JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday reiterated the NC-led government’s commitment to phased regularisation of all eligible ad-hoc and daily-wage employees. Addressing a gathering at Surankote in Poonch district, he said the government is also committed to equitable development, with special focus on remote and underserved regions like Pir […]
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Couple wanted in Uttarakhand murder case arrested in Katra
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they arrested a couple wanted in a murder case registered in Uttarakhand in Katra area of Reasi district and handed them over to the concerned police after completing the required legal formalities. According to a police statement, Police Station Katra received information from Police Station […]
Two killed, four injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Doda
JAMMU — Two elderly persons were killed and four were injured after their vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place near Basti village in Bhaderwah when the driver lost control of the vehicle at a blind curve, they said. The […]
AIIMS Jammu performs J&K’s first vulvar cancer brachytherapy
JAMMU — AIIMS Jammu has achieved a major milestone in cancer care by successfully performing Jammu and Kashmir’s first-ever interstitial brachytherapy procedure on a 26-year-old woman diagnosed with Stage II vulvar cancer, the institute said. Vulvar cancer is a rare gynaecological malignancy, accounting for only four percent of all gynaecological cancers, and is particularly uncommon […]
Pakistani intruder apprehended along LoC in Poonch
JAMMU — Army troops apprehended a 26-year-old infiltrator, a resident of PoK, along the LoC in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Mohammad Sajad was taken into custody after entering the Indian side from across the border through the Gulpur area of the Krishna Ghati sector on Friday, the officials […]
Crime Branch files chargesheet against two for job fraud in Jammu
JAMMU — The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch in Jammu has filed a chargesheet against two persons for allegedly securing a government job using a forged school leaving certificate, officials said on Thursday. The case was registered in 2025 based on a written complaint lodged by Khursheed Ahmed Naik, a resident of Sarachi village […]
Army officer, soldiers booked for ‘assaulting’ cops at Kishtwar police station
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked several Army personnel, including a commanding officer, for allegedly storming a police station in Kishtwar district, assaulting police personnel and damaging government property, officials said on Thursday. The Army said the matter is under examination through the appropriate institutional mechanisms and assured that appropriate action will be […]
LG notifies new rural employment scheme, replaces MGNREGA from July 1
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday notified the Jammu Kashmir Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM-G] Scheme, 2026, which will come into force across all notified rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir from July 1, 2026. According to a post shared by the Lieutenant Governor on X, the […]
Punjab resident among 10 held in anti-drug operations across Jammu
JAMMU — Ten alleged drug peddlers, including a resident of Punjab, were arrested along with a large quantity of heroin at separate places in Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Gagandeep Singh of Amritsar and his two associates from Jammu — Damanjot Singh and Vivek Kumar — […]
23 pilgrims injured as minibus plunges into gorge in Kathua
JAMMU — At least 23 pilgrims were injured when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officials said. The pilgrims from Goran and Sumb villages of Samba were travelling to the Mata Sukrala Devi Temple in Billawar when the accident took […]








