SRINAGAR — Around 54 foreigners are among more than 4900 persons lodged in different jails of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory, official data reveals. The data available suggests that as on December 31, 2021, 54 foreign nationals were lodged in different jails of UT. Among the foreign prisoners, 10 are convicts, 39 undertrials, four detenues […]
SRINAGAR — Commissioner secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Floriculture department, Sheikh Fayaz on Saturday said that Tulip garden will be thrown open from March 20 onwards for public. Hsaid that keeping in view the pleasant climate this year, the garden will be opened from March 20 onwards. He said that like previous year, 15 lakh […]
SRINAGAR — The final quota of Hajj 2022 for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is expected by March 1 and that it depends on the quota whether all pilgrims registered till February 15 would perform Haj or the Haj committee would go for draws. This was stated by the Executive Officer Hajj Committee of J&K […]
PULWAMA — A militant associate of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) was arrested on Saturday in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official said that a joint operation launched by Pulwama Police, 53 RR and CRPF 183 Bn during which one militant associate of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) identified as Irfan Yousuf Dar, son of Muhammad Yousuf Dar of Rohmoo Pulwama […]
SRINAGAR — Punjab Police has arrested two persons including a lady for murdering a businessman from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Friday morning in Firozpur area of Punjab. As per a statement by District Ferozepur Police, it has arrested the accused while exposing the blind murder of Kashmiri […]
BANIHAL — A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a Special Police Officer (SPO) convicted for killing his wife and brother-in-law in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Principal Sessions Judge Ramban, Haqnawaz Zargar awarded rigorous life-imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lac to the SPO Abdul Gafoor, son of Late […]
SRINAGAR — A motorcyclist was killed and two other persons injured after the two-wheeler collided with a private car in Mazbugh Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports reaching GNS said that the collision involved an i20 car bearing registration number and JK05K 4586 and a motorcycle bearing registration number JK01U 8032, resulting in injuries […]
SOPORE — A 20-year-old youth was killed after being hit by a train in between Hamre-Sopore railway section in the Baramulla district on Saturday evening. Officials said that a train no 04619 from Banihal to Baramulla hit a local boy namely Waseem Ahmad Sheikh a resident of Lalpora Baramulla aged near about 20 years near […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a TRF militant who had come to carry a ‘target killing’ from Eidgah area of summer capital Srinagar. A police official said that based on specific input generated by Srinagar police a search operation along with CRPF was launched at Shaheed Graveyard in […]
PULWAMA — Pulwama Police today felicitated the students of District Pulwama who have secured top positions in recently announced results of Higher Secondary part two (12th Regular) & Part ist (10th Regular) examinations of 2021-22. DC Pulwama Shri Baseer-ul-Haq Choudary was the chief guest of the felicitation event and was also attended by SSP Pulwama […]