ANANTNAG — Police on Monday arrested five drug peddlers in Anantnag and seized a substantial quantity of psychotropic/contraband substances from their possession. In a significant operation, a police team from PS Mattan during naka at Bumzoo Mattan, intercepted an Innova vehicle bearing registration number JK02DK/9333 with three persons on board. During searching of the vehicle, […]
PULWAMA — Police in Pulwama have launched a formal investigation following a distressing incident involving a woman from Kakapora, who was allegedly forced to consume a poisonous substance by her husband. According to the victim’s statement recorded earlier today, the incident took place after her husband served her a divorce notice a few days ago. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Naib Tehsildar for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 in Uri tehsil of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. “A complaint was received against Naib Tehsildar Uri Altaf Hussain Khan alleging therein that said officer is demanding bribe of Rs. 10 lacs from complainant for preparing land […]
SRINAGAR — Dr Kalimullah, the Jamaat-e-Islami-backed independent candidate for the Langate constituency, on Saturday defended the constitutional rights of Kashmiri Muslim women who marry outside their religion. “Such marriages are protected under Indian law, and no one has the right to object,” he said while addressing his first public meeting in the Ananwan village of […]
BUDGAM — The daughter of jailed Sarjan Barkati on Saturday said they had sought support from the Er Rashid-led Awami Ittehad Party but received no assistance to submit her father’s nomination papers for the Langate constituency. Talking to reporters in Beerwah Main town, Sugra expressed her gratitude to the residents of the Beerwah Assembly Constituency […]
PULWAMA — Authorities in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have ordered an inquiry into the death of a female patient at a private hospital due to alleged medical negligence. Officials stated that the Deputy Commissioner of Pulwama has initiated an official inquiry to investigate the death of Saboora Arshid, daughter of Arshid Hussain Bhat, a resident […]
SRINAGAR — Mutahir Showkat, prominent Kashmiri entrepreneur and founder of Clout Scoop and MutaVerse, has criticized the recent bail release of Engineer Rashid, describing it as a calculated move to influence the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. “Kashmir is a region where emotions often dictate decisions, and political parties have frequently exploited this vulnerability,” […]
NEW DELHI — A group of migrant Kashmiri Pandits held a protest in Delhi on Saturday, reiterating their call to boycott the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and pressing for the enactment of a law to ensure legal recognition of alleged atrocities against the community. The peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar to mark “Martyrs’ […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Friday granted bail to one of the civilians accused in the Shopian fake encounter case of 2020, who had turned an approver. Justice Sanjay Dhar granted bail to Bilal Ahmad Lone on the condition that he will furnish a bail bond with a surety […]
SRINAGAR — Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday alleged that the authorities in Kashmir were taking people into preventive custody ahead of the assembly elections. He also claimed that the authorities placed him under house arrest and did not allow him to attend a “crucial meeting” of an organisation of Islamic clerics […]