SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a Patwari after allegedly catching him red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a complainant in Budgam district. The accused public servant has been identified as Bashir Ahmad Dar, Patwari Halqa Gund Ali Nayak, Waterrehal, Tehsil Khansahab, District Budgam. According to the ACB, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking and the financial networks of narcotics offenders, attaching and freezing immovable properties worth over ₹6.22 crore in six separate NDPS cases in Srinagar. The action was carried out by Police Stations Nigeen and Zakura, along with earlier attachment and freezing proceedings by […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the National Investigation Agency whether Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, who is in jail in a terror funding case, could be released on bail with stringent conditions. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan asked the NIA counsel to […]
SRINAGAR — Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati was sworn-in as the chief justice of the high court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Wednesday. Justice Bhati was administered the oath of office by Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh V K Saxena here. Saxena is currently holding additional charge as LG of Jammu and Kashmir as incumbent […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Wednesday busted a terror module run by an ex-terrorist in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Police in Handwara received reliable information regarding the activities of an ex-terrorist who was operating as a “hybrid terrorist” as part of a module of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in the […]
SRINAGAR — Medical interns in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday called off their nine-day old strike after Health and Medical Education Minister Sakina Ittoo assured them of a decision on the stipend hike within 30 days. The deadlock between the interns and the government was broken this evening in a meeting between the protesting students […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday chaired meetings at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar to review the progress of languishing projects under the Revenue Department across Jammu and Kashmir and assess restoration measures following damage caused by recent adverse weather conditions and floods in the Jammu Division. During the meeting on languishing projects, […]
SRINAGAR — Representatives of various enforcement agencies, including ED, BSF, NIA, Customs and DRI, on Tuesday deliberated on ways to curb the drug menace in Jammu and Kashmir, official said. The discussion took place at the 2nd UT Level Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting on narcotics control for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir […]
SHOPIAN — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Shopian have recovered illegally felled forest timber and firewood during a patrolling operation in the Keller area, officials said on Tuesday. A police party from Police Station Keller was conducting routine patrolling along the Nasarpora–Mukum-i-Dunaroo axis when it recovered approximately 17 square feet of illicit forest timber along […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Tuesday questioned the action initiated by the SKIMS Medical College Hospital, Bemina, against medical interns protesting over the demand for an increase in their stipend. In a post on X, Mufti questioned “on whose behest” the principal had initiated action against the interns, asserting that they were entitled […]