SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police attached two residential properties of a militant and an Over Ground Worker (OGW) under Section 25 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Thursday. “A double-storey residential house along with 4 marlas of land under Khasra No. 14 situated at Wandina […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, Jammu and Kashmir Police apprehended a notorious drug peddler in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday and recovered 2.9 kgs cannabis substance from his possession. “A notorious drug peddler identified as Mohd Amin Zargar, son-in-law of Gh Hassan Ganie, resident of Sirhama was apprehended by […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference on Thursday paid tributes to party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 119th birth anniversary. The party leadership, including NC president Farooq Abdullah and vice president, and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, paid floral tributes to the party founder at his mausoleum in Hazratbal area of the city […]
SRINAGAR — Minister of School & Higher Education, Health & Medical Education and Social Welfare, Government of J&K, Sakina Itoo Thursday said that winter vacations in Kashmir schools will be announced soon. “Winter vacations are a routine matter, but this winter we have reverted back to November academic session. It is also evident that the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized two vehicles acquired through proceeds of illegal narcotics trade of a drug peddler in Srinagar on Thursday. “Two vehicles — Corolla bearing Registration Number DL4CNE6086 and BMW bearing Registration Number JK01AF-0047 of accused […]
KUPWARA — Seven years ago, the then dispensation led by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had announced developing the 148-year-old ancestral house of Moulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri at Warnow Lolab as a heritage site but nothing has been done so far in this regard. An official communiqué under Order No 944 by the Education Department was […]
SRINAGAR — Illegal extraction of mining materials, including sand, bajri, and boulders, continues in the Lidder river of Anantnag, despite a ban imposed by the J&K High Court. While talking to Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot com, residents from areas such as Aakura, Nambal, Sakdas, and Ganeshpora allege that the mining activities persist with […]
SRINAGAR — A Territorial Army (TA) Soldier was shot at by the militants at Sofigund Aripal area of Tral hamlet in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening. A police officer told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the militants opened fire upon a TA soldier outside his residence at Sofigund Aripal. In the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said the government should not acquire fertile agricultural land for the construction of a railway line in the Bijbehara area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “My appeal to the LG administration is to spare the fertile lands, take everything into consideration and then make a suitable […]
SRINAGAR — PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government should reinstate a statutory order on reservation for admission to postgraduate courses through the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). “It’s imperative that the UT government reinstates SRO 49 (2018) of the J&K Reservation Act to ensure that super-specialty medical courses remain accessible […]