SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said safeguarding the annual Amarnath yatra is the duty of Kashmiris, and an opportunity to build harmony in times of growing hate and polarisation. The 57-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas is set to begin on July 3. The former chief minister, […]
JAMMU — Security arrangements for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra were reviewed during a meeting here, with authorities stressing technology-driven measures such as enhanced CCTV surveillance, real-time monitoring through integrated control rooms, and stronger communication networks for rapid response. The security management and coordination meeting was chaired by Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Joginder Singh and […]
ANANTNAG — The body of a Srinagar man, who was swept away while attempting to rescue his son in the Lidder River near Pahalgam, was retrieved from the Aishmuqam area on Friday, six days after the incident. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the body of Muhammad Ashraf Mir (42), a […]
SRINAGAR — To ensure the safety and security of tourists and pilgrims during the Amarnath Yatra 2026, police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district have launched the ‘Pahchan App’, a QR-based mobile application designed to register and regulate service providers operating along the Yatra route and at key tourist destinations. The application enables instant, on-spot […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg, on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness for the annual Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY-2026). The meeting was attended by the Deputy Commissioners of Anantnag, Srinagar, Ganderbal and Bandipora, Commissioner SMC, besides Heads of Departments from Rural Sanitation, ULB, Health, FCS&CA, BEACON, KPDCL, PHE, […]
SRINAGAR — Two tourists were killed and three people, including a local driver, injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said. A cab carrying tourists from Gujarat met with the accident on the Pahalgam-Aru route in the south Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — Security has been beefed up across Kashmir as the nation remembers the 26 men who were gunned down by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Baisaran meadows of Pahalgam resort on this day last year. Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed at important places, including tourist resorts, across Kashmir on the first anniversary of the […]
JAMMU — The advance registration for the annual Amarnath Yatra will commence from April 15 across 554 designated bank branches in the country, with the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) issuing a detailed step-by-step procedure for pilgrims. Officials said that the registration and issuance of yatra permits will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police have registered an FIR against a hotel in Pahalgam for allegedly concealing the stay of foreign nationals and violating mandatory reporting norms, police said on Monday. Police in a statement said, during routine checking in the Dehwatoo area, it was found that 23 foreign nationals, including 19 British nationals had checked […]
SRINAGAR — A massive fire broke out in a hotel in Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district early Tuesday, official said. Though no casualties were reported in the blaze, an employee of another nearby hotel was killed when he was allegedly hit by a fire tender that was reversing after the firefighting operation. Officials said […]