SRINAGAR — Member of Parliament from Srinagar Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has opposed the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board’s reported move to introduce uniform Friday sermons at mosques across the Union Territory, calling for the order to be withdrawn immediately. In a post on X, Ruhullah said the pulpit would lose its essence and institutional […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday criticised the proposed move to introduce uniform Friday sermons at mosques across the Union Territory, accusing the BJP of interfering in the religious affairs of Muslims. In a post on X, Abdullah termed the move “an unacceptable attempt” to interfere in Muslim religious affairs […]
BARAMULLA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla have solved a theft case and recovered stolen gold earrings from a domestic helper using technical analysis and CCTV footage, officials said on Tuesday. According to police, a written complaint was received at Police Station Baramulla on October 12 from Fayaz Ahmad Khan, a resident of Kanlibagh, […]
JAMMU — At least four residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) were killed in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast across the Line of Control (LoC), adjacent to the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district, on Monday, prompting heightened security on the Indian side, officials said. The powerful blast reportedly occurred in Satwal-Naki […]
JAMMU — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) explosion rocked a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, triggering heightened security measures, officials said. The powerful blast reportedly occurred in Satwal-Naki area near the zero line, during the movement of a group […]
SAMBA — Police in Samba have traced a missing woman and reunited her with her family after she went missing from her home earlier this month, officials said on Monday. According to police, the woman’s mother, a resident of Jallapur village in Samba district, lodged a written complaint at Police Post Goran on October 7, […]
HANDWARA — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday arrested a senior assistant posted in the Sub-Division Agriculture Office, Handwara, after allegedly catching him red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹40,000 for the release of a tractor subsidy bill. The accused has been identified as Irshad Ahmad Peer, according to an […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a residential property in Srinagar allegedly used to harbour Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and conceal incriminating material linked to a cross-border terror conspiracy. According to an NIA press release, the property, located at Khasra No. 315 in Danihama village of Hazratbal, belongs to accused Ghulam Mohammad […]
JAMMU — A Jammu and Kashmir Police employee was apprehended after police recovered approximately 15 grams of a heroin-like substance (chitta) during vehicle checking at Balol Naka near Indranagar in the Miran Sahib area of Jammu, police said. According to police, a team from Police Station Miran Sahib intercepted a scooty bearing registration number JK02DW-7378, […]
ANANTNAG — Anantnag Police have arrested six alleged drug peddlers and recovered charas in separate anti-narcotics operations across the district in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. Police said six FIRs have been registered in connection with the cases, while further investigations are underway. During a naka checking at Kha Bazar, Anantnag, a […]