SRINAGAR — Cold wave tightened its grip on Kashmir Valley as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Wednesday. Director of the local Meteorological (MeT) Department, Mukhtar Ahmad told IANS, “Minimum temperature dropped to minus 2 degrees Celsius in Srinagar city today increasing the cold wave. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential properties worth over Rs 3 crores of two drug peddlers in Srinagar on Wednesday. “A three-storied residential house of a drug peddler namely Abdul Ahad Bhat son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat resident of Banpora Batamaloo on land bearing Khewat No.137 and Khasra No.294 (Abadi Deh) […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of police on Wednesday carried out raids at the Central Jail here, officials said here. The CIK sleuths cordoned off the Central Jail in the Rainawari area of the city before daybreak and started searching the barracks, they said. The raids come in the backdrop of clashes […]
SRINAGAR — There is a huge gap of nearly 200 MWs to overcome the unscheduled power and distress cuts in Kashmir as at present less than 1500 MWs are available against a total requirement of 1700 MWs. Top officials in the Power Development Department (PDD) told news agency Kashmir News Observer that the local DISCOM […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A local militant was killed in an encounter between security forces and militants in Dachigam area of Srinagar district in Central Kashmir on Tuesday. According to reports, the encounter broke out after a joint team of security forces, including the J&K Police and CRPF, launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in the upper reaches of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant event, police in Kupwara successfully recovered an abducted woman and apprehended the accused from Rajasthan following a swift and diligent investigation into a kidnapping case reported earlier this month. “On November 20, 2024, Police Post Bazaar received a written complaint from one Manzoor Ahmad Mir son of Ghulam Hassan […]
SRINAGAR — The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has proposed winter vacations in a phased manner from the second week of December for Kashmir schools and winter zone schools of Jammu. As per the proposal submitted by the DSEK, the winter vacation for classes up to 2nd primary has been proposed from December 9 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested four drug peddlers in Srinagar and Kulgam districts on Tuesday and recovered 13 bottles of Codeine Phosphate and 250 grams of Poppy Straw like substance from their possession. “A vehicle (Venue) bearing Registration Number […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property valuing approximately Rs 30 Lacs of a notorious drug peddler in Awantipora area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Tuesday. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a single-story concrete residential house valuing approximately RS 30 Lacs as per market value under section 68-F of […]
SRINAGAR — A rise in the minimum temperature across most parts of Kashmir on Tuesday provided relief from the cold, as the MeT department forecast mainly dry weather in the coming days, officials said. Srinagar and most other areas, except for Gulmarg, experienced warmer nights with minimum temperatures improved, they said. The night temperature in […]