SRINAGAR — The arrest and subsequent release of businessman Shafat Ahmed Shangloo has taken a curious turn with the Special Court noting that his name had been “inadvertently or mistakenly” listed in the general arrest warrant issued in 2019 which became the basis for his arrest in the Rubaiyya Sayeed kidnapping case. In its order […]
SRINAGAR — An outfit championing the rights of persons with disability protested here on Wednesday, demanding increased pension, cut-rate loans, and a rebate in essential commodities. The protest by the Jammu and Kashmir Handicapped Association (JKHA) came on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Dozens of JKHA members gathered near the Press Enclave, holding […]
SRINAGAR — The All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Wednesday demanded a one-time reservation for the Sikh community in Jammu and Kashmir. The committee chairman, Jagmohan Singh Raina, said the reservation in jobs and education should be given to the people who really deserve it, and it should not be a continuous process. “Facts […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Pulwama Police has sought public assistance to trace Mehvish Shamim, aged around 20, daughter of Shamim Ahmad Allie, a resident of Okhoo Kakpora, who has been missing since Monday morning. Police said the missing report was filed by her uncle, Muzamil Ali, son of Ali Mohammad Lone of Okhoo, upon which Police […]
JAMMU — The CBI was left red-faced on Tuesday when a special court set free Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, a day after the agency arrested him in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed — the daughter of the then home minister Mufi Mohammed Sayeed. Shangloo was produced before the special TADA court, where the […]
SRINAGAR — After four years, People’s Democratic Party leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, accused in a terror conspiracy case, was granted permission to travel within the country by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Tuesday. Para was granted bail by a division bench of the High Court in May 2022 on a surety of […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday designated the Board of School Education as the State School Standards Authority for the Union territory, in accordance with the provisions of the National Education Policy 2020. An order issued by the Under Secretary in the School Education Department, Thanaji Bhat, said the decision is aimed […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday secured life imprisonment for an accused involved in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The conviction was awarded by the Hon’ble Principal Sessions Judge, Ganderbal. The accused, Varinder Thakur, son of Yadav Lal Thakur, […]
JAMMU — Over 250 Army recruits from Jammu and Kashmir were formally inducted into the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) regiment on Monday. The 262 young cadets from Kashmir districts such as Kupwara, Baramulla, Budgam and Srinagar, took oath as soldiers and pledged to defend the nation. Lieutenant General P K Mishra, General Officer […]
SRINAGAR — The woman who had set herself on fire at Pratap Park in Srinagar on Saturday succumbed to her burn injuries early Monday morning at SMHS Hospital, officials said. According to officials, the woman (36) had poured petrol over herself and set herself ablaze inside the public park, triggering panic among visitors. Locals present […]