JAMMU (KIMS) — Prominent political leaders, including the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, the Chief Minister, former Chief Ministers, and other leaders, have strongly condemned the killing of two Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in Kishtwar district of Jammu region on Thursday. LG Manoj Sinha strongly condemned the attack on VDG members, stating: […]
JAMMU — Two Village Defence Guards were on Thursday executed by militants after their abduction in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said. Sanatan Dharam Sabha called for a complete bandh in Kishtwar in protest against the killings on Friday. A massive joint search operation has been launched by police and […]
JAMMU — Two persons were killed while as six others were injured after a vehicle met an accident at Chasti Padder area of Kishtwar district on Wednesday. Officials told GNS that today around 02:50 pm afternoon a Tata Sumo bearing registration number JK17-7378 while on way from Chasoti towards Gulabarg Padder met an accident. In […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Days after taking office, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sanctioned Rs 1.70 crore on Tuesday to assist the fire victims of the Mulwarwan. The fire, which occurred in the Mulwarwan area of Kishtwar district in Jammu division on October 14, left over 70 families homeless. In an official order to […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited the fire-ravaged village in Kishtwar district where dozens of houses were gutted in a massive blaze, and pledged more relief for the rehabilitation of the devastated families. A major fire in the densely populated Mulwarwan village on Monday consumed most of the residential […]
KISHTWAR (KIMS) — The Cybercrime Investigation Unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kishtwar district of Jammu division, said on Monday that they had solved a major case by recovering a defrauded amount of Rs. 1,32,000. “The Cybercrime Investigation Unit resolved multiple online fraud cases, including mobile recharge scams, unauthorized third-party app installations, malicious […]
JAMMU — A government school teacher was suspended for allegedly resorting to corporal punishment to a student in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday. Anayatullah Ahanger, posted at Primary School Gowarian Dhar in remote Inderwal area, was placed under immediate suspension after a video purportedly showing a student subjected to corporal punishment […]
JAMMU — The encounter that started between security forces and militants at Gurinal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on September 21 has entered its third day. The police said on Monday that in continuation of the earlier joint search operation launched by security forces near the Danna Dhar forest area in the upper […]
JAMMU — A government employee and a village-level official were suspended for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Sunday. District Election Officer, Kishtwar, Rajesh Kumar Shavan ordered action pending inquiry against Adil Irshad, groundsman in Zonal Education Planning Office, Paddar, and ‘lambardar’ Vikram […]
JAMMU — A video has surfaced online showing some people raising “objectionable slogans” purportedly at a meeting of an independent candidate from Inderwal, with an official saying he has been served a notice and an FIR has been filed against unnamed persons. However, Ghulam Mohd Saroori said he was not aware about any such meeting […]
