SRINAGAR — The ruling National Conference (NC) on Sunday announced senior party leader Agha Syed Mehmood as its candidate for the bypoll to the Budgam Assembly segment in Jammu and Kashmir. The bypoll is scheduled for November 11. The BJP has fielded Agha Syed Mohsin, while the PDP has nominated Agha Muntazir Mehdi for the […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday said the Public Safety Act (PSA) is a draconian law that has been used with impunity by all chief ministers and governors of Jammu and Kashmir. While reacting to a post by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, the MLA from Handwara said the PSA was not […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Demonstrating prompt action and effective investigation, Reasi Police have solved a temple theft case in Katra within days, leading to the arrest of the accused and recovery of stolen gold ornaments. On October 15, a complaint was received at Police Station Katra regarding the theft of gold ornaments from the idol inside […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police have booked an unauthorized pony operator on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) track for operating without valid registration or authorization. During routine patrolling by the police party from Police Post Banganga near Bathing Ghat No. 2, Ban Ganga, one person working as a pony carrier was stopped for checking. The […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have solved two separate murder cases here with the arrest of six people, including five members of a family and a foreign national from Myanmar. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu, Joginder Singh, said a man identified as Narinder Singh was assaulted during a […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Police have busted two major drug peddling networks and arrested eight peddlers, including four women, and recovered heroin worth crores of rupees, an official said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu, Joginder Singh, said the two gangs were busted in Rajiv Nagar and R S Pura areas of Jammu […]
JAMMU — A special police officer (SPO) was crushed to death by a speeding truck along the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Sunday. SPO Rahul Singh was on duty at a checkpoint in the Vijaypur area when he was hit around Saturday midnight. He died on the […]
JAMMU — Accusing his party of using displaced Kashmiri Pandits for “political gains”, disgruntled BJP leader Jahanzaib Sirwal on Sunday called upon the party leadership to take meaningful steps to address the “longstanding injustice” with the community. “This community has been among the most steadfast, yet unpaid, unrecognised, and unacknowledged campaigners for the BJP. Their […]
LAHORE — Zimbabwe will replace Afghanistan in the three-nation T20I tournament to be played in Pakistan from November 17 to 29, the PCB said on Saturday. Afghanistan announced earlier in the day that it would not be sending its team to Pakistan for the tournament, citing the tragic death of three of its cricketers which […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi has demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government make public the report of the cabinet sub-committee on reservation by Sunday. The sub-committee has already submitted its report, and the concerned department has been asked to draft a memorandum, which will be approved by the cabinet […]