SRINAGAR — The security situation in Srinagar has improved and authorities have put all necessary measures in place to maintain peace, CRPF Inspector General (IG), Srinagar Sector, Pawan Kumar Sharma, said on Saturday, citing close coordination among security agencies. Responding to a query on the overall security scenario, Sharma said the CRPF, along with the […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Friday foiled a potential terror plot by recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, including two M-series assault rifles, from a hideout near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Based on specific input, a search operation was launched by security forces in the Neeriyan […]
SRINAGAR — In a series of coordinated operations aimed at bolstering security and ensuring compliance with regulatory norms, Srinagar police has been conducting extensive inspection drives across medical institutions, chemical and fertiliser shops, and car dealerships over the last two days, an official spokesperson said here on Friday. The move is seen as a precautionary […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir on Friday continued the ongoing inspection drive, checking lockers of doctors and medical staff across hospitals in the Ganderbal and Kupwara districts under the enhanced security measures, officials said. In line with the ongoing efforts to strengthen security and “maintain a safe and accountable environment within healthcare institutions”, police in […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday, urged the governments across the country to immediately stop the alleged “harassment” of Kashmiris in their states or Union territories, saying such reports were “very disturbing”. “The news of harassment keeps coming in from all over, which is very disturbing. Reports have come from Himachal and some other […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and discussed developmental priorities of the Union Territory. “Chief Minister today called on the Hon’ble Union Minister of Finance @nsitharaman and held a detailed discussion on key developmental priorities of Jammu and Kashmir,” the office of the chief minister […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar and Anantnag districts conducted inspection drives of the lockers of the doctors and medical staff across hospitals, officials said on Thursday. The exercise, which commenced on Wednesday, was done as part of the enhanced security measures after the recent Delhi blast and recovery of arms and ammunition […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it arrested four more prime accused involved in the Delhi blast case, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six. In a statement, the spokesperson said the four accused were taken into custody by NIA in Srinagar, on production orders from […]
SRINAGAR — The body of a local civilian killed in the November 10 terror blast near the Red Fort in Delhi reached his native village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday. Bilal Ahmad Sagoo, a Kashmiri labourer belonging to Baba Nagri Wangat village in Ganderbal district, was killed when a terror conspirator, Dr […]
CHANDIGARH — Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday participated in a ‘nagar kirtan’ (religious procession) in Srinagar as part of the commemorative events to mark 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. The procession, which started from Gurdwara Chhevin […]