JAMMU — Police on Thursday attached properties worth approximately Rs 7 crore belonging to a detained drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The move comes amid police’s intensified campaign against drug trafficking networks and their financial infrastructure. The attached properties comprises 6 kanal and 18 marlas of land and a single-storey […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday claimed he was put under house arrest on the death anniversary of his father, Mohammad Farooq Shah, the former chief preacher who was assassinated in 1990. Mirwaiz was scheduled to visit the Eidgah graveyard to offer prayers on the 36th death anniversary of his father and the 24th […]
SRINAGAR — LPG consumers in the Kashmir valley are facing difficulties in getting their cylinders refilled as distributors are witnessing a huge rush of customers for the mandatory eKYC of their connections. While the distributors deal with the rush, many customers are facing issues with the self-eKYC after the government made it mandatory to procure […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said they have arrested an alleged terror associate in Kulgam district and recovered explosive substance and incriminating material from his possession. According to a police statement, the arrest was made during a joint operation conducted by Kulgam Police, Army’s 34 Rashtriya Rifles and CRPF’s 18 Battalion […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone has put under house arrest on the 24th death anniversary of his father, the party claimed on Thursday. Abdul Gani Lone was shot dead by terrorists on May 21, 2002, as he left a Hurriyat Conference rally held to pay tributes to Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq, who […]
MENDHAR — The Indian Army has recovered two bags containing suspected narcotics and a Chinese-origin pistol during a domination operation near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu officials said on Thursday. Official sources said the recovery was made by troops of the Hamirpur Battalion in the forward area of Balakote in […]
SRINAGAR, Raouf Dar (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday said it has renamed two government schools in honour of Late Principal Kuldeep Kumar Badyal and Late Adil Hussain Shah in recognition of their courage, dedication and sacrifice. According to a post shared by the Office of Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir on […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday demolished an illegal property worth Rupees 1.5 crore allegedly linked to a wanted drug peddler in Srinagar. The demolished property, spread over approximately 09 Marlas was found to be linked with a wanted drug peddler namely Arshid Ahmed Sheikh S/o Wali Mohammad Sheikh R/o Haka Bazar […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to stop the “witch hunt” against people who expressed their emotions at the funeral of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shaikh Ghulam Hassan. “People spoke out of emotion and grief at the funeral of Shaikh Ghulam Hassan who was not only the head […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out searches in a land fraud case in Budgam district. Searches were carried out Semsaan village in Budgam distruct at the residence of one of the accused in the presence of executive magistrates to collect incriminating material and other evidence […]