SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday condemned the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Budgam district, describing it as “shocking and deeply distressing”. Expressing grief over the tragedy, Abdullah condemned the heinous act and conveyed his heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved family. “May she find a place […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was shocking, disconcerting and unsettling. “Devastated to hear about the cold blooded murder of a 12-year-girl in Budgam. The allegations of rape just make it all the more shocking, disconcerting & unsettling. […]
NEW DELHI — In a major breakthrough for Ladakh’s governance, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) have struck an in-principle deal with the government to restore democracy and provide strong constitutional safeguards, modelled on Article 371. The pact shifts power from fragmented district councils to a unified Union Territory-level legislative body […]
SRINAGAR — A 12-year-old girl, who was reported missing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, was found murdered around 200 metres from her house on Sunday, police said. A senior police officer said the girl was reported missing on Saturday evening from Galwanpora area of the district. “A case of kidnapping a minor child was […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces have recovered a cache of ammunition from a hideout in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Police, Army and Central Reserve Police Force launched a search and destroy operation in Nilsar orchards in the Chandoosa area of Baramulla on Saturday based on information about the presence of […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Sunday intensified search operations and strengthened the cordon in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district with the deployment of additional troops to track down suspected terrorists believed to be hiding in the area, officials said. They said the operation in the Dorimal-Gambhir Moghla belt was expanded following a brief encounter between […]
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR — In a breakthrough after months of protests, negotiations, and political mobilisation in Ladakh, representatives of the Apex Body, Leh (ABL) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) on Friday said they had reached “in-principle understanding” with the Centre on “restoring democracy in Ladakh” and providing “Constitutional safeguards on the lines of Article 371 A, […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police, in a joint operation with the district administration on Saturday demolished three properties worth ₹4 crore belonging to notorious drug dealer in Jammu. According to a police statement, Navjot Singh alias Bablu, a resident of Indra Nagar area in Miran Sahib is a habitual offender with 15 FIRs registered against him […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday it is a “tragedy” that many prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir are in jails away from their families without a trial. Speaking to reporters, Mufti, who visited the residence of Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, in north Kashmir’s Kupwara to pay condolences […]
JAMMU — An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Saturday following a major cordon-and-search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after reports of suspected movement, officials said. According to preliminary reports, the movement of two to three terrorists was suspected in the area. “Today at around 11.30 AM, contact was established […]