SRINAGAR — Four boys were injured in a mysterious explosion in Kupwara district on Wednesday, officials said. The explosion took place in Tutigund village of Handwara in the north Kashmir district, where some children were playing cricket, they said. The injured were identified as Uzair Tahir, Sajid Rashid, Hazim Shabir, and Zeyan Tahir, all local […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces on Thursday busted a militant hideout in the Brijthor Forest area of Kupwara district and recovered a huge cache of ammunition and other war-like stores. “Based on specific intelligence input, the Indian Army, along with Jammu and Kashmir Police, launched a joint operation on October 8, 2025, in the general […]
SRINAGAR — Two soldiers died and two others were injured when their vehicle fell into a gorge near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The Army vehicle they were travelling in rolled down into a gorge at Reyala Murchana Road in Teetwal area of Karnah, they […]
KUPWARA (KIMS) — Police on Sunday in Handwara successfully seized a substantial quantity of illicit timber, dealing a major blow to timber smugglers operating in the region. Acting on specific information, a police party from PS Handwara conducted raids at two locations in the Darashpora area of Handwara. During the operation, a total of 28 […]
KUPWARA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday apprehended three drug peddlers including a woman and recovered a substantial quantity of contraband from their possession in Kupwara. On April 16 2025, a police party from Police Station Kupwara, while conducting routine patrolling and Naka duty at Gir Hachi Link Road, intercepted a suspicious vehicle. […]
KUPWARA (KIMS) — Police on Monday solved theft case in Kupwara and arrested accused person involved in the crime and recovered stolen batteries from his possession. Police Post Bazaar received a written complaint stating that unknown miscreants had stolen batteries from tippers and trucks parked at Regipora. Acting promptly, an FIR No. 88/2025 under Section […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces on Sunday during a joint search operation have recovered war-like stores in forest area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police and 47RR of Army have successfully recovered a substantial cache of war-like stores during Search and Destroy Operation (SADO) in the Kandi Forest belt of Kupwara district. The recovered items […]
SRINAGAR — Dozens of workers engaged in projects undertaken by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) held a protest in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, demanding forest department issue a clearance certificate for the works. The protestors staged a sit-in outside the office of the deputy commissioner of Kupwara briefly. “We work […]
JAMMU — Langate MLA Sheikh Khursheed Ahmad, brother of jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, was marshalled out from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly following a ruckus and noisy scenes. Ahmad alleged that he was not given time to speak during the grants session addressed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. This is the second time […]
KUPWARA (KIMS) — In a decisive action against drug trafficking Kupwara Police has detained a notorious drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act after securing formal detention orders from the competent authority. The accused Shahbaz Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Majeed Khan a resident of […]
