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 […]
JAMMU — The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Wednesday hit out at the National Conference for running a “visionless and directionless government” in the Union Territory, accusing it of failing to address critical public issues such as water, electricity and jobs shortages, tourism, and key development projects. The saffron party expressed confidence in its […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today launched the much anticipated UT wide baseline survey under Mission YUVA (Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan). The survey, to be done jointly by Labour & Employment (L&E) and Planning Departments, aims identification of around 1.37 lakh potential entrepreneurs besides seeking feedback from the existing enterprises. Present on the […]
JAMMU — Four employees of a construction company suffered minor injuries in an attack on a bus that was carrying them to a project site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, leading to the detention of eight people who are being interrogated, officials said. The bus carrying the employees of the company to […]