JAMMU — A CBI court here has issued summons to Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, to appear before it on July 15 in a case related to her abduction in 1989, officials said on Friday. This is the first time that Rubaiya Sayeed has been asked to […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday visited the residence of Ambreen Bhat, who was killed by militants days ago at her home in Budgam’s Hushroo area, said that the “muscular” and “repressive” policies of BJP government has resulted in deterioration of the situation in Kashmir. “Instead of the situation getting […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested social activist Waqar H Bhatti for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his ‘shivling’ tweet which caused social media outrage. Following his tweet, which was later deleted, netizens demanded his immediate arrest. “FIR was registered following his tweet, which hurt religious sentiments,” a senior police officer told […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a ‘hybrid’ militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit in Bemina area of Srinagar. According to police statement, “acting on a specific tip-off about the movement of militants in the general area of Bemina, a joint Naka was laid by Srinagar Police, valley QAT of […]
PULWAMA — Two persons including a driver were killed after a loaded tractor turned turtle in Konibal area of Pampore in Pulwama district. Reports said that a tractor loaded with cow dung turned turtle in Konibal area of Pampore, resulting in serious injuries to both of them. They said that the duo was rushed to […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) raid is underway at the residence of the former commissioner of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Showkat Ahmad. Official sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that the ACB has been conducting the raid in Ahmad’s house at 2nd Sector Humhama near Railway Bridge (Airport Avenue link). They said that […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate has served a notice on the Member Parliament and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah in connection with a case, sources said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that summon served on Farooq Abdullah, who is in his late eighties, has asked him to appear before the […]
SRINAGAR — The MeT department on Friday predicted mainly clear to partly cloudy sky in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. The weather was mainly clear in the union territory during the past 24 hours. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the countries, which are attempting to isolate Russia, are primarily only harming their economies. While addressing the plenary session of the First Eurasian Economic Forum on Thursday, Putin said it would simply be unfeasible and impossible to isolate Russia, and “those, who aspire to do so would […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft has confirmed that it is bringing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA) — which allows users to run Android apps on Windows 11 — to five new markets later this year. Currently only available in the US, WSA will launch in France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK before the end […]