AGRA — A local court in Agra has extended the judicial custody of three Kashmiri students, who were arrested for allegedly cheering Pakistan’s victory and sharing pro-Pakistan posts after the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match, till December 20. The trio named Arsheed Yusuf, Inayat Altaf Sheikh, and Showkat Ahmed Ghani, are the students of Raja […]
SRINAGAR — The Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday said that an accused who was evading arrest for three years in connection with a case involving preparation of fake marks certificates in order to get admission in different colleges of Valley has been arrested. The Crime Branch said that the accused Aejaz Ahmad Malik son of […]
SRINAGAR — Islamia College Of Science and Commerce here on Tuesday ordered closure of the institution till December 11 for all kinds of activities after some staff members tested positive for covid-19. In view of “surge” in Covid-19 cases, the college had arranged testing of staff members and students starting from today in a phased […]
JAMMU — A demand for the restoration of full statehood of Jammu and Kashmir along with the provisions of Articles 370 and 35-A of the constitution were among the seven resolutions passed by the National Conference on Tuesday in a meeting here chaired by party president Farooq Abdullah. Its other demands included restoration of the […]
JAMMU — A retired Sub Inspector of police was killed and four persons including a 6-year-old girl were injured in an accident between a private car and an army vehicle at Nowshera area in Rajouri district on Tuesday. Official sources told that the accident took place at Nowshera area on Jammu-Poonch highway, resulting in death […]
JAMMU — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on Tuesday said that the Delimitation Commission headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai endeavours to complete the exercise of redrawing boundaries of Assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir “as early as possible.” Responding to a question in the ongoing winter session […]
Umaisar Gull Ganie KULGAM — Setting an example of communal harmony and brotherhood, the local Muslims in Begam village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam Tuesday performed the last rites of their 75-year-old Hindu nneighbor. Lajwanti Devi, a resident of Begam village in Kulgam district was a Kashmiri Rajput Hindu and died at the age of 75 […]
SRINAGAR — Amid clear skies, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh recorded freezing cold conditions with the world-famous skiing resort of Gulmarg recording minus minimum of 7.0°C while Drass in Ladakh had the season’s coldest night at minus 18.4°C. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar, the summer capital of JK, recorded a minimum of minus 1.4°C […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has served a notice to an employee of a Forest Department for criticising the Power Development Department over poor electricity supply in Kashmir during the winter season. The Hindu reported that an employee of the Forest Department, who holds the rank of a head assistant, has been served […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court Monday quashed the detention of a man from south Kashmir’s Shopian district who had been booked under the Public Safety Act in April this year. Quashing the detention of one Junaid Ahmad Dar, a bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani directed the government to release the detainee from preventive custody […]