SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday demolished an illegal property worth Rupees 1.5 crore allegedly linked to a wanted drug peddler in Srinagar. The demolished property, spread over approximately 09 Marlas was found to be linked with a wanted drug peddler namely Arshid Ahmed Sheikh S/o Wali Mohammad Sheikh R/o Haka Bazar […]
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Stop witch hunt of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s mourners: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to stop the “witch hunt” against people who expressed their emotions at the funeral of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shaikh Ghulam Hassan. “People spoke out of emotion and grief at the funeral of Shaikh Ghulam Hassan who was not only the head […]
Land fraud case: EOW carries out searches in Budgam
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out searches in a land fraud case in Budgam district. Searches were carried out Semsaan village in Budgam distruct at the residence of one of the accused in the presence of executive magistrates to collect incriminating material and other evidence […]
Police attaches property of drug peddler worth ₹1.50 crore in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached a residential house along with adjoining land measuring 07 marlas worth approximately ₹1.50 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Owais Amin Denthoo S/o Mohd Amin Denthoo R/o Parimpora Srinagar. The property has been attached under the relevant provisions of the NDPS […]
Police orders probe into ‘religious conversion’ of barber in Kupwara
KUPWARA/BIJNOR — A case each was filed in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber in Kupwara district of the Union territory, officials said. According to a complaint by the father of the teenager, Krishna Kumar, his son Vishal had gone to work at a […]
LG Sinha reviews construction work at Pantha Chowk yatri niwas
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday reviewed the ongoing construction works and pilgrim facilities at Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB) Yatri Niwas at Pantha Chowk here. Sinha visited the Yatri Niwas and interacted with the officials. He directed them to expedite the progress and ensure completion of pending works […]
Residential house of drug peddler worth ₹1.10 crore attached in Anantnag: Police
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Monday said they have attached an immovable property worth approximately ₹1.10 crore under the provisions of Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act in Anantnag district. According to a police statement, the attached property comprises a double-storeyed residential house belonging to alleged drug peddler Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din […]
Delhi HC grants interim bail to Engineer Rashid to attend father’s last rites
SRINAGAR — The Delhi high court on Monday granted interim bail until June 2 to jailed Baramulla member of Parliament and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, to enable him to attend the last rites of his father. Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, 85, passed away at the All […]
Jailed MP Engineer Rashid’s father dies aged 85
SRINAGAR — The father of jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, died at a hospital in Delhi on Monday. He was 85. “Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, father of Member of Parliament, Baramulla, Engineer Rashid, is no more,” Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said here. Nabi appealed […]
Two Gujarat tourists killed, three injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Anantnag
SRINAGAR — Two tourists were killed and three people, including a local driver, injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said. A cab carrying tourists from Gujarat met with the accident on the Pahalgam-Aru route in the south Kashmir […]







