NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has dismissed the petitions seeking review of its judgment upholding the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, LiveLaw reported. A 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and AS Bopanna dismissed […]
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ACB books Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, IAS Officer among seven for alleged Custodian Land Encroachment
SRINAGAR — The Anti-graft body of Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and a serving senior bureaucrat among seven people for allegedly encroaching Custodian land in convenience with revenue officials in summer capital Srinagar. According to an FIR copy accessed by Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com a preliminary enquiry of […]
PC leader booked for manhandling polling officer, cop at voting booth in Baramulla
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference leader Imran Ansari has been booked for allegedly manhandling a police officer and a polling official while voting was underway at a booth in the Baramulla district in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday, officials said. P K Pole, Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir, said he has […]
BJP holds protest in Srinagar against killing of ex-sarpanch in South Kashmir
SRINAGAR — The BJP Srinagar unit held a protest on Tuesday against the administration of the Shopian district over the killing of former sarpanch Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh by militants in the South Kashmir district two days ago. Led by district BJP president Ashok Bhat, the party workers protested against the Shopian district administration at Jawahar […]
Article 370 abrogation wasn’t needed as 99 pc of laws were already operational in Kashmir: Kapil Sibal
NEW DELHI — Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday said the abrogation of Article 370 was a “political decision” and there was no need for it as 99 per cent of the laws of India were already operational in Kashmir. Sibal also said that he does not see assembly elections being held in Kashmir […]
CS chairs high-level meeting to review security in view of elections, tourist season
SRINAGAR — In the wake of two militant attacks last week, Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary Atal Dulloo Monday chaired a high-level meeting of civil and police administration to review the security situation in the Union territory, an official spokesperson said. The meeting was taken in view of the ensuing tourist season and ongoing elections […]
Govt should desist from using force against political prisoners and youths: Hurriyat Conference
SRINAGAR — The Hurriyat Conference on Monday said the government should desist from using force against political prisoners and the youth. Paying tributes to Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone, who fell to the bullets of militants on May 21 in 1990 and 2002 respectively, the Hurriyat Conference said the absence of these leaders […]
Tourist couple injured in Anantnag attack showing improvement: Officials
SRINAGAR — Improvement has been noted in the condition of the tourist couple who got injured in a firing by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam area last week, officials said here on Monday. “Tabrez Khan and his wife Farah are undergoing treatment at 92 Base Hospital of the Army. They are both stable and […]
J&K panchayat body demands NIA probe into killing of ex-sarpanch
JAMMU — All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Sunday condemned the killing of a former sarpanch by militants in Shopian and demanded an NIA probe into the incident. Militants struck at two places in Kashmir on Saturday night, killing a former sarpanch in Shopian and injuring a tourist couple from Rajasthan in Anantnag, […]
Govt employee dismissed, 4 others suspended over poll code violation
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir election department has dismissed a government employee from services and suspended four others for violation of Model Code of Conduct, officials said on Sunday. The swift action against these employees of different departments of J&K has been initiated in response to the daily online reports being furnished by the […]









