CHANDIGARH/JAMMU — Holding that excessive force cannot be used against citizens, the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has upheld a “severe displeasure” censure awarded to a former Rashtriya Rifles sector commander over the December 2023 custodial deaths of three civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Dismissing the plea of Brigadier Padmasambhava Acharya, the tribunal has […]
SRINAGAR — The NIA on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy case involving Pakistan-based handlers and a network of local Over Ground Workers (OGWs) allegedly providing logistical and other support to infiltrated terrorists. The searches, conducted across Srinagar, Kupwara, Anantnag, Pulwama and Budgam, were […]
JAMMU — A special NIA court has rejected the bail plea of Insha Jan alias Insha Tariq, an accused in the 2019 Pulwama suicide attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel, observing that sufficient material existed on record to presume that the accusations against her were prima facie true. In his 15-page order delivered on August […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has flagged “legal shortcoming” and “insensitivity” on the part of a family court here for deploying police and issuing a search warrant to recover a five-year-old girl from her father. Hearing a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution by Shadab Hussain Mir, […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against a “habitual offender” in a job fraud case, officials said on Saturday. The chargesheet was filed against Abdul Majeed Mir, a resident of Lashtiyal Kalaroos area of Kupwara district, before the court of the Chief Judicial […]
JAMMU — A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by a teacher in her school for the last few months, resulting in pregnancy and her death following an abortion bid in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, prompting police to arrest the accused and his brother on Friday. The girl’s death late on Thursday evening triggered […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday trapped and arrested a Junior Building Inspector of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a complainant. According to an ACB statement, a written complaint was received alleging that Gazala Akhter, Junior Building Inspector, SMC Ward No. 28, […]
SRINAGAR — The United States will reconsider the advisories on travel to Jammu and Kashmir as the central government and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have taken steps to make it a safer place, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Wednesday. Jammu and Kashmir is an important part of India and an incredibly beautiful […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Srinagar, has registered an FIR following a Joint Surprise Check and subsequent verification into alleged illegal construction of a multi-storey building in the flood basin and fringe area of River Jhelum at Rajbagh, Srinagar. According to the ACB, FIR No. 10/2026 was registered after verification revealed alleged violations […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged US Ambassador Sergio Gor to review and withdraw the highest-level travel advisory issued by his country against visiting Kashmir. In a post on X, she said thousands of families in Kashmir depend on tourism for their livelihood and a travel advisory was not […]