JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday resumed search operations after night-long cordons in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur and Kishtwar districts, officials said. The night-long cordons were places after brief encounters between security forces and terrorists in Jopher-Marta belt of Udhampur district and Chatroo belt of Kishtwar district on Wednesday following the establishment of contact with […]
JAMMU — BJP MLAs on Wednesday held a protest dharna outside the House over the rejection of their adjournment motion to discuss the pressing issues of regularisation of daily wagers and employment opportunities for youth in Jammu and Kashmir. As the ruckus continued for the third consecutive day by the treasury benches including the Congress […]
SRINAGAR — Ruling National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the government would work to take Jammu and Kashmir out of its difficulties even as its “enemies” will keep on criticising. “Enemies will always be there, the enemies will continue to say that, but we will do the work we have to do and […]
POONCH (KIMS) — A notorious criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday. He has been identified as Mohd Imran @Polla, son of Itfaq Khan, resident of Mankote, District Poonch, under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978. The accused […]
PATNITOP — India’s first climate change station was inaugurated by Union Minister Jitendra Singh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday. The Central University of Jammu’s Himalayan High Altitude Atmospheric and Climate Research Center aims to study atmospheric and climate phenomena in the Himalayan region. “This initiative will enhance our understanding of climate change […]
JAMMU — Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir has been curbed but “our mission is still not accomplished” as the scourge has not been completely eliminated, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday after meeting the families of 10 police personnel and an engineer who lost their lives in various terror attacks over the past […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday met the families of 10 police personnel and an engineer who lost their lives in various terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir over the past year and handed over job appointment letters to the next of kin, officials said. The minister, who is on a three-day […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday apprehended a suspect in possession of narcotics and an illegal firearm during a routine patrol at Ring Road in the Pounichak area. The suspect, who was traveling from Ring Road towards Bhagatpur via the service lane, attempted to flee upon noticing the police presence. However, the […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah, currently on a three-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday, visited a forward post of BSF along the India-Pakistan border in Kathua district, where a massive operation against Pakistani terrorists is underway for the past fortnight, officials said. Shah flew in a helicopter to the Hiranagar sector […]
JAMMU — The Pakistani Army violated the ceasefire on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, and the Indian Army retaliated befittingly, officials said. “Pakistani Army violated bilateral ceasefire on the LoC today in Digwar sector of Poonch district. Indian Army retaliated befittingly,” officials said. A search operation has […]