SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday extended warm greetings to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the nation on the 80th Independence Day. According to a post on X by the Office of the Chief Minister, Abdullah reaffirmed his commitment to democracy, unity, peace and progress and to […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday attached an immovable property worth approximately ₹10 lakh in the Khansahib area of Budgam district in connection with a drug trafficking case, officials said. The action was taken in connection with FIR No. 92/2026 registered under Sections 8 and 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances […]
SRINAGAR — The Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, has convicted a former Executive Engineer and an orderly in a corruption trap case involving the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification during the processing of a contractor’s bill. The convicts have been identified as Ghulam Nabi Dar, the then Executive Engineer, Rural Engineering Works (REW), Ganderbal, and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that he was placed under house arrest again on the eve of the Islamic month of Rabi-ul-Awwal and condemned the repeated and arbitrary restrictions imposed on Fridays. In a post on X, Mirwaiz questioned the government’s narrative of “normalcy”, saying that repeated restrictions preventing him from […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Director General of Police (DGP) J&K Shri Nalin Prabhat, accompanied by IGP Kashmir Shri V.K. Birdi, SSP Srinagar Dr G.V. Sundeep Chakravarthy and other jurisdictional officers, conducted a late-night ground review of security arrangements across Srinagar ahead of Independence Day. The DGP personally inspected naka points, security deployments and arrangements at Bakshi […]
SRINAGAR — Two teenage boys were killed and two others injured on Thursday after they were struck by lightning in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The lightning struck Gawran Nard in Anantnag district. Officials said the deceased have been identified as Faizan Ahmad (18) and Bilal Ahmad Battana (16). Sajad Ahmad Battana […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved the Chief Minister’s Digital Internship Programme 2026 (Batch-I), a six-month paid initiative aimed at providing students with hands-on experience in government technology projects. The programme will be executed by the J&K e-Governance Agency and will be open to eligible students from BE/B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Thursday chaired a security review meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir to assess preparedness for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations across the Union Territory. The meeting was attended by senior officers from the J&K Police, BSF, CRPF, SSB and other security and […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a contempt of court notice against Shopian’s deputy commissioner, observing that the judicial magistrate exceeded jurisdictional boundaries under the Code of Criminal Procedure. On July 10, Shopian’s judicial magistrate ordered Deputy Commissioner Shopian Shishir Gupta to appear at the court and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested two persons for allegedly extorting ₹24,000 from a man by threatening to falsely implicate him in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. According to a police statement, Police Station Srigufwara received a complaint from […]