JAMMU — A cordon and search operation is underway to track down at least two to three terrorists believed to be hiding in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Thursday. The operation follows an encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in the heavily forested Chatru belt […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in the forest area of Chatroo in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning. The Indian Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps said in a post on X that an intelligence-based operation was launched along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police early […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of ‘smart houses’ for cloudburst-hit families in Chisoti village of Kishtwar district. As many as 19 houses, which were completely damaged during the natural disaster on August 14, will be rebuilt free of cost with the support […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will reach out to the people of cloudburst-hit Chasoti in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district and lay the foundation for rebuilding houses and other infrastructure damaged in the mountainous belt on November 3, officials said on Thursday. A cloudburst struck Chasoti — the last motorable village en route to […]
JAMMU — A high-level team from Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday reviewed the proposal to expand the Kishtwar airport under UDAN scheme. The team visited the proposed site to carry out a ground-level assessment of the area and feasibility of expansion. They also held meetings with local officials. […]
SRINAGAR — Pandemonium broke out in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative Assembly on Wednesday after BJP MLA Shagun Parihar alleged the Government was neglecting some Kishtwar areas as “nationalist Hindus” reside there. The Kishtwar MLA’s comments, made during the Zero Hour, were objected to by the treasury benches. Minister Javid Dar said these remarks were […]
SRINAGAR/JAMMU — The police on Monday carried out raids at dozens of places in Srinagar, Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir as part of the massive clampdown on terror ecosystem launched after the horrific Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 persons dead. “The searches were conducted in accordance with proper legal procedures in the […]
JAMMU — Authorities have ordered prohibition on sale, stitching and storage of army uniforms and combat pattern dresses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district to check their misuse by anti-national elements. Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Rajesh Kumar Shavan ordered the prohibition. “Whereas, this threat posed by subversive elements is an imminent danger to public safety, public […]
KISHTWAR (KIMS) — In a significant development aimed at reviewing the prevailing security scenario and assessing preparedness for upcoming events and devising comprehensive future preparedness in District Kishtwar, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Jammu Zone, Sh. Bhim Sen Tuti, IPS, and Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sh. Ramesh Kumar, IAS, jointly visited the district today. The visit […]
JAMMU — At least 22 families have been shifted as a precautionary measure due to the lurking threat of a landslide in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a government official said. Traffic remained suspended on the Kishtwar-Paddar road, connecting the famous Machail Mata shrine for the third day on Saturday. District Development Commissioner […]