SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday disengaged a Special Police Officer (SPO) from service in Baramulla district of North Kashmir with immediate effect following his alleged involvement in an NDPS case. According to a police statement, SPO Khalid Nazir Khan (3098/SPO), resident of Katipora Tangmarg, was removed from the SPO cadre after […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered 104 grams of charas-like substance along with ₹25.50 lakh in cash during a raid in the Tulkhan area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to a police statement, acting on specific information that a […]
SRINAGAR — Two soldiers died in an accidental grenade blast in Uri sector of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. A hand grenade exploded accidentally during routine handing over of equipment at a camp in Kamalkote in Uri, resulting in injuries to two jawans, the officials said. They said the injured […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said he will join the party protest for restoration of statehood on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. “I will definitely go there. They (NC leadership) will go to talk about restoration of statehood and I will talk about restoration of Article […]
MINIMARG (LADAKH) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday appealed to Union minister Nitin Gadkari to use his influence to launch direct air connectivity to Kargil. Speaking at the breakthrough ceremony of the Zojila tunnel here, Abdullah congratulated the people of Ladakh for getting closer to the realisation of the dream of […]
GANDERBAL — Two minor children lost their lives after accidentally slipping into the Baba Irrigation Canal in Goripora village of Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Arshiya (4), daughter of Mohammad Amin Lone, and Mohammad Imran (6), son of Mohammad Iqbal Lone, both residents of Goripora village. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police, in a joint operation with the Army’s 52 Rashtriya Rifles recovered illegal arms and ammunition in Baramulla district and arrested an accused in connection with an unlawful arms possession case. According to a police statement, a Mobile Vehicle Checking Point (MVCP) was established at Chandsuma, Kanispora near the […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a minor girl within 24 hours of her reported kidnapping in Pulwama district and arrested the accused involved in the case. According to a police statement, a written complaint regarding the kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl was received at Police Station Pulwama. […]
ZOJILA — Zojila Tunnel will see light of the day, literally, on Tuesday when a blast will lead to a breakthrough at the end of the world’s longest single-tube bi-directional bypass built at record height. The breakthrough will bring the decades-old dream of an all-weather connectivity between the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh closer to reality, […]
SRINAGAR — PDP MLA from Pulwama on Monday joined local farmers in paddy transplantation as a mark of protest against the Jammu and Kashmir government’s attempts to evict the land tillers. Waheed Ur Rehman Para drove a tractor as he ploughed a paddy field and later joined the farmers in sowing paddy saplings. “The authorities […]