SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday intensified the crackdown on the terror ecosystem in Kashmir, carrying out raids at more than 300 locations linked to persons affiliated with the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the valley, officials said. The raids were based on credible intelligence inputs indicating attempts by JeI-linked elements to revive their activities under different […]
SRINAGAR — A preacher from Haryana who allegedly helped store explosives in his rented home near Faridabad’s Al Falah university was detained and brought to Srinagar early Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir police officials said. Maulvi Ishtiyaq belongs to Mewat and would conduct religious sermons in the Al Falah campus, the centrepoint of an interstate ‘white […]
JAMMU — Activists affiliated with the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Rashtriya Bajrang Dal on Wednesday staged separate anti-Pakistan protests here and demanded stern action against the culprits behind the recent Delhi car bomb blast. The protests at Indira Chowk and outside the Jammu bus stand concluded peacefully, as the participants shouted slogans and burnt effigies […]
JAMMU — Police on Wednesday reached out to various localities and sensitive areas in Jammu city, urging people—particularly traders—to remain alert about any suspicious movement and to install CCTV cameras as part of the security setup in the capital city. The move comes in the wake of a high-intensity explosion that ripped through a slow-moving […]
JAMMU — Over 13,600 rooftop solar systems have been installed in Jammu and Kashmir, with more than 5,400 households receiving “zero electricity bills’, officials said on Wednesday, adding that a target has been set to cover 83,500 households in the Union territory. This was revealed at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo […]
FARIDABAD — Al-Falah University and its 76-acre sprawling campus the Muslim-dominated Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad district has come under the scanner following the arrest of three doctors in connection with the “white-collar terror module” and the high-intensity explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort. With educated individuals found to be “acting at the behest of Pakistan-backed […]
NEW DELHI — Two cartridges, including a live ammunition, and samples of two different types of explosives are among more than 40 samples that have been collected by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team from the blast site near the Red Fort, officials said on Wednesday. Preliminary analysis suggests that one of the explosive samples […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Assembly bye-elections held in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday witnessed an impressive voter turnout, with Nagrota recording 75.08% and Budgam 50.02% polling. According to official data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the 27-Budgam Assembly Constituency recorded a turnout of 50.01%, while the 77-Nagrota Assembly Constituency saw 74.82% polling. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A man impersonating a police officer of the Special Operations Group (SOG) Srinagar was arrested in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday for allegedly extorting money from the public. Acting swiftly on credible information, police arrested the accused, identified as Altaf Ahmad Dar, son of Assadullah Dar, resident of Marval Kakpora, who […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed the security agencies to hunt down each and every culprit behind the Delhi blast that claimed 12 lives. He said everyone involved will face the full wrath of security agencies. Shah said this after chairing two subsequent security review meetings which were held in […]