SRINAGAR — Punjab Police has arrested two persons including a lady for murdering a businessman from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Friday morning in Firozpur area of Punjab. As per a statement by District Ferozepur Police, it has arrested the accused while exposing the blind murder of Kashmiri […]
JAMMU — Calling the Delimitation Commission’s draft report as imitation of Dixon Plan aimed to divide people on communal lines, President, J&K Apni Party Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari has rejected the report as it has deeply disappointed all sections of society in both the regions of J&K. Altaf Bukhari also questioned five MPs of J&K […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 166 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day count in 47 days, even as there was no death due to the virus, officials said on Saturday. They said 103 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 63 from Kashmir Division, taking the […]
BANIHAL — A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a Special Police Officer (SPO) convicted for killing his wife and brother-in-law in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Principal Sessions Judge Ramban, Haqnawaz Zargar awarded rigorous life-imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lac to the SPO Abdul Gafoor, son of Late […]
SRINAGAR — A motorcyclist was killed and two other persons injured after the two-wheeler collided with a private car in Mazbugh Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports reaching GNS said that the collision involved an i20 car bearing registration number and JK05K 4586 and a motorcycle bearing registration number JK01U 8032, resulting in injuries […]
SOPORE — A 20-year-old youth was killed after being hit by a train in between Hamre-Sopore railway section in the Baramulla district on Saturday evening. Officials said that a train no 04619 from Banihal to Baramulla hit a local boy namely Waseem Ahmad Sheikh a resident of Lalpora Baramulla aged near about 20 years near […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a TRF militant who had come to carry a ‘target killing’ from Eidgah area of summer capital Srinagar. A police official said that based on specific input generated by Srinagar police a search operation along with CRPF was launched at Shaheed Graveyard in […]
PULWAMA — Pulwama Police today felicitated the students of District Pulwama who have secured top positions in recently announced results of Higher Secondary part two (12th Regular) & Part ist (10th Regular) examinations of 2021-22. DC Pulwama Shri Baseer-ul-Haq Choudary was the chief guest of the felicitation event and was also attended by SSP Pulwama […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High court has dismissed the petitions moved by three retired central government officials refuting their claims. The petitioners sought permission to retain the government accommodation claiming they are Kashmiri Migrants. They had challenged the eviction orders issued by the Central government. Justice V Kameswar Rao dismissed the petitions observing, “The […]
RAJOURI — A protest was held in Rajouri town on Saturday morning after family members and relatives of a casual labour of Power Development Department (PDD) hit the roads against the government for ‘failing’ to provide medical assistance to the victim. The casual laborer identified as Mohammad Saleem of Thudi Jawahar Nagar in Rajouri was […]
