JAMMU — Aiming to curb the misuse of courier services for drug trafficking, authorities in Jammu have imposed strict restrictions on transport of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) through courier and logistics networks in the district. Invoking powers under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and relevant provisions of the NDPS […]
JAMMU — In a significant development, the long-closed building of the government primary school, Kewal, has been made functional after it was shut in 2000 due to a land dispute, an official said on Saturday. The building was locked by the landowner, and the school was functioning in a rented building with limited space. Taking […]
JAMMU — The heli services for the hilly and snowbound districts of Jammu division will commence from November 2 to facilitate the movement of people between these areas and the capital city, officials said. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar on Friday to review arrangements for the […]
JAMMU — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti expressed concern on Friday over recent attacks on Christian prayer meetings in Jammu and Kashmir, including one such incident in Kathua, and urged police to take immediate action to ensure communal harmony ahead of the Christmas season. She said action should be taken “before fear becomes the new normal”. […]
JAMMU — An Agniveer jawan was injured after his service rifle accidentally went off following a practice session in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) after a firing practice in the district, they said. The rifle went off while […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, on Thursday dismissed two teachers from the School Education Department for their alleged involvement in activities prejudicial to the security of the state. According to two separate government orders, Maajid Iqbal Dar, a teacher from Kheora area of Rajouri district, and Gh Hussain, a […]
JAMMU — A high-level team from Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday reviewed the proposal to expand the Kishtwar airport under UDAN scheme. The team visited the proposed site to carry out a ground-level assessment of the area and feasibility of expansion. They also held meetings with local officials. […]
JAMMU — Scores of protesters took to the streets in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra town on Tuesday against the proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway plan, and threatened to resume a chain hunger strike if the project was not shelved. Locals of Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, have been opposing the Rs 250-crore […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday inaugurated the BioNEST Incubator at north India’s first industrial biotech park in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, terming it the beginning of a new era of scientific enterprise and economic transformation. With around 11,000 startups in India’s biotech sector and 25 new startups being incubated at the […]
JAMMU — Three people have been detained for allegedly damaging the statue of B R Ambedkar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Monday. An FIR was registered under section 196 and 324(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Bani police station following a complaint about the desecration of the statue at […]