SRINAGAR — Security forces have recovered a cache of ammunition from a hideout in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Police, Army and Central Reserve Police Force launched a search and destroy operation in Nilsar orchards in the Chandoosa area of Baramulla on Saturday based on information about the presence of […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday it is a “tragedy” that many prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir are in jails away from their families without a trial. Speaking to reporters, Mufti, who visited the residence of Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, in north Kashmir’s Kupwara to pay condolences […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid, called upon India and Pakistan “to talk to each other to find a way out to address concerns and democratic aspirations of people of Kashmir”. “As international commitments made over the Kashmir issue were never implemented and wars between the neighbouring […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday said they have attached multiple immovable properties worth around ₹5 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers in Srinagar and adjoining districts under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan – 100 Days Campaign. According to a police statement, the properties were attached under various provisions of the NDPS […]
PULWAMA — A medical officer at District Hospital Pulwama sustained head injuries requiring eight stitches after he was allegedly assaulted by an attendant inside the hospital premises, officials said on Friday. The incident also left a security guard injured during the altercation. Medical Superintendent District Hospital Pulwama, Dr. Abdul Gani, told KNT that the injured […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg, on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness for the annual Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY-2026). The meeting was attended by the Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag, Srinagar, Ganderbal and Bandipora, Commissioner SMC, besides Heads of Departments from Rural Sanitation, ULB, Health, FCS&CA, BEACON, KPDCL, PHE, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday trapped two officials of the Irrigation Division Anantnag for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a complainant. According to an ACB statement, the complainant alleged that Ziladar Nazir Ahmad Wani, son of Mohammad Akbar Wani, resident of Utrasoo Najigund […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday claimed he was put under house arrest on the death anniversary of his father, Mohammad Farooq Shah, the former chief preacher who was assassinated in 1990. Mirwaiz was scheduled to visit the Eidgah graveyard to offer prayers on the 36th death anniversary of his father and the 24th […]
SRINAGAR — LPG consumers in the Kashmir valley are facing difficulties in getting their cylinders refilled as distributors are witnessing a huge rush of customers for the mandatory eKYC of their connections. While the distributors deal with the rush, many customers are facing issues with the self-eKYC after the government made it mandatory to procure […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said they have arrested an alleged terror associate in Kulgam district and recovered explosive substance and incriminating material from his possession. According to a police statement, the arrest was made during a joint operation conducted by Kulgam Police, Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles and CRPF’s 18 Battalion […]