SRINAGAR — Four people were injured after a fire broke out at a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred at the mosque in the Hamray area of Pattan in the north Kashmir district, they said. They said the Fire and Emergency Services rushed fire tenders to the […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag arrested four alleged drug peddlers in four separate operations and recovered charas, brown sugar and ₹43,680 in cash from their possession, officials said on Sunday. They said police teams from Police Station Anantnag apprehended the accused during separate operations conducted as part of an intensified crackdown against drug trafficking in […]
SRINAGAR — A policeman was injured after his service rifle went off accidentally while he was cleaning it in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said. Constable Mohammad Abbas sustained a gunshot injury at Bijbehara police post in the south Kashmir district, they said. He was shifted to Government Medical College in Anantnag […]
ANANTNAG — Police on Saturday attached immovable properties worth around ₹13.05 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district under the provisions of the NDPS Act, officials said. The action was carried out by Police Station Bijbehara against Abdul Gani Dar, son of Ali Mohammad Dar, a resident […]
KULGAM — The investigation into the Kulgam CRPF attack has intensified, with security agencies zeroing in on a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module led by local operative Abdul Latief along with two Pakistani terrorists. Investigators believe the attack was not impulsive. A detailed reconnaissance was conducted before the shooting and they believe that some over ground workers […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has once again been featured among the world’s 500 most influential Muslim personalities in the 2027 edition of The Muslim 500, marking his 13th consecutive inclusion in the annual publication. The Mirwaiz office announced this in a post on X on Saturday, saying the recognition highlighted his […]
SRINAGAR — A huge quantity of “rotten” meat, weighing about 1,600 kilograms, was recovered by railway police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam, an official said on Saturday. The meat was transported from Delhi in railway cargo, allegedly to be distributed in the valley. Railway police SHO Baynazir Iqbal told reporters that information was received from […]
SRINAGAR — The alleged damage to century-old sweet chestnut trees on the University of Kashmir campus has triggered outrage among environmental activists, with the Jammu and Kashmir Climate Action Group (JKCAG) accusing the university administration of damaging heritage trees under the name of pruning. JKCAG Chairman alleged that several sweet chestnut trees (Castanea sativa) near […]
SRINAGAR — A fireman was injured during a firefighting operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday, officials said. They said that a fire broke out in a double-storey residential house at Akhal area of Kangan in the Central Kashmir district on Friday evening, prompting an immediate response from the Fire and Emergency Services […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday extended warm greetings to children on the occasion of Children’s Day, wishing them a bright future filled with opportunities and possibilities. In his message, the Chief Minister expressed hope that every child would be empowered to dream without limits, learn with curiosity and grow with dignity, confidence […]