NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid to meet his ailing father in AIIMS Delhi for 12 hours a day till May 10. Modifying its earlier order granting interim bail to Rashid in a terror funding case to enable him to see his […]
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Engineer Rashid meets ailing father in SMHS hospital after granted one-week interim bail
SRINAGAR — Jailed Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Thursday arrived here to meet his ailing father after the Delhi High Court granted him a week’s interim bail, officials said. Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, the Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, arrived at the Srinagar airport here on Thursday afternoon and drove […]
Delhi HC grants one-week interim bail to Engineer Rashid to visit ailing father
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted one-week interim bail to jailed Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, to enable him to visit his ailing father. A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain, however, clarified that during this period, Rashid, who is […]
Delhi court rejects jailed MP Engineer Rashid’s interim bail plea to meet his ailing father
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Friday dismissed an interim bail plea of jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid to meet his ailing father. Special Judge Prashant Sharma rejected the plea seeking the relief. Engineer had sought interim bail, saying he needed to meet his critically ill father who had been hospitalised and was […]
Mirwaiz urges Centre to release Engineer Rashid on humanitarian grounds
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday urged the Centre to release Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid on humanitarian grounds and allow him to visit his ailing father. Rashid is currently lodged in Tihar jail in a UAPA case on terror funding charges. He was arrested in 2019 and […]
Delhi court allows jailed MP Engineer Rashid to attend Parliament’s winter session
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court has allowed jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid to attend the upcoming winter session of Parliament in custody on all dates. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma was hearing a plea seeking custody parole filed by advocate Vikhyat Oberoi on behalf of Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid. […]
Delhi HC delivers split verdict on MP Rashid’s plea against order on travel expenses to attend Parliament
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on a plea by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh against costs to be paid for attending Parliament while being in custody, with one of the judges saying he does not have any entitlement and the other holding him liable […]
Assembly poll results: Engineer Rashid’s AIP, Jamaat-e-Islami fail to make any impact
SRINAGAR — The results of assembly elections in the Kashmir Valley have culminated in a significant rejection of separatist candidates, including those from Engineer Rashid-led Awami Ittehad Party and Jamaat-e-Islami, who failed to make a meaningful impact in the polls. The standout performance came from Sayar Ahmed Reshi, a proxy candidate for Jamaat-e-Islami from Kulgam, […]
Engineer Rashid appeals political parties not to form govt until statehood restored
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha member and president of Awami Itihad Party (AIP) Engineer Rashid on Monday appealed to all regional mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir not to stake claim to government formation unless statehood is restored. Addressing a media conference in Srinagar, Engineer Rashid said, “Irrespective of which political party or a group […]
Delhi court grants interim bail to MP Engineer Rashid in militant funding case
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail till October 2 to Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid in a militant funding case. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Baramulla. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh granted the […]





