NEW DELHI — Four people associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen on Friday pleaded guilty before a Delhi court in a money laundering case related to the Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust militant funding matter. Mohammad Shafi Shah, Talib Lali, Muzaffar Ahmad Dar and Musthaq Ahmad Lone told the court that they did not claim trial […]
DODA — Nineteen families were evacuated after their homes developed cracks at a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Friday. The authorities also declared unsafe a mosque and a religious school for girls at Nai Basti village in Thathri, 35 kilometres from Doda town along the Kishtwar-Batote National Highway. A few […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said that it along with Army’s 9 RR busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Kulgam district of South Kashmir and arrested six associates of the militant outfit and also recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession. According to statement by Kulgam Police, on […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department (SED) has launched an online application and a portal to monitor online attendance of teachers and officers besides seeking feedback from the students. According to a communication, the department has launched “JK Attendance App” for online attendance of teachers while a SAMIKSHA portal has been launched by the J&K […]
JAMMU — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted searches at over three dozen locations in Jammu division in connection with Financial Accounts Assistant (FAA) Recruitment scam case, PTI reported. According to the report, CBI sleuths conducted raids in 6 districts of Jammu division which includes 30 locations in Jammu district, 2 each […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast generally dry in Jammu division and light rain and snow at scattered places in Kashmir division during the next 24 hours. The weather remained dry in the Union Territory yesterday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, generally dry weather in Jammu division with light rain/snow at […]
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in summer capital Srinagar on Friday morning as part of its investigation of a militancy related case registered at SIA. Reliable sources told news agency KDC that the sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local police and the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police along with a local rescued a woman after she attempted to commit suicide by jumping into river Jhelum in Srinagar. Police said that a woman (name withheld) had family issue that caused her instant trauma and jumped into river Jhelum in Nawakadal area of the city to commit suicide. […]
SRINAGAR — The district administration Anantnag on Thursday retrieved encroached land in Qazigund tehsil of the district. The encroached land was retrieved by revenue officials of Tehsil Qazigund from kin of former Forest minister and senior National Conference (NC) leader Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah. The land, measuring, 1 kanal and 18 marlas is registered as […]
NEW DELHI — India’s Haj quota for this year has been fixed at 1,75,025 according to the bilateral agreement with Saudi Arabia, the government said on Thursday. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani said the ministry has had a number of interactive sessions on Haj management […]