SRINAGAR — Security forces busted an old terrorist hideout in NagdaNar forest area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Wednesday. Based on specific input, a joint team of Handwara Police, 21 Rashtriya Rifles and 92 Battalion CRPF conducted a search operation […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday conducted a conference of Departmental Vigilance Officers (DVOs) at its headquarters in Peerbagh, Srinagar, to review pending vigilance matters and strengthen departmental mechanisms to curb misconduct. The conference was inaugurated and chaired by ACB Director Shakti Pathak, IPS, and attended by 51 DVOs from Kashmir-based departments, besides […]
SHOPIAN — Police in Shopian arrested a suspected drug peddler and recovered 1.95 grams of heroin-like substance and ₹12,050 in cash from his possession, officials said on Wednesday. Police said a team from Police Station Zainapora, during routine naka checking at Aglar, intercepted a person under suspicious circumstances and searched him. During the search, 1.95 […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag arrested seven alleged drug peddlers in five separate NDPS cases and recovered over 3.3 kg of contraband substances during intensified naka checking and surveillance across the district, officials said on Wednesday. Police said a team from Police Station Srigufwara intercepted Riyaz Ahmad Hajam of Sirhama at Nowshera Crossing and recovered […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a Café House and renovation of the existing Guesthouse at the Government Silk Weaving Factory, Rajbagh, a unit of Jammu and Kashmir Industries (JKI). The project, being executed by JK SICOP, is aimed at improving the premises and providing additional facilities […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government, headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has approved land for the installation of BSNL mobile towers in underserved areas to strengthen telecom connectivity in remote and border villages, officials said. The towers will be installed under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) in areas including Uri, Tangmarg, Karnah, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Monday said that 150 Bangladeshi nationals, who were staying illegally in the Union territory, were being deported. They were taken on a special Indian Air Force plane to Bagdogra, where they were handed over to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, Srinagar police said. Another batch of 150 Bangladeshis […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday carried out searches at a house in Anantnag district and seized two mobile phones as part of a terror probe. Led by a Deputy Superintendent of police, the team conducted searches at the residence of a woman suspect at Janglat […]
SRINAGAR — The EOW wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has filed two chargesheets against a person accused of fraud and impersonation, a spokesperson of the probe agency said on Sunday. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) submitted the chargesheets before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against Abdul Majeed Mir, a resident […]
BUDGAM — Police in Budgam have recovered a bag containing medicines and eatables from the vicinity of Palmaidan in Doodhpathri, where Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Hashim Moosa was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces on September 29, officials said. Police suspect that the recovered items may have been intended for the use of the […]