SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police’s counter intelligence wing on Wednesday said it has detained a man in Kulgam district for allegedly misusing social media to spread radical propaganda for “instigating” common people against the Union government and “glamorising terrorism”. The man was also about to join terror ranks, the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) said. […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday handed over Rs five lakh as a gesture of support to the family of a woman, who succumbed to the injuries received in a grenade attack here earlier this month. Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education Sakeena Masood visited Sumbal, Bandipora, to […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) attached the houses of an accused on Wednesday, in a double murder case in J&K’s Srinagar. Officials said that the NIA team attached the two-storeyed residential house of an accused in Zaldagar area of Srinagar city. The NIA action comes on back of investigation into the murder of […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar police Wednesday said, they could not establish the armed attack on the Kashmir University Vice Chancellor near Zakura even when they factored in all possible circumstances, they said. As per police, some reports claimed that the VC was attacked with firearms. However, they said, police teams who visited the spot did not […]
JAMMU — The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday asked party workers to gear up for panchayat and urban local bodies (ULB) elections likely to be held early next year. He said that the second-line leadership shall be encouraged and promoted based on merit and “there shall be no […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau has registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act on outcome of a Verification conducted by ACB into the allegations relating to award of payments in the construction of Mughal Road from Bufliaz to Shopian-Pulwama, wherein Chief Engineer purportedly admitted the claims of the company, which […]
SRINAGAR — Light intermittent snowfall continued in some of the higher reaches of Kashmir, resulting in the closure of vital routes in the upper areas of the valley, officials said on Tuesday. The season’s first snowfall in Kashmir, which began on Monday, continued at many places during the night, the officials said. They said reports […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A woman from Bandipora district of North Kashmir who was critically injured in a grenade attack at the Sunday Market in Srinagar on November 3, has succumbed to her injuries. According to reports, Sumaiya Jan, wife of Zubair Ahmad Lone from Naidkhai Sonawari, passed away on Tuesday at SHMS Hospital in Srinagar. […]
SRINAGAR — Twenty civilian vehicles stuck due to heavy snowfall in Razdan Pass of Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district were rescued on Tuesday in a night-long operation by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Officials said 20 civilian vehicles on way to Gurez were stuck due to heavy snowfall and poor visibility at Razdan Pass. Razdan […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said on Monday that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directed the law and order machinery to remain alert and take immediate action to prevent terror incidents in the region. While speaking to reporters about the recent security situation, Rather emphasized the need for heightened vigilance […]