Kashmir

Roshni Act Fiasco: Mehbooba Mufti serves Rs 10 Crore defamation notice to Satya Pal Malik

SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti has served a legal notice to former J&K Governor and incumbent Meghalya Governor Satyapal Malik for levelling defamatory allegations against her. Satya Pal Malik recently had claimed that Farooq Abdullah had brought Roshni Act in Jammu and Kashmir and all politicians including Mehbooba […]

Kashmir

Anantnag incident: ‘Non-local suffered head injury due to sharp object’, IGP rules out any militant related angle

SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday ruled out any militant related angle in the death of mentally unsound non-local in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. In a statement, the police said that today at around 12:20 hrs, an unidentified dead body was found under the jurisdiction of police station Anantnag. The […]

Kashmir

Gurez-Bandipora road to remain closed in view of adverse weather forecast

SRINAGAR — Authorities in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have decided to close the 84-km-long Bandipora-Gurez road for the vehicular movement from Friday afternoon in view of an adverse weather forecast. News agency KNO quoted an order issued by Sub-Divisional Magistrate Gurez saying that in view of weather advisory issued by Meteorological department, the traffic on […]

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NIA raids continue in Kashmir, slain militant’s residence among places searched

SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths Friday raided multiple locations in Kashmir Valley in connection with case FIR no- RC-29/2021/NIA/DLI “hatching of conspiracy for undertaking violent terrorist acts in J-K and other major cities, by cadres of proscribed terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al Badr and their affiliates.” Reliable sources […]