JAMMU — The first foodgrain freight train of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from Punjab is scheduled to reach the newly developed south Kashmir goods terminal on Sunday, marking a key step in strengthening the region’s supply and logistics network, railway officials said. The FCI’s grain freight train was recently flagged off from Ajitwal […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said all arrangements are in place to tackle heavy snowfall in the Union territory, also expressing hope that the precipitation forecast would help mitigate air pollution and boost winter tourism. The chief minister chaired a review meeting here on Saturday, on winter preparedness in the Jammu […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday said they have registered an FIR against a man for attempting to enter Srinagar International Airport using a forged air ticket. Police said that during routine security checking at the airport’s drop gate, a person identified as Syed Khurshid Ahmad, son of Syed Mohammad Yaseen, a resident of Bugro, […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday condemned the act of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pulling the veil off a woman’s face, describing it as a “grave violation of personal dignity and moral boundaries”. Addressing the Friday congregation at the Jamia Masjid here, Farooq, who is also the chief cleric of Kashmir, said no […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Friday lodged a police complaint seeking the registration of an FIR against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for recently pulling off the veil from a woman doctor’s face. However, there was no word from the police on whether an FIR has been registered against the JD-U chief. “I’m […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Friday said it has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 08/2025 before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Beerwah, Budgam, against three persons in connection with a fake Railway recruitment scam. The chargesheet has been filed under Sections 420, 468, 471 […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Police on Thursday said they secured conviction in a terror-related case registered under FIR No. 289/2020 at Police Station Pulwama in south Kashmir after the accused confessed his involvement before the court through video conferencing. The case was registered on December 1, 2020 under Sections 16, 18, 19 and 20 of the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to reconsider allotting “fertile” land to the BSF for setting up a security camp in Pulwama district. “This is fertile land located in the middle of the village. It should not be given to the BSF for establishing a […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Jammu and Kashmir resident, a close associate of suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi, in connection with the Red Fort area blast, making it the ninth arrest in the case, officials said on Thursday. Yasir Ahmad Dar allegedly played an active role in the conspiracy behind the […]
ANANTNAG — Panic gripped Gallan Gujjar Basti in the Khiram area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday evening after a leopard mauled a five-year-old girl to death. According to the details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the incident has triggered fear among locals, who rushed to the spot and informed the […]