SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Tuesday said they have registered an FIR against an individual in Budgam district for allegedly operating a fake WhatsApp account in the name of the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Budgam and attempting to influence people. According to police, reliable information was received that Sameer Ali Bhat, son of Ghulam […]
SRINAGAR — Baisakhi was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety in Kashmir on Tuesday, with the devotees thronging different gurdwaras to offer prayers. The main function was held at Gurdwara Chati Padshahi in the Rainawari area of the city, which was attended by a huge number of Sikh devotees. Senior officers of police and civil […]
SRINAGAR — Police have arrested eight people allegedly involved in vandalism during protests against sexual harassment of a girl student by a lecturer in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. A senior lecturer at a government higher secondary school in Sopore was on Monday booked on charges of sexually assaulting a […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday recovered bodies of a boy and a girl from an abandoned house in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two decomposed bodies were spotted by locals inside the house in Kamad village this morning. He said locals informed the police after noticing […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A former Patwari has been convicted in a corruption case dating back to 2007 and sentenced to one year imprisonment along with a fine of ₹10,000 by the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar. The judgment was pronounced by Special Judge Tasleem Arif in connection with FIR No. 20/2007 registered at Police Station […]
SRINAGAR — The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, a major tourist attraction in Kashmir in the spring season, will be closed to the public as bloom season comes to an end, an official said here on Monday. The decision to close the garden on Thursday, located on the banks of Dal Lake here, was taken […]
SRINAGAR — A police has been filed against a senior lecturer posted in north kashmir’s Sopore town after a girl student accused him of harassment, even as the teacher has been suspened with inquiry ordered into the matter. Senior Superintendent of Police Sopore, Iftikhar Talib, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said the teacher […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Monday forecast mainly dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir from April 13 to 16, with a brief spell of light rain or thunder expected at a few places towards the evening of April 16. The Department said that weather conditions are likely to remain generally cloudy on […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said there are no real winners in a war as conflict leaves behind destruction and losses, and called for serious engagement and dialogue grounded in justice to bring peace in the Middle East. Addressing the Friday congregation at the Jamia Masjid here, the Mirwaiz said […]
JAMMU — The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged significant spatio-temporal changes in land use and water cover of the iconic Dal lake, pointing to a shrinkage of the water body from 15.40 square kilometres in 2007 to 12.91 square kilometres in 2020, registering a decline of 10.15 per cent in 13 years. The […]