JAMMU — The SOS International, a leading body of displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), accused the BJP-led Centre on Sunday of failing to ensure their proper rehabilitation. It alleged that the saffron party is using the narrative of reclaiming PoK for electoral gains. “The unfortunate reality is that there is no concrete plan with […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday have attached the immovable property of a known drug peddler in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The attached property a four-storey shopping complex comprising of around 40 shops at village Nadigam and around six canals of land situated at village Chek Wazir Panoo belongs to Ghulam Ahmad […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department today forecast intermittent rains and snow in parts of Jammu and Kashmir till March 16. An official said that there is a possibility of light rains and snow at scattered places of J&K from tonight. He said there is a possibility of light to moderate rains and snow over many […]
SRINAGAR — With Ramzan come the Seharkhwans — the drum-beaters who wake up people for the pre-dawn meal ‘Sehri’ — to the cities and towns of Kashmir. Hundreds of these men who arrive from remote villages have kept the age-old tradition alive, despite the ubiquity of modern gadgets such as mobile phones and alarm clocks. […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir has received almost 13 percent of the total tourists who visited the Union Territory in the last four years, with the bulk of the share going to the Jammu region, official data suggests. According to the Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the Legislative Assembly, the union […]
SRINAGAR — Apni Party supremo Altaf Bukhari on Saturday demanded raising the minimum residency period to 50 years to be eligible for domicile in Jammu and Kashmir. He also appealed to Jammu and Kashmir MLAs to pass a bill for a change in the domicile law. “My appeal to the assembly, in which we have […]
BUDGAM (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday have attached the immovable property of a notorious drug peddler in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The attached property, a single-story residential house valued at ₹18,00,000 belongs to Mohammad Rafeeq Sheikh S/o Abdul Razaq Sheikh R/o Mazhama. This action has been carried out under Section 68-F of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday attached properties worth lakhs of rupees of two proclaimed offenders in Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police have attached 6 kanals and 19 marlas of orchard land belonging to two proclaimed offenders on the Harwan Tujjar estate. They have been identified as Irshad Ahmad Reshi resident of Yamberzalwari […]
JAMMU — As many as 765 school buildings and 11 bridges have been declared unsafe, while another 371 bridges require major or minor repairs, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Saturday. Choudhary, who is Minister incharge of Public Works (Roads and buildings Department), provided the information in a written reply to an unstarred question […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to set up nearly a dozen townships at various places, including the twin capital cities, to check unplanned urban expansion and meet the housing needs of people, Health Minister Sakeena Itoo said on Saturday. The minister was replying on behalf of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to […]