SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Friday said it has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 08/2025 before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Beerwah, Budgam, against three persons in connection with a fake Railway recruitment scam. The chargesheet has been filed under Sections 420, 468, 471 […]
DHAKA — At least 25 journalists of The Daily Star have been rescued from their office more than four hours after a mob swooped on the newspaper office in Dhaka’s Kawran Bazar, BD News reported. The angry crowd descended on the English-language daily’s office around 12 am on Friday. The first attack came on the […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Police on Thursday said they secured conviction in a terror-related case registered under FIR No. 289/2020 at Police Station Pulwama in south Kashmir after the accused confessed his involvement before the court through video conferencing. The case was registered on December 1, 2020 under Sections 16, 18, 19 and 20 of the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to reconsider allotting “fertile” land to the BSF for setting up a security camp in Pulwama district. “This is fertile land located in the middle of the village. It should not be given to the BSF for establishing a […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Jammu and Kashmir resident, a close associate of suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi, in connection with the Red Fort area blast, making it the ninth arrest in the case, officials said on Thursday. Yasir Ahmad Dar allegedly played an active role in the conspiracy behind the […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Thursday listed a plea filed by detained Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik for next hearing on December 27, after the petitioner’s side concluded its arguments in the matter. Malik, who is the AAP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit president, was detained under […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has amended the rules governing concession, storage and transportation of minor minerals, making GPS-enabled vehicles, RFID registration and a valid e-Challan mandatory for mineral transportation across the Union territory, officials said on Wednesday. The Mining Department has fixed January 26 as the deadline for ensuring GPS, RFID and […]
JAMMU — A security conference chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha began on Thursday to discuss and review various aspects of security in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Union territory-level security conference is being held in the presence of of the national Director General of Police (DGPs) and Inspector General of Police (IGPs). “The […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has constituted an inquiry committee to look into the process followed for the selection of the J&K football team for the national competition, Santosh Trophy 2025. Jammu witnessed a chain of protests against the selection of the Santosh Trophy football squad by the Sports Council, with protesters demanding […]
JAMMU — Police on Thursday have three persons in connection with an alleged sacrilegious act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. Acting on information about the incident in Sarsi village during late Wednesday night, police registered a case under relevant sections of the law at Doda police station, they said. People held protests […]