SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in a high-value export fraud case against two accused persons, including alleged habitual offender Zahid Bashir Sofi alias Shagoo, before the Court of the City Judge, Srinagar. In a statement, it said that the chargesheet in FIR No. 31/2023 under […]
SRINAGAR — A girl sustained injuries after she fell from a moving train at central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. Officials told GNS that a girl identified as Insha Rashid (20), daughter of Rashid Bhat, resident of Khelan, Sangam, was injured after she fell from a moving train near the Budgam track. She was immediately […]
SRINAGAR/JAMMU — Chaotic scenes unfolded at the two Jammu and Kashmir airports on Friday after 16 IndiGo flights from Srinagar and 11 from Jammu were cancelled, prompting protests by hundreds of stranded passengers over the airline’s alleged failure to respond to distress calls. IndiGo operations continued to witness disruptions nationwide due to pilot-rostering issues faced […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) Friday carried out raids in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts as part of its investigations into the “white collar” terror module, officials said. The early morning raids were carried out by the SIA in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts in central Kashmir, including at the residence […]
SRINAGAR — A stone sculpture of a Hindu deity, presumed to be centuries old, has been unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Thursday. The sculpture, believed to depict either Lord Vishnu or Lord Surya, was discovered on the outskirts of Gulmarg during a routine patrol conducted by the Gulmarg police station, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday distributed appointment orders on compassionate grounds to 54 beneficiaries here. The chief minister handed over the appointment and regularisation orders to beneficiaries from various districts of Kashmir, marking another step towards clearing the backlog of cases under SRO-43 and RAS-2022, an official spokesperson said. […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — Anantnag Police on Thursday registered an FIR against a hotel in Pahalgam for allegedly accommodating two Thai nationals without submitting the mandatory Form C. During routine inspections of hotels and guest accommodations in the Rafting Point area, a team from Police Station Pahalgam conducted checks to verify compliance with legal and security […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — Pulwama Police on Thursday said it continues to intensify its crackdown against illegal mining across the district. Police said during the intervening night of December 3 and 4, a team from Police Station Litter, while on routine patrolling, seized one JCB, one dumper and one tractor involved in unauthorized soil extraction at […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu & Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 79/2022 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the RPC, read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, before the Court of the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Srinagar. The chargesheet […]
SRINAGAR — The arrest and subsequent release of businessman Shafat Ahmed Shangloo has taken a curious turn with the Special Court noting that his name had been “inadvertently or mistakenly” listed in the general arrest warrant issued in 2019 which became the basis for his arrest in the Rubaiyya Sayeed kidnapping case. In its order […]