SRINAGAR — A day after a terrorist shot dead a policeman in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday directed the officials to intensify anti-terror operations to neutralise emerging security threats in the Union Territory. Sinha gave these directions during a high-level security review meeting with senior officials from the Army, JK Police, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Centre cannot ignore protests by a large number of youth in Delhi over the paper leak issue and should address the “resentment” among them by having a dialogue. “At some point, there has to be dialogue with them. You cannot ignore such […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated ASCEND J&K 2026, the Startup Ecosystem Summit, at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said he interacted with startup founders and student innovators, distributed seed-funding support, witnessed the signing of key Memorandums […]
SRINAGAR — The committee on privileges of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will meet here on Friday to hear the motion against PDP MLA Waheed Para in a breach of privilege case. The assembly secretariat has asked Para to present himself before the nine-member committee on privileges headed by Hasnain Masoodi at 11 am on […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has booked four people in a cheating case, officials said on Thursday. The EOW has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 55/2022 under sections 420, 120-B, 201 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) before the court of Sub Judge (Small Causes) […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday condemned the killing of a police officer in the line of duty, describing it as a heinous and condemnable act. In a post on X, Mehbooba Mufti, however, criticised the reported detention of over a thousand people and the demolition of the houses […]
JAMMU — The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the second consecutive day on Thursday following multiple landslides and shooting stones triggered by relentless rain in Jammu region. The rains, which have been continuing for the past five days, have left 23 people dead and seven missing, officials said. Rescue teams have intensified their search […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday hit back at BJP president J.P. Nadda over his remarks on the JKSSB paper leak, saying the recruitment scam took place in 2022 under the administration headed by the Lieutenant Governor, not an NC-Congress government. In a post on X, Abdullah said, “You are […]
SRINAGAR — A mother and son duo drowned after being washed away by floodwaters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandpora district, as rains lashed most parts of the valley for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, leading to an increase in the levels of several water bodies, officials said. Flash floods were triggered by the rains […]
SRINAGAR — Thousands of people, along with senior police officers, on Wednesday attended the funeral prayers of Jammu and Kashmir policeman Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, who was shot dead by a lone terrorist in Anantnag district earlier in the day, officials said. Head constable Qureshi was on Amarnath Yatra security duty when he was attacked around […]