SRINAGAR — A CRPF personnel allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday evening at Kokernag in south Kashmir, they said. Constable Satish Kumar, a resident of Rewari in Haryana, was posted with the 164 Battalion of the […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre has authorised the Jammu and Kashmir LG to exercise powers, such as interception of signals, suspension of service and decryption of messages, related to telecom services in the UT during public safety events or national emergency, an official notification issued on Thursday said. According to the order, the President directed […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday said it has registered a disproportionate assets case against a KAS officer accused of possessing assets allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to an ACB statement, the case has been registered against Zafar Iqbal, Chief Accounts Officer, son of Mir […]
KULGAM (KIMS) — A book titled Foundations of Social Sciences, authored by Javid Ahmad Rather, was formally released on Thursday at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kulgam during a dignified function attended by senior education officials, academicians, teachers, students and other distinguished guests. The book was unveiled by Abdul Ghani Bhat, chief education officer kulgam […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Thursday said they have attached immovable properties worth over ₹2 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers in Chanapora and Qamarwari areas of the Srinagar city as part of the ongoing 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan. According to a police statement, in the first action, Police Station Chanapora attached […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday expressed hope that the Supreme Court will deliver justice if the controversy surrounding alleged malpractices in the West Bengal polls reaches the apex court of the country. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the party’s provincial committee, Abdullah said everyone is raising questions over […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Thursday said they have arrested ten persons involved in multiple illegal opium poppy cultivation cases registered across Anantnag district. According to a police statement, Police Station Mattan arrested Gh Nabi Mir, son of Gh Ahmad Mir, resident of Nanil, in connection with FIR No. 47/2026 under Section 8/18 of the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Wednesday said they have demolished an illegally constructed residential structure belonging to an alleged habitual drug peddler in the Palpora Noorbagh area of Srinagar city as part of the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan. According to a police statement, the accused, identified as Hilal Ahmad Sheikh, son of […]
SRINAGAR — A tourist from the United States died on Wednesday after complaining of uneasiness during his stay in a house boat at Dal Lake here, officials said. John David Anderson, who was on a visit to Kashmir with his wife Judith Anne McCarthy, fell ill in the middle of the night, they said. The […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case against the wife and son of MLA Anantnag Peerzada Mohammad Syed for allegedly locking a government-run hospital, officials said on Wednesday. An FIR was registered at Achabal police station, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, on Tuesday against Syed’s wife and son after they allegedly locked […]