RAJOURI — Eleven patients, who were admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital (GMC) after falling ill due to a mysterious illness in Badhaal village of Rajouri district, have fully recovered and been discharged, officials said on Tuesday. A team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, concluded a […]
Jammu & Kashmir
SPO arrested for drug peddling in Udhampur, heroin seized: Police
UDHAMPUR (KIMS) — A Special Police Officer (SPO) has been arrested for drug peddling in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. “A police team from Police Station Udhampur, led by its Station House Officer (SHO), was conducting patrolling and checking near the SKPA Udhampur area when they intercepted a suspicious individual. […]
Candlelight vigil held in Kashmir against killing of ex-servicemen in terror attack
SRINAGAR — Demonstrations and candlelight vigil were held at several places in Kashmir on Tuesday against the killing of an ex-serviceman in a terror attack, officials said. Terrorists shot dead former soldier Manzoor Ahmad Wagay and injured his wife and 13-year-old niece in an attack in Behibagh village in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday. […]
CIK arrested five suspects for smuggling SIM cards to militants lodged in jails
SRINAGAR — Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Tuesday detained five suspects allegedly involved in smuggling SIM cards to militants lodged in various jails in Jammu and Kashmir. “Five individuals were detained for interrogation/questioning for their involvement in a criminal conspiracy hatched with anti-national elements aiming at procuring /transportation/ smuggling of SIM cards inside the Central […]
Unknown persons open fire at car in Jammu, no injuries reported
JAMMU — Some unidentified masked persons opened fire at a car on Tuesday night and no one got injured in the accident, police said. Eyewitnesses reported that several masked persons arrived in a car vehicle at a farmhouse in the Phallian Mandal area of the city and opened fire at another vehicle, they said. Those […]
Criminal justice system needs radical reforms, says Waheed Para facing UAPA trial
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA from Pulwama Waheed Para, who is undergoing trial in a UAPA case, on Tuesday said the criminal justice system of the country needs radical reforms, as the “slow pace of prosecution traps the accused and their families in uncertainty”. “Once an undertrial, always an undertrial,” Para posted on […]
Two arrested for abducting two girls in separate incidents in Jammu
JAMMU — Two men have been arrested for abducting two girls from their homes in separate incidents here, police said on Monday. The abducted girls have been safely rescued, officials said. On January 19 a woman lodged a complaint in Domana police station, alleging that Sonu Kumar, hailing from Nabyua Kallan in Uttar Pradesh and […]
J&K govt intensifies drive against sale of unlabelled machine-made carpets
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has intensified crackdown on unscrupulous businessmen, who peddle machine-made carpets as handwoven Kashmiri carpets. “In response to growing complaints from buyers and tourists about the sale of machine-made carpets from outside the region being falsely marketed as authentic Kashmiri handmade carpets, the Handicrafts and Handloom Department, Kashmir, has […]
Home Minister Amit Shah reviews security situation in J&K
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir which has witnessed a few terror incidents in the recent past, sources said. Top officials of the Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces briefed Shah about the prevailing situation in the Union territory and ongoing […]
HC seeks stand of registrar general on issue of pending bail plea of Engineer Rashid
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to its registrar general on the issue of designation of a court to hear the bail plea of Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case. Justice Vikas Mahajan was hearing Rashid’s petition alleging that he had been left without any […]









