JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday asked people to come together with “a renewed sense of commitment” to ensure that the hard work and sacrifices made for the progress and peace of the region do not go in vain. Speaking at the foundation day of Purmandal-Utterbehni Teerth Seva Nyas in […]
SRINAGAR — The body of a local civilian killed in the November 10 terror blast near the Red Fort in Delhi reached his native village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday. Bilal Ahmad Sagoo, a Kashmiri labourer belonging to Baba Nagri Wangat village in Ganderbal district, was killed when a terror conspirator, Dr […]
JAMMU — Youth for Panun Kashmir (Y4PK), an organisation that advocates the creation of a separate homeland for displaced Kashmiri Pandits, on Wednesday announced the launch of a campaign it said would be the “most decisive civilisational mobilisation” in the community’s 35-year-old struggle. It said the campaign — Maha Abhiyan Ahvan 2026 — will commence […]
CHANDIGARH — Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday participated in a ‘nagar kirtan’ (religious procession) in Srinagar as part of the commemorative events to mark 350th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. The procession, which started from Gurdwara Chhevin […]
JAMMU — Panun Kashmir, an organisation advocating a separate homeland for displaced Kashmiri Pandits in valley, on Wednesday slammed the Centre saying that invitations to Gulf nations to invest exclusively in Kashmir has resulted in radicalisation of youth here. “The Government of India has taken steps that directly strengthen the ecosystem driving radicalisation. This has […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday visited the families of the two crime branch photographers who were killed in the accidental blast in Nowgam last week and expressed his condolences. Abdullah met the family of Arshid Ahmad Shah at Chancer village in Kulgam, and that of Javid Mansoor Rather at […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday began the exercise of inspecting the lockers of doctors and medical staff in hospitals as part of enhanced security measures after the recent Delhi blast and recovery of arms and ammunition in the “white collar” terror module, officials said. As part of the process, the authorities […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against six accused for allegedly tampering with documents submitted before the Central Administrative Tribunal, officials said on Wednesday. The chargesheet has been filed under various Sections of the IPC before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, Crime Branch officials […]
JAMMU — Jammu Inspector General of Police (IGP) Bhim Sen Tuti on Wednesday visited the border district of Poonch and reviewed security situation, officials said. Security has been beefed up and surveillance operations enhanced in the border district following a blast in Delhi on November 10 that claimed 15 lives. The senior officer visited Poonch […]
JAMMU — The Counter-Intelligence Unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday conducted searches in the high-security Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu and the district jail in the border district of Poonch, officials said. A raid was conducted at the central jail Kot Bhalwal, which houses hardcore Pakistani and local terrorists, besides notorious criminals, […]