CHANDIGARH — Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday joined the ‘Sangat’ in a ‘Kirtan Darbar’ at a Gurdwara in Srinagar organised by the state government to mark the 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. The ‘Sangat’ was held at Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi in the summer capital of […]
SRINAGAR — The counter intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained a government doctor and his wife for allegedly misusing their positions to mask unlawful activities including radicalizing local women, officials said. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) conducted coordinated searches at four locations across the districts of Srinagar, Kulgam and Anantnag on […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday heard the arguments on a petition filed by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti seeking the return of undertrial prisoners from J-K lodged in jails outside the Union territory. The high court examined submissions on whether the continued detention of these prisoners in distant […]
SRINAGAR — The CBI probe into the custodial torture case of Jammu and Kashmir Police constable Khursheed Ahmed Chowhan has confirmed multiple wounds inflicted on him by fellow personnel at JIC, Kupwara, with reports showing that the fracture and other injuries were “caused by blunt force trauma, consistent with beating or torture” to “extort confession”. […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency has arrested Jasir Bilal Wani in Srinagar, who was an “active co-conspirator” of suicide bomber Umar un Nabi, in connection with the car blast near the Red Fort last week that claimed 13 lives, officials said on Monday. A resident of Qazigund in Anantnag district of Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — A dry fruit seller, who had set himself on fire after being picked up by police for questioning in connection with the terror module case, succumbed to injuries at a hospital here, officials said on Monday. Bilal Ahmad Wani had himself on fire on Sunday in Qazigund. He was referred to the SMHS […]
NEW DELHI — In a major breakthrough in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, the National Investigation Agency has arrested a Kashmir resident who had allegedly conspired with “suicide bomber” Dr Umar Un Nabi to carry out the terror attack, which claimed 13 lives. Amir Rashid Ali, in whose name the car involved […]
SRINAGAR — Teams of NSG, NIA and Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) on Sunday visited the Nowgam police station blast site in Jammu and Kashmir, where nine persons died and 32 others sustained injuries in an accidental blast, officials said. The central agencies visited the site to collect samples from the scene of the blast, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Saturday expressed profound grief and shock over the tragic loss of lives in the accidental blast at Nowgam Police Station, which claimed nine lives — including police and revenue officials — and left more than thirty others injured. Javid Ahmad Tenga, President KCCI, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday paid floral tributes to the nine people killed in the accidental blast at Nowgam police station, which also left 32 injured, officials said. Sinha paid tributes to them at the Police Control Room here, they said. Officials said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal […]