SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is staring at a water crisis this year due to a massive deficit in rainfall, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday, calling for a more proactive approach and collective efforts towards water management and conservation. Kashmir has witnessed a dry winter this year with an 80 per cent deficit […]
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Asian waterbird census to be conducted across 25 wetlands in Kashmir
SRINAGAR — The Department of Wildlife Protection, in collaboration with the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA), is set to conduct the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) 2025 on February 19, an official said on Tuesday. This annual initiative plays a crucial role in estimating the population of migratory birds visiting Kashmir’s wetlands and assessing the […]
Pakistan parliament passes resolution urging India to hold plebiscite in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution urging India to implement the UN Security Council resolutions to allow Kashmiris to exercise their democratic right to determine their future through a fair and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices. Minister for Kashmir Affairs Amir Muqam moved the resolution that reaffirmed Pakistan’s “unwavering moral, […]
Amit Shah asks J&K administration to ensure full implementation of new laws by April
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the Jammu and Kashmir administration should ensure full implementation of the three new criminal laws in the Union Territory by April. Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in the presence of […]
Court sentences faith healer to 14 years in jail for sexually abusing minors
SRINAGAR — A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday sentenced a faith healer to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for committing unnatural sexual offences with two minor children during their religious lessons. Dismissing defense counsel’s assertion about four-year delay in registering of FIR, Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopore Mir Wajahat reasoned it with a poem. […]
Kashmir may see ‘drought’ as January, February record 80% precipitation deficit: MeT
SRINAGAR — Kashmir has witnessed a dry winter this year with the months of January and February recording a precipitation deficit of around 80 per cent, which has raised the possibility of drought in the valley this summer, the MeT department officials said. Several water bodies are flowing below the zero level mark at many […]
Court convicts faith healer of committing unnatural offences with children
SRINAGAR — A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday convicted a faith healer of committing unnatural offences with children who used to visit him for religious lessons. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sopore, Mir Wajahat issued the order of conviction against Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh on charges under section 377 (unnatural offences) of the Ranbir Penal Code […]
BJP nominates presidents for ten districts of Kashmir Province
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sat Sharma on Monday in consultations with Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary, BJP & Prabhari J&K-UT, Ashok Kaul, General Secretary Organisation, and Sunil Sharma, Leader of Opposition in Assembly and Kashmir Prabhari, has nominated presidents for ten districts. According to a party […]
Police solves two theft cases in Srinagar, three accused arrested
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday solved two burglary cases by arresting three accused persons involved in the commission of crime in Srinagar. Police Post Hazratbal received a written complaint from an individual namely Junaid Maqbool Mir son of Mohammed Maqbool Mir resident of Litter Pulwama stating there in that on 13/02/2024, […]
All secular forces must unite to press for restoration of statehood to J&K: Tarigami
JAMMU — Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Monday said all secular forces should unite to press for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as he lashed out at the BJP for allegedly misleading the country by false propaganda on Article 370 that granted special status to the region and was revoked in […]









