SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has filed a petition in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court challenging his “house arrest”, the separatist amalgam said on Wednesday. It said the court is scheduled to hear the petition on Friday. While the Hurriyat has claimed that its chairman has been under house detention for […]
BUDGAM — The protests broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday against the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon, officials said. The protests were held in Magam market area and Budgam town of the central Kashmir district on the fourth day of mourning of Nasrallah. Some market places were shut […]
BANDIPORA — Situated on the banks of Wular Lake, Kanyari village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday stayed away from the polls to protest against the lack of development by the successive regimes. The village, located in the Sumbal division, is part of the Bandipora constituency following delimitation. A day before the scheduled polls […]
JAMMU — 75 Year-old former Minister and BJP candidate Sayed Mushtaq Bukhari expired on Wednesday in Pamrote Surankote area of Poonch district, an official said. Officials said that BJP Candidate for Surankote Constituency Sayed Mushtaq Bukhari died this morning at home. Meanwhile, Senior PDP Leader and Candidate Mendhar Constituency Advocate Nadeem Rafiq Hussain Khan and […]
JAMMU — Long denied the right to vote, members of the Valmiki community exercised their franchise for the first time in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Tuesday and termed it as a “historic moment”. The Valmikis were originally brought to J&K in 1957 from Punjab’s Gurdaspur district for sanitation work by the state […]
SRINAGAR — Following the retirement of R R Swain, highly decorated IPS officer Nalin Prabhat took over as the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday. Prabhat, whose appointment was announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs in August, received the baton from Swain during a simple ceremony at the police headquarters here. […]
SRINAGAR — Director General of Police Rashmi Ranjan Swain, the 1991 batch IPS officer, visited the martyrs’ memorial at Pratap Park on Monday to pay homage to security forces who sacrificed their lives in the fight against insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. “A martyr’s memorial for a police officer is a place of worship, especially […]
NEW DELHI — The Election Commission has put in abeyance the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s order to appoint an Army colonel as SSP (Training and Special Operations), citing a ban on transfer of officers connected to elections as the Model Code of Conduct is in force. In its order to the chief secretary, the EC […]
JAMMU — With the Navratri festival approaching, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) will start registration counters at the railway station in Katra for the ease of pilgrims in the wake of the expected influx to the cave shrine during the period. The board reviewed various arrangements in the run-up to the Navratras […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The District Sport Climbing Championship for Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, and Shopian concluded today with remarkable performances by young athletes, highlighting the sport’s growing popularity in the region. Organized by the Mountaineering Association of J&K, the event took place over the weekend, attracting participants from all four districts. Held at the J&K Tourism […]