SRINAGAR — Mohammad Shafi Pandit, the first Muslim IAS officer from Kashmir, passed away on Thursday. He was 80. Pandit was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi after he was detected with cancer about a month ago, his family said. Pandit was the first Muslim from Kashmir to qualify the civil services examinations in […]
JAMMU — A man was arrested here for allegedly murdering an elderly couple four days ago, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. He said the accused had no criminal record and had been acquainted with the family for about eight years. Deepak Singh alias “Sonu” was in need of money and planned the murder […]
JAMMU — An army paratrooper was killed and five commandos were injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The Army said the troopers were on counterinsurgency duty when their vehicle met with the accident in the […]
SRINAGAR — The area around the Sher-e-Kashmir park here has been put under a multi-layer security blanket ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally scheduled for Wednesday, a senior police official said. This will be Modi’s first rally for BJP candidates in Kashmir before the assembly elections in the Union territory later this month. […]
SRINAGAR — With the first phase of assembly elections set to be held on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir, the Kashmiri Pandit community is raising urgent calls for action on their long-standing issues of unemployment and housing. Nearly 35 years after the mass exodus of 1990, many in the community feel that political parties have […]
ANANTNAG — Police on Monday arrested five drug peddlers in Anantnag and seized a substantial quantity of psychotropic/contraband substances from their possession. In a significant operation, a police team from PS Mattan during naka at Bumzoo Mattan, intercepted an Innova vehicle bearing registration number JK02DK/9333 with three persons on board. During searching of the vehicle, […]
JAMMU — A bike rally was held on Sunday to spread voter awareness ahead of the assembly elections in the Union Territory. Doda District Magistrate Harvinder Singh said that the Mega Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) festival is being held across the district. Speaking to ANI, Singh said “Mega Systematic Voters Education and […]
JAMMU — Police on Monday flagged a fake Facebook account of ADGP, Jammu zone Anand Jain, advising people to be cautious and report any suspicious online activity to them. They urged people to not engage with any such account and refer to verified social media handles of Jammu and Kashmir Police for information. In a […]
PULWAMA — Police in Pulwama have launched a formal investigation following a distressing incident involving a woman from Kakapora, who was allegedly forced to consume a poisonous substance by her husband. According to the victim’s statement recorded earlier today, the incident took place after her husband served her a divorce notice a few days ago. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Naib Tehsildar for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 in Uri tehsil of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. “A complaint was received against Naib Tehsildar Uri Altaf Hussain Khan alleging therein that said officer is demanding bribe of Rs. 10 lacs from complainant for preparing land […]