NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday directed all security agencies to step up the fight against terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir with the goal of achieving ‘zero infiltration’. Chairing two high-level review meetings in as many days here on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, he also said the ecosystem of […]
SRINAGAR — Demonstrations and candlelight vigil were held at several places in Kashmir on Tuesday against the killing of an ex-serviceman in a terror attack, officials said. Terrorists shot dead former soldier Manzoor Ahmad Wagay and injured his wife and 13-year-old niece in an attack in Behibagh village in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. […]
SRINAGAR — Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Tuesday detained five suspects allegedly involved in smuggling SIM cards to militants lodged in various jails in Jammu and Kashmir. “Five individuals were detained for interrogation/questioning for their involvement in a criminal conspiracy hatched with anti-national elements aiming at procuring /transportation/ smuggling of SIM cards inside the Central […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA from Pulwama Waheed Para, who is undergoing trial in a UAPA case, on Tuesday said the criminal justice system of the country needs radical reforms, as the “slow pace of prosecution traps the accused and their families in uncertainty”. “Once an undertrial, always an undertrial,” Para posted on […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has intensified crackdown on unscrupulous businessmen, who peddle machine-made carpets as handwoven Kashmiri carpets. “In response to growing complaints from buyers and tourists about the sale of machine-made carpets from outside the region being falsely marketed as authentic Kashmiri handmade carpets, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, has […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir which has witnessed a few terror incidents in the recent past, sources said. Top officials of the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces briefed Shah about the prevailing situation in the Union territory and ongoing […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to its registrar general on the issue of designation of a court to hear the bail plea of Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case. Justice Vikas Mahajan was hearing Rashid’s petition alleging that he had been left without any […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Tuesday review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir which has witnessed a few terror incidents in the recent past, sources said. Shah is expected to discuss the status of the zero-tolerance policy against terrorism and the ongoing operations against terrorists, they said. The review […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Shishir Gupta, today assumed the charge as Deputy Commissioner (D C) Shopian, succeeding Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar. Shishir Gupta, who formerly served as the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, assumed the charge in presence of senior officers of the district administration. He was warmly welcomed by the officers including ADDC, Dr. Nasir Ahmed; […]
NEW DELHI — The NIA on Monday opposed in the Delhi High Court a plea by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid for interim bail in a terror-funding case to attend Parliament. In its response to Engineer’s plea before Justice Vikas Mahajn, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it was a classic case of […]