JAMMU — A fresh batch of 926 pilgrims left the base camp here on Friday for the annual Amarnath yatra in Kashmir amid multi-tier security arrangements, officials said. The convoy left the Bhagwati Nagar yatri niwas at 2:59 am in 42 vehicles, including 21 buses. With the departure of today’s batch, the total number of […]
JAMMU — An SUV evaded a security checkpoint on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district early Friday, prompting police to open fire at it, officials said. The driver subsequently abandoned the vehicle and fled, they said. The incident took place around 3.30 am when the SUV was travelling from Srinagar towards Jammu. Police personnel […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a new e-Bus Depot at Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu, to be constructed at a cost of ₹23.04 crore. According to a post on X by the Office of the Chief Minister, the project is aimed at strengthening the […]
JAMMU — Two rusted mortar shells were detected and safely destroyed by the Army in the Mankote sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The unexploded ordnance was found in the Choki Sagra area of the Mendhar sub-division, they said. Army personnel of bomb disposal squad destroyed the shells in a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said he will personally approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a proposal seeking a special central package for the flood-affected districts of Rajouri and Poonch. He also noted that the union territory does not have the financial capacity to meet the entire cost of […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police in Jammu on Thursday has arrested three alleged drug peddlers and seized heroin, cash, electronic weighing machines and other incriminating material in a crackdown under the Nasha Mukt Jammu campaign. According to police, the action stems from an operation carried out on July 27, when a police team intercepted a Mahindra […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asserted that his government and the National Conference (NC) would continue their efforts for the restoration of statehood until it is achieved. Responding to a question on whether more steps would be taken following demonstrations across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday seeking restoration of […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited several flood-affected areas of Rajouri district to assess the damage caused to homes, livelihoods and public infrastructure. According to a post on X by the Office of the Chief Minister, Abdullah interacted with the affected families during the visit and expressed solidarity […]
JAMMU — The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed from Jammu on Thursday after a day-long suspension due to heightened security across Jammu and Kashmir on the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. A batch of 1801 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for yatra to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir. […]
JAMMU — Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, officials said. The soldiers were trying to defuse the landmine at Kanga Gali in Mendhar sector when it went off, the officials said. They said the injured […]