NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition of the Jammu and Kashmir Police challenging the cancellation of PDP leader Waheed Ur Rehman Parra’s bail application. Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka in an order rejected a special leave petition moved by the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigating Agency […]
SRINAGAR — A group of people, including social activists, staged a protest outside the Hurriyat Conference office here on Monday against the killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat by militants last week, officials said. The protesters assembled outside the office of the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat at Rajbagh here and held a protest. […]
KULGAM — The authorities on Monday ordered the closure of Brazloo bridge for Heavy Motor Vehicles after in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district In an order, deputy commissioner Kulgam said that the bridge has been closer for HMVs due to its deteriorating condition. “Safety audit of Brazloo Bridge was conducted by R&B Department Kulgam and it […]
KUPWARA — Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed to have arrested a man along with arms and ammunition in Karnah area of Kupwara district. In a statement, a spokesperson said that in a joint action by Kupwara Police and Army, a man was arrested along with arms and ammunition from Karnah area. The statement […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Monday forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy sky in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. ‘Mainly clear to partly cloudy sky is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours’, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 7.4 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 2.6 and […]
SRINAGAR — Candlelight marches were held at several places in Kashmir Valley on Sunday in protest against the killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat by militants in Shopian district a day ago. Officials said marches were taken out in Srinagar, Baramulla, Bandipora, Anantnag, Kulgam, Kupwara, Ganderbal and Shopian districts. People from all walks […]
JAMMU — Dismissing accusations about the liquor mafia having taken control of the trade in Jammu and Kashmir after the introduction of e-auction, a top excise official said 100 per cent of the liquor licences for wine shops have been issued to domiciles of the Union Territory with revenue realisation touching an all-time high of […]
SRINAGAR — The killing of a Kashmiri Pandit of Chandergund, Shopian by militants, Sunday evoked widespread condemnation from religious scholars across Kashmir who termed the incident as barbaric and against basic tenets of Islam. The religious scholars, including Imams and Khateebs while quoting quranic verses said that the “killing any innocent amounts to killing of […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Bemina area of Srinagar on Sunday morning, reports said. Reports reaching the news agency Kashmir News Observer said that Jameel Ahmad Labroo of Noorbagh was critically injured after being hit by an unknown vehicle near FSL in Bemina today morning. They said that the […]
SRINAGAR — A woman from Pulwama who was injured in a road accident near Aali Masjid In Idgah area of Srinagar has succumbed to her injuries after 8 days, officials said here on Sunday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 32-year-old woman identified as Aroosa of Arigam village of Pulwama […]