SRINAGAR — The city on Tuesday recorded the hottest April day in nearly eight decades at 30.4 degrees Celsius which was 10.2 degrees above normal for this time of the season, officials said. The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the highest ever maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius on April 20, 1946, the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday trapped and arrested two revenue officials namely Girdawar Ayaz Ahmad Hurra and Lumberdar Rafiq Ahmad Sheikh red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe for issuing revenue extracts related to a property sale in Srinagar. Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Ayaz Ahmad Hurra, Girdawar, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — With the advent of New Criminal Laws aimed at promoting social responsibility, Police in Srinagar, after reporting a case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar, has sentenced an individual caught for public drunkenness to Community Service. As per the New Criminal Laws aimed at promoting social responsibility, Srinagar Police after […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In its relentless efforts to dismantle the remnants of seccessionist and terrorist ecosytem in J&K, Srinagar Police has conducted searches as part of the ongoing investigations into cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The search has been carried out in case FIR no. 01/2024 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday booked two infamous drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act) in Srinagar. The notorious drug peddlers namely Adil Hamid and Zahoor Ahmad Khan have been booked under the PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday fulfilled a key budget announcement with the launch of a free bus service for women. The chief minister flagged off the Zero-Ticket Travel Initiative for women from the SKICC. A government spokesperson described the move as a landmark towards gender-inclusive mobility. The launch was […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of youth activists on Wednesday joined the BJP in the Zadibal Assembly constituency of Jammu and Kashmir. “More than hundred prominent activists and youths from Zadibal joined the BJP in the presence of Sat Sharma, president, J&K BJP, and Ashok Koul, general secretary (organisation),” a BJP spokesperson said. Sharma and Koul welcomed […]
SRINAGAR — A historic bridge here is undergoing a major transformation as a tribute to the city of bridges’ rich architectural heritage, and is set to become a tourism landmark as well as improve the summer capital’s aesthetic appeal. The Amira Kadal wooden bridge — near the city centre of Lal Chowk — over the […]
SRINAGAR — Nestled between the Dal Lake and the Zabarwan Hills, Asia’s largest tulip garden opened for the public on Wednesday, marking the beginning of a new tourism season in the Kashmir valley. The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden was thrown open to the public by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The garden […]
SRINAGAR — Tourists intending to visit the famous Tulip Garden here can now book tickets online as authorities have started online and QR code-based booking system at several places including the Srinagar Airport, Floriculture director Shakeel-ul-Rehman Rather said on Tuesday. The garden is being thrown open to the public on Wednesday. “We have planted 17.50 […]