SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday urged the Centre to release Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid on humanitarian grounds and allow him to visit his ailing father. Rashid is currently lodged in Tihar jail in a UAPA case on terror funding charges. He was arrested in 2019 and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government Thursday approved the promotion of Qazi Abdul Qayoom as Director Prosecution in the Prosecution Department. According to an order issued by the Home Department, the promotion has been effected on the recommendations of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission. Prior to this elevation, Qayoom was serving as […]
SRINAGAR — A man lost his life while four others were injured after the truss of an under-construction cold storage unit fell down due to strong winds in Lassipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, officials said. An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer that due to strong winds the under construction […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Division of Northern Railway on Wednesday said it will operate a Joint Parcel Product-Rapid Cargo Service (JPP-RCS) train between Adarsh Nagar in New Delhi and Budgam in central Kashmir from April 17, offering relief to traders in the Valley, particularly fruit growers and handicrafts merchants. The service will run regularly on […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said a major narcotics network with interstate and cross-border links was busted with the arrest of most-wanted drug kingpin Gulzar Ahmad alias Lau Gujjar along with several of his associates. Senior Superintendent of Police (Jammu) Joginder Singh said Gujjar had been supplying narcotics in bulk quantities […]
SRINAGAR — A man accused in a rape case registered in 1987 was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday, nearly 39 years after he had been on the run, police said. The accused, identified as Bashir Ahmad Ganaie, a resident of Drer Kalipora in Shopian district and presently living in Kulgam, was […]
JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday held protests in Jammu, demanding a two-fold increase in monthly relief from the existing ceiling of Rs 13,000 per family. They accused the authorities of failing to revise the assistance for the past eight years. Led by the community leader Ravinder Koul, scores of protestors gathered at the Press […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated the ‘Know Your Artisan’ initiative aimed at promoting the region’s handicrafts and artistic heritage, under the ‘Soulful Kashmir’ campaign. He emphasised that artisans are the custodians of the region’s cultural identity, saying the programme aims to provide them direct market access, ensure fair […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday unveiled the renovated War Memorial at the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) centre here. The renovated war memorial of the JAKLI Regiment at Rangreth near the Old Airfield Srinagar was unveiled on the regiment’s 78th Raising Day. “I am thankful to the regiment for giving me […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday demanded strict punishment for the suspected cow vigilantes who allegedly chased and assaulted a man ferrying a cow and two calves in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. “The poison of cow vigilantism is now being spread to Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the death of […]