Abdullah said that when PM Modi came to Jammu and Kashmir after becoming PM for […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress has decided to revamp and reactivate the organisation at the grass-roots level by carrying out mass contact programmes in every assembly constituency throughout the year, the party said on Sunday, 12 January. The decision to this effect was taken at a day-long meeting of the party […]
SRINAGAR — Minimum temperature dropped several notches below the freezing point in Kashmir on Monday as intense cold affected life in J&K. The minimum temperature was minus 5.1 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city while it was minus 6.5 and minus 8.4 in Gulmarg and Pahalgam respectively. Jammu city had 7.2 degrees Celsius, Katra town 6, […]
JAMMU — An alleged cattle lifter was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) here on Sunday, police said. Mohd Mansha alias “Gunnu”, a resident of Raipur Jagir Bhadhrotre, was the fourth alleged bovine smuggler or cattle lifter booked under the PSA in the Nagrota sub-division of Jammu this month, a police spokesman said. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Amid reports suggesting a change of trains at Katra Railway Station, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah criticized the move, stating it would defeat the purpose of the Srinagar-Delhi rail route. While acknowledging the importance of ensuring the security of the train and its passengers, Omar strongly opposed the proposed plan […]
JAMMU — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan will attend the ninth Armed Forces Veterans’ Day event here on Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah along with senior military and civil officials will also attend the event to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant move, the General Administration Department (GAD), Government of Jammu and Kashmir re-designated two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government. According to an official communique, Mr. Sarmad Hafeez has been designated as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department. “Consequent upon promotion of Mr. […]
RAJOURI — A five-year-old girl died and her five other siblings were admitted to a hospital after they fell seriously ill in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. The siblings belonged to Badhaal village of Kotranka sub-division where nine members of two different families had lost their lives due […]