SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha attended the inaugural ceremony of 5th Khelo India Winter Games at Gulmarg today. The Lieutenant Governor welcomed and conveyed his best wishes to athletes and team officials from all over the country participating in different winter-sports disciplines. “Khelo India Winter Games symbolizes the spirit of Ek Bharat […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked for a report on Sunday after a fashion show in the ski resort of Gulmarg during the fasting month of Ramzan evoked widespread criticism, with Kashmir’s chief priest, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, saying obscenity in the name of tourism promotion will not be tolerated. The chief […]
SRINAGAR — A fashion show held in the winter tourist resort of Gulmarg during the fasting month of Ramzan has evoked widespread criticism, with Kashmir’s chief priest, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, saying obscenity in the name of tourism promotion will not be tolerated. “Outrageous! That In the holy month of Ramzan an obscene fashion show is […]
JAMMU — The SOS International, a leading body of displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), accused the BJP-led Centre on Sunday of failing to ensure their proper rehabilitation. It alleged that the saffron party is using the narrative of reclaiming PoK for electoral gains. “The unfortunate reality is that there is no concrete plan with […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday have attached the immovable property of a known drug peddler in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The attached property a four-storey shopping complex comprising of around 40 shops at village Nadigam and around six canals of land situated at village Chek Wazir Panoo belongs to Ghulam Ahmad […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological department today forecast intermittent rains and snow in parts of Jammu and Kashmir till March 16. An official said that there is a possibility of light rains and snow at scattered places of J&K from tonight. He said there is a possibility of light to moderate rains and snow over many […]
SRINAGAR — With Ramzan come the Seharkhwans — the drum-beaters who wake up people for the pre-dawn meal ‘Sehri’ — to the cities and towns of Kashmir. Hundreds of these men who arrive from remote villages have kept the age-old tradition alive, despite the ubiquity of modern gadgets such as mobile phones and alarm clocks. […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir has received almost 13 percent of the total tourists who visited the Union Territory in the last four years, with the bulk of the share going to the Jammu region, official data suggests. According to the Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled by the Jammu and Kashmir government in the Legislative Assembly, the union […]
SRINAGAR — Apni Party supremo Altaf Bukhari on Saturday demanded raising the minimum residency period to 50 years to be eligible for domicile in Jammu and Kashmir. He also appealed to Jammu and Kashmir MLAs to pass a bill for a change in the domicile law. “My appeal to the assembly, in which we have […]
BUDGAM (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday have attached the immovable property of a notorious drug peddler in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The attached property, a single-story residential house valued at ₹18,00,000 belongs to Mohammad Rafeeq Sheikh S/o Abdul Razaq Sheikh R/o Mazhama. This action has been carried out under Section 68-F of […]