NEW DELHI — BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday said that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah’s remarks about the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was an “expose of their nefarious, nasty, separatist anti-national design”. Trivedi also targeted the Congress, an alliance partner of the NC in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Police have taken cognizance of an individual accused of assaulting his parents and preventing them from entering their own home for the past year in Srinagar. “Acting on a written complaint from the accused’s mother, Mst Taja Banoo, wife of Gh Ahmad Wani, a criminal case (FIR No. […]
SRINAGAR — Women voters outnumber men in the six assembly segments of Srinagar district that are scheduled to go to polls on September 25 in the second phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here. Of the 7,74,462 registered voters, 3,87,778 are female while 3,86,654 are male and 30 people have registered themselves […]
JAMMU — A suspected drug peddler from Chhattisgarh was arrested along with nine kilograms of narcotics in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday, police said. The accused Umesh Kumar Sahu was intercepted at the Kallar Chowk checkpoint on Jammu-Poonch national highway and arrested with the contraband substance, a police spokesperson said. In a separate […]
JAMMU — The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has said nine FIRs were lodged and five government employees suspended for violations of the Model Code of Conduct in Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-three warnings were issued and inquiries were underway in 48 cases of poll code violations, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) […]
DODA — In an unprecedented move aimed at ensuring free and fair polling in the ongoing assembly elections, authorities in Doda district are leveraging advanced technology across all three assembly constituencies. For the first time, CCTV cameras are being installed at all 534 polling stations, with live monitoring from the Deputy Commissioner’s office. This extensive […]
SRINAGAR — Separatist and Jamia Masjid chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Friday in the lead-up to assembly polls placed under house arrest and not allowed to deliver his sermon on Friday, the leader said. Castigating his house detention, Mirwaiz expressed apprehensions that he may be detained till the end of the elections, which […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) leader Omar Abdullah said that the visit of US diplomats to Kashmir was only possible with the approval of the Indian government. He said that no foreign diplomat or media person can enter Jammu and Kashmir without the permission of the ministries under the government of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar district has taken cognizance against the family members of Noor Mohammad Bhat, a notorious criminal residing Kondenpeth Nigeen area of Srinagar. Police said, “Bhat’s family created disturbance at Nigeen Police Station and shared false information on social media platforms.” They said, “Noor Mohammad Bhat, a […]
SRINAGAR — At least one person was died while another got injured after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck in Qazigund area of Kulgam, an official said on Friday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the accident occurred in the Chaimulla area of Qazigund, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, […]