SRINAGAR — The ruling National Conference on Thursday announced that it has sacked the social media advisor to party Vice President Omar Abdullah for erroneously posting claiming credit for the hike in the honorarium of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir Police. “A recent post concerning the SPOs’ honorarium was shared from various […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, South Kashmir Range Anantnag, Shri Javaid Iqbal Matoo-IPS accompanied by SSP Pulwama Ms. PD Nitya-IPS today inaugurated a newly established Police Post at Sangerwani village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The establishment of the Police Post aims to enhance security, strengthen law enforcement, and improve public […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Union Minister of State (MoS) for Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, today chaired a meeting to review construction of 100-bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital at SIDCO Industrial Complex, Ompora, Budgam. The hospital being constructed at a cost of Rs 160 crore would […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking interim bail in a terror-funding case. Rashid sought the reprieve on the ground that he wished to attend the upcoming budget session of the Parliament, which begins on January 31 and concludes on April 4. As an alternative, […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday met separatist leader and head of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Delhi. Mehdi met the Mirwaiz and discussed issues related to Jammu and Kashmir and the Muslim community in the country, sources close to the two leaders said. Mirwaiz is in Delhi […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In yet another operation against illegal transportation of mining meterial, Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out raids against the mineral mafia and seized eight vehicles ferrying illegal mining material. These raids were carried out by Police Station Panthachowk. Accordingly, a Case FIR No’s. 10/25, 11/25, 12/25 u/s 223 BNS stand registered in […]
SRINAGAR — Due to nightlong cloud cover, the minimum temperature rose above the freezing point in Srinagar city on Wednesday as the MeT office forecast another spell of rain/snow in Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir has not received normal rain/snow so far this season. It is the heavy snowfall in the winter months that replenishes the […]
JAMMU — People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone and Apni Party supremo Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday highlighted the need for a united struggle for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Shiv Sena (UBT) also demanded an end to the dual-power system and advocated for an immediate return […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at six locations in Kashmir in connection with the killing of two migrant workers from Punjab in Shaheed Ganj area of Srinagar last year. On February 7, 2024, Amritpal Singh and Rohit Masi — hailing from Chamyari in Amritsar — were shot by suspected […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir is going through an unusual weather pattern this winter with maximum and minimum temperatures in Srinagar witnessing a cumulative deviation of nearly 10 degrees over the past 24 hours, meteorological department data revealed on Tuesday. Srinagar city recorded a low of minus 4.3 degrees Celsius on Monday night, which was 3.4 degrees […]