KATHUA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua on Friday apprehended two hardcore criminals and booked under PIT NDPS Act and lodged at district jail Rajouri and Poonch. In the first instance, Police team apprehended one notorious drug Peddler namely Parveen Kumar S/o Prem Chand R/o Chak Drab Khan Kathua who was habitual drug […]
BHADERWAH — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district have detained two timber smugglers here under the Public Safety Act, and removed the divisional forest officer and range officer from their positions as part of a crackdown on smuggling, officials said on Friday. The action follows a November 26 media report on the illegal felling […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch on Thursday booked a school teacher and another person for allegedly duping people with the promise of government jobs. A case was filed based on a complaint by Gujjar Nagar resident Rashid Manhas, who claimed that one Jameel Anjum took money and gold items from him and […]
JAMMU — The Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Thursday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and discussed with him key issues concerning the Union Territory including security and development. During the meeting, Sharma, a senior BJP leader, also discussed with Shah recent terror incidents and urged […]
SRINAGAR — A few areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while rains lashed the plains on Thursday, officials said. The famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Gurez in Bandipora, and a few other places received fresh snowfall overnight that continued till morning, they said. They said most plains, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said state land valued at over Rs 18,000 crore is under illegal encroachment in the union territory, with eviction processes initiated to reclaim it. Health Minister Sakina Itoo, who was replying on behalf of the Revenue Minister, stated this in reply to a question from BJP […]
JAMMU — The district task force has rescued nine homeless street children from different parts of Jammu city over the past two days, officials said on Wednesday. Three children living on the streets were rescued from the Gole Market area during a rescue drive, they said. The task force carried out a similar drive in […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 625 acres of land to set up industrial estates in different districts of the Kashmir division while a proposal for 1,207 acres of land has been submitted to the revenue department for similar projects in Jammu. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary informed the Legislative Assembly while […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested another man in the murder of a gangster here that took place nearly two months ago, an officer said on Wednesday. Yudhvir Singh, a resident of Mandi Sangwali area of Samba, was arrested from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Delhi, soon after he landed from Kuala Lumpur, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that TV channels and news portals should stop spreading misinformation about new liquor vends being allotted by the government in the region. “There is no change in the 305 shops being auctioned in 2025-26, with no addition of any new shop for bidding.” […]