JAMMU — Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials carried out raids at 11 places in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in connection with the fake gun licences scam in which Rs 2.78 lakh were issued to non-entitled persons. The ED carried out raids till Thursday evening. ED sources said teams from Chandigarh, J&K and Delhi started simultaneous raids […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Thursday allowed the NIA more time to complete its investigation in a case of militant funding in Jammu and Kashmir against human rights activist Khurram Parvez and two others. Special NIA judge Praveen Singh also extended the custody of Parvez, Muneer Ahmad Kataria and Arshid Ahmad Tonch by […]
UDHAMPUR — At least four persons including two children were killed while three others were injured in a road accident that took place in Udhampur district on Thursday evening. Officials said that an accident took place when an Ecco vehicle plunged into a deep gorge at Kella area of Ramnagar in Udhampur. The injured were […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday started the process of attaching immovable properties that were used to provide shelter to militants and also the houses where planning were hatched to attack “security forces and civilians” The process has been started from Srinagar district. “Process has started for attachment of some immovable properties which have […]
POONCH — Police on Thursday said four packets of narcotic like substance were recovered from a load carrier near Baryani India Army Gate area of Poonch district. “At around 1400 hours, one Tata mobile (JK11C-9009) coming from Kaga Chaperdera towards Manjakote was checked at Baryani India Army gate,” a police officer said, adding, “During checking […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that number of militants is fast decreasing but the militancy is alive in Kashmir. Talking to reporters on the side lines of a J&K Police Marty’s Footbal tournament final match here, DGP said that the number of militants and militancy related […]
SRINAGAR — President of India today appointed Rahul Bharti and Moksha Khajuria Kazmi as Additional Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, for a period of two years. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint […]
SRINAGAR — Amid the ongoing process for appointment of new Vice-Chancellor for the University of Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has said that the appointment of Vice-Chancellors of J&K Universities has been done purely on the basis of academic and research achievements. Addressing a symposium at SKICC here, the LG remarked: “The appointment of Vice-Chancellors […]
GANDERBAL — Two tourists were killed while as several were injured in a road accident in Ganderbal district on Thursday. An official said that a tempo bearing registration number JK01N-9382 skidded off the road on Srinagar-Leh highway near Hari Ganiwan area of Ganderbal district. He said that in the incident, several persons received injuries who […]
SRINAGAR — The Government on Thursday constituted a 15-member Task Force headed by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Finance Department, for generating employment opportunities in the new and upcoming destinations identified by the Mission Youth, J&K. The members of the committee, as per an order by government which lies with GNS include Administrative Secretary, Housing […]