SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached seven immovable properties in Kashmir belonging to a top militant of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), according to an official statement issued on Thursday. Militant Sartaj Ahmed Mantoo’s properties, including land measuring 19 Marlas and 84 Sq ft at Kisarigam in Pulwama district, were attached on Wednesday […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in the Supreme Court on Thursday by video from prison, in connection with a case he has filed against amendments to Pakistan’s anti-graft laws. This will be Imran’s first public appearance since his arrest in last August in a Toshakhana case. Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre should revoke the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) to enable the outfit to participate in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Abdullah’s remarks came after former chief of JeI Ghulam Qadir Wani on Wednesday said his organisation will participate in assembly elections if […]
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir, voting in “numbers” in the elections for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency to express their sentiments, is a good sign. Iltija Mufti conducted road shows in the Union Territory’s Poonch district to garner support for her mother […]
JAMMU — Two men were arrested and booked under relevant sections of the law for allegedly raping a woman and molesting a five-year-old girl in two separate incidents here, police said on Wednesday. According to the statement, an FIR was filed under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 7 and 8 […]
JAMMU — A man, named in multiple criminal cases, was booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) here in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Arun Kumar, a resident of Akhnoor, was detained under the administrative law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases. A […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Qadir Wani Wednesday said his organisation will participate in assembly elections if the Centre revokes the ban imposed on the outfit in 2019. “We are holding talks with the Centre. We want to get our ban removed and we want to play our role in […]
SRINAGAR — Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to divide the nation to stay in power, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said the PM should remember he may not be in power in the future but the country will survive. Speaking to reporters after a public rally in Shangus area of Anantnag in south […]
JAMMU — A joint security review meeting with a focus on counter-militancy operations in the Jammu region was held in view of the recent militant attacks on an IAF convoy in Poonch, officials said. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based 16 Corps (also known as White Knight Corps) Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva chaired the meeting […]
JAMMU — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has listed one more accused in its charge sheet for his role in delivering arms and weapons from Pakistan to militants of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) by drones, the agency said on Wednesday. Zakir Hussain alias Sonu is the tenth accused against whom charges have been filed in a […]