SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Centre wants to keep the pot boiling in Jammu and Kashmir to garner more votes in elections. Her remarks come in the wake of the dismissal of three employees by the Jammu and Kashmir government for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities and the attaching […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the passport authority to take a decision within three months on issuing a fresh travel document to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti. Justice Prathiba M Singh noted the issue has been pending for two years and, following an appeal against the rejection, it has now been […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said he was told by security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir that he would have hand-grenades thrown at him, adding that a person walking next to him pointed to him that militants were present in the crowd staring at him when his Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through […]
SRINAGAR — Day after attaching property of Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram in Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached property of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Commander Basit Reshi in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. National Investigation Agency (NIA) action comes as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared […]
NEW DELHI — The News Broadcasters and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Thursday told Delhi High Court that it has objected and “expressed strong disapproval” over a programme aired by Zee News in November 2020 against JNU Scholar Shehla Rashid, LiveLaw reported. According to the report, Advocate Nisha Bhambhani appearing for NBDSA informed Justice Purushaindra […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast light rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement in the Union Territory yesterday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light rain/snow is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.5 degrees […]
SRINAGAR — The Health and Medical Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday appointed Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat as Principal, Government Medical College, Srinagar. According to an order by Bhupinder Kumar (IAS), Secretary to the Government, Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat, Professor & HoD Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar has been appointed as Principal, […]
JAMMU — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Jammu, on request of Kishtwar Police issued a non-bailable warrant against 13 militants who hail from Kishtwar district and are settled and operating from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Police in a press release said, upon request of Kishtwar Police, NIA Special Court, Jammu, issued Non-Bailable Warrants […]
SRINAGAR — Bullet-proof vehicles, wall-through radars and drones are some of the new gadgets inducted by CRPF into its counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir, leading to precision-based actions against militants. Several of these high-tech equipment were used in Tuesday’s operation in Pulwama against two ultras of the TRF allegedly involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday formed a committee headed by its retired judge A.M. Sapre to probe into the Adani-Hindenburg controversy. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala delivered the order on a batch of petitions filed by advocates Vishal Tiwari, […]