SRINAGAR — Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Friday while the plains received intermittent rains, officials said here. The famous tourist resorts of Gulmarg, Sonamarg, and Pahalgam received fresh overnight snowfall, the officials said. They said snowfall was also recorded in Anantnag, Zojila Pass, Banihal, Sadhna Pass, and Machil in Kupwara, and Razdan […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday emphasised the importance of preserving the linguistic heritage of Jammu and Kashmir, as he called for radical measures to protect and promote Kashmiri and other vernacular languages. Mother tongue is a crucial aspect of culture and identity, Abdullah said, stressing the need to safeguard the linguistic […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached properties belonging to two proclaimed offenders in Baramullah’s Sopore area, a police spokesperson said. Nearly half an acre of orchard land that was attached belonged to two proclaimed offenders — Sopore’s Warpora village residents Afroz Ahmad War and Maqsood Ahmad War — booked under an Arms […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar has arrested an accused person for his involvement in extortion case following a detailed investigation. The accused person had a history of over 30 criminal cases, and had previously been booked under the PSA twice. A written complaint was received by Police Post Bagyas on 10th […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — In a decisive action against Drug trafficking and its financial networks, Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached double-storey under-construction residential house spread over 1 Kanal of land and valued at ₹1 crore of Abdul Majeed Bhat, son-in-law […]
SRINAGAR — After 50 days, the prolonged dry spell broke in Kashmir Valley on Thursday as rain lashed the plains and higher reaches recorded snowfall. Widespread jubilation started across Kashmir when people woke up as rain lashed the plains after such a long period. Scores of springs dried up and power generation from hydroelectric power […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police Station Bemina On 17th February 2025 received an information through reliable sources that an unidentified male dead body was lying in flood spill channel near Darul-uloom, Bemina. Upon receipt of this information, police team of PS Bemina reached on the spot alongwith FSL Mobile unit of DPL Srinagar and Crime photographer […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he has raised the issue of ragging of a Kashmiri MBBS student at a college in Karnataka with CM Siddaramaiah and was assured of necessary action. A second-year MBBS student from Kashmir studying at Al Ameen College in Karnataka has alleged that he […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Wednesday rejected a recent resolution passed by the Pakistan parliament, terming it a “desperate attempt to mislead the international community”. The saffron party also asked Pakistan to stop spreading lies, end state-sponsored terrorism, and focus on solving its internal problems rather than Kashmir. Pakistan’s […]
SRINAGAR — High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday quashed the detention order of journalist Majid Hyderi under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Justice V K Chatterjee quashed the detention of Hyderi under PSA, advocate Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, counsel for the journalist, told PTI. Hyderi was arrested in September, 2023 on charges […]