SRINAGAR — Former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Qadir Wani Wednesday said his organisation will participate in assembly elections if the Centre revokes the ban imposed on the outfit in 2019. “We are holding talks with the Centre. We want to get our ban removed and we want to play our role in […]
SRINAGAR — Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to divide the nation to stay in power, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said the PM should remember he may not be in power in the future but the country will survive. Speaking to reporters after a public rally in Shangus area of Anantnag in south […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan has been granted bail by a special court in Srinagar in connection with a five-year-old case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The case pertains to an incident of rioting at Srinagar’s Central Jail in 2019, when a group of inmates allegedly set fire to a few barracks and […]
PULWAMA [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — In the serene valley of Pulwama, a remarkable event took place at Iqbal Memorial Public School in Dogripora, Awantipora, marking the starting point of the ‘Young Marathon Race’—a 3-kilometer journey of determination and endurance. Twenty spirited students from Dogripora laced up their running shoes and took to the track, each […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered an FIR against two persons, including an independent candidate, for allegedly creating hindrance in peaceful voting at a polling station during the Lok Sabha elections here, officials said on Tuesday. The FIR was lodged at the Sadder police station on Monday against independent candidate Jibran Dar and his woman supporter […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A man has been stabbed to death in Dalgate area of Srinagar on Tuesday evening while the accused involved in the crime has been arrested. Jammu and Kashmir Police said, “The man identified as Bilal Ahmad Guroo, son of Nazir Ahmad Guroo, a resident of Bemina Srinagar, a fruit vendor by profession […]
SRINAGAR — Reacting to the voter turnout DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti reacted differently to the voter turnout in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on May 13. The constituency witnessed 37.98% voter turnout in the first Lok Sabha election in the valley since the scrapping of […]
JAMMU — Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan on Tuesday said the pilgrims planning to visit Amarnath cave shrine would experience “improved tracks” this year. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir will commence from the twin tracks — traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 11 locations in three districts of South Kashmir including Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian in a case related to killing of a non-local in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district. “These searches were conducted in connection with ongoing investigation of case FIR No 87/2024 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The weather is expected to remain generally dry in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir until May 25, the Meteorological Department (MeT) said on Tuesday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, “Expect generally dry weather conditions across Jammu and Kashmir from May 14-17. Similar weather conditions will prevail from May […]