Kashmir

Police attach property worth over ₹10 lakh under NDPS Act in Handwara

HANDWARA — Police have attached a residential property worth ₹10.18 lakh belonging to an alleged drug trafficker in Langate area of Handwara as part of their ongoing crackdown against drug trafficking, officials said. The property belongs to Mehraj-Ud-Din Gojree, a resident of Langate, and was allegedly renovated using proceeds generated through illicit narcotics trafficking, police […]

Jammu

Crime Branch Jammu files chargesheet against four in PRC fraud case

JAMMU — Crime Branch Jammu has filed a chargesheet against four accused in a case involving the alleged fraudulent procurement of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) through fabrication of census records and lineage details, officials said on Tuesday. The chargesheet was filed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch before the Additional Sessions Judge, […]

Jammu

NC has mechanism to address grievances, no threat to J&K govt: Deputy CM

JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday dismissed concerns over the stability of the Omar Abdullah-led government amid reported differences within the ruling National Conference following the recent Cabinet expansion and dissent by MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi. Ruhulla, the Srinagar Lok Sabha MP, on Tuesday announced his resignation from […]

Politics

Lack of ideological compatibility behind Ruhullah’s exit from NC: Karra

JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday attributed National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi’s differences with his party to a possible lack of ideological compatibility, while asserting that the Congress would stand firmly with the NC whenever it faced a threat from the BJP. Reacting to recent […]

Politics

Congress trying to create atmosphere of anarchy to capture political power: Ram Madhav

JAMMU — BJP national vice president Ram Madhav on Tuesday accused the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of deliberately spreading false propaganda over the SIR issue as they were unable to challenge the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi through democratic elections. The Congress, he charged, was attempting to destabilise the country, undermine democratic […]

Jammu

CM inspects construction of new Legislative Assembly Complex in Jammu

JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday inspected the ongoing construction work on the new Legislative Assembly Complex in Jammu and reviewed the pace of execution, emphasising its time-bound completion. The six-level complex will house a modern Assembly Hall, Central Hall, visitor and press galleries, committee rooms and advanced building management systems. The long-delayed […]

Asia

Two policemen killed while guarding polio workers in Northwest Pakistan

PESHAWAR — Suspected militants riding a motorcycle shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign Tuesday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The drive-by shooting in Mohmand, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, also wounded a third officer. The police officers were traveling to a […]