SRINAGAR — A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district has rejected the bail of five HDFC Bank officials accused of large-scale financial fraud, the Crime Branch said on Friday. A spokesman of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) said the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shopian, rejected the bail applications of the accused persons arrested […]
SRINAGAR — Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir valley were intensified on Friday as authorities apprehended protests against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after congregational prayers this afternoon. Normal life in the valley has been disrupted for the sixth consecutive day due to protests over the killing of Khamenei in […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir is experiencing unusual heatwave conditions, with day temperatures staying several degrees above normal on Thursday and the water level in the river Jhelum hitting a historic low, officials said. Maximum temperatures across the Valley stayed 10.8 to 13.7 degrees above the seasonal average, they said. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — Normal life in Kashmir was affected for the fifth consecutive day as partial restrictions on movement of people remained in force as a precautionary measure. The restrictions were imposed on Monday after spontaneous protests broke out across Kashmir a day earlier against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said the authorities should respect the right to peaceful protest, and demanded release of those detained during the protests against the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “The right to peaceful protest and expression of wounded sentiments must be respected. Reports of protesters and mourners, including […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday met with religious leaders and civil society members here to discuss the situation in West Asia wake following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel airstrike. “Chief Minister today interacted with religious leaders and members of civil society in […]
SRINAGAR — CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Wednesday expressed concern over alleged restrictions on several established media organisations in Kashmir after their social media pages were reportedly taken down. Referring to reports that certain the pages of the news outlets were taken down following coverage of protests in Jammu and Kashmir, Tarigami said it […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, on Wednesday said he would not be deterred from speaking truth by the police case registered against him. “The people of Srinagar did not elect their MP to recite government-approved condolences. They elected him to speak truth. That mandate does not expire with an […]
SRINAGAR — Strict restrictions remained imposed in many areas of Kashmir for the third consecutive day on Wednesday following massive protests across the valley against the killing of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, officials said. As a precautionary measure, the government shut educational institutions till Saturday, while mobile internet speed continued to remain throttled. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In view of restrictions imposed in the Kashmir Valley, University of Kashmir on Tuesday announced the postponement of examinations scheduled for March 4, 2026 and suspension of academic activities till March 7, 2026. According to an official notification, all examinations scheduled for March 4, 2026 have been postponed. Fresh dates of these […]