SRINAGAR — A few areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while rains lashed the plains on Thursday, officials said. The famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Gurez in Bandipora, and a few other places received fresh snowfall overnight that continued till morning, they said. They said most plains, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said state land valued at over Rs 18,000 crore is under illegal encroachment in the union territory, with eviction processes initiated to reclaim it. Health Minister Sakina Itoo, who was replying on behalf of the Revenue Minister, stated this in reply to a question from BJP […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces have arrested two militant associates in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday. “Based on specific intelligence input, a search operation was launched by security forces at Gandbal-Hajin Road in Bandipora district on Wednesday,” Indian Army’s Srinagar based Chinar Corps said in a post on X. “During search, the two militant […]
UDHAMPUR — Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board President, Darakhshan Andrabi expressed her support for Union Home Ministry’s decision to ban Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) and Awami Action Committee. She further called for a ban on other groups who might disturb the peace and happiness of the people in the valley. “The ban imposed […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday said the Centre’s decision to ban Awami Action Committee (AAC) and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) is yet another “authoritarian move to silence voices”. The Srinagar MP said in a post on X that this action by New Delhi only adds to the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 625 acres of land to set up industrial estates in different districts of the Kashmir division while a proposal for 1,207 acres of land has been submitted to the revenue department for similar projects in Jammu. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary informed the Legislative Assembly while […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that TV channels and news portals should stop spreading misinformation about new liquor vends being allotted by the government in the region. “There is no change in the 305 shops being auctioned in 2025-26, with no addition of any new shop for bidding.” […]
JAMMU — Senior CPI(M) leader and Kulgam MLA M Y Tarigami on Wednesday said there is a need to strengthen education and healthcare in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly here on demands for grants, he said the government should liberate education from “consumerism and commodification”. He referred to the new National Education […]
GULMARG — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre has not shared any intelligence with his government that could have warranted the ban on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Awami Action Committee (AAC), and asserted he was not in favour of such decisions. The Centre had on Tuesday banned the AAC, headed […]
JAMMU — The J&K government plans to invite tenders for the opening of more than 200 liquor outlets according to the government’s excise policy of 2025-2026 and this comes even as voices seeking a ban on liquor get shriller in the Union Territory. According to the excise policy of J&K’s finance department for the fiscal […]