JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday said the government will conduct an inquiry into the demolition of brick kilns and crushers in Budgam district. The decision was taken after allegations by legislators that registered units were targeted while illegal operations continues to function. Responding to a question by […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K on Friday said it has filed a chargesheet before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam, in connection with land fraud case. The chargesheet has been filed in FIR No. 61/2023 under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC registered at Police Station […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered two FIRs and initiated “security proceedings” against eleven people in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district for not complying with orders prohibiting the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) in the Union territory for security reasons, an official said on Saturday. A police spokesman said, to maintain law and order and […]
SRINAGAR — A special NIA court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday ordered immediate attachment of land belonging to Ghulam Nabi Fai, a US-based Kashmiri lobbyist and convicted agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Judge Yahaya Firdous of Budgam district authorised the seizure of over 1.5 kanals (approximately 8,100 sq. […]
SRINAGAR — An NIA special court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday issued a non-bailable warrant against Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Mohammad Yousuf Shah alias Syed Salah-ud-din, directing the police to arrest him. The Court of Special Judge designated under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act issued the direction after hearing a case […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Thursday registered an FIR against the owner of a homestay in the Humhama area of Budgam district for accommodating a foreign national without mandatory reporting. Police said that during routine inspections of hotels, guest houses and homestays by a team of Police Post Humhama, a violation was detected at Rose […]
SRINAGAR — A girl sustained injuries after she fell from a moving train at central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. Officials told GNS that a girl identified as Insha Rashid (20), daughter of Rashid Bhat, resident of Khelan, Sangam, was injured after she fell from a moving train near the Budgam track. She was immediately […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — PDP leader Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi and BJP’s Devyani Rana on Friday took oath as Members of the Legislative Assembly from Budgam and Nagrota constituencies. The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Assembly Complex in Jammu, where the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, administered the oath […]
SRINAGAR — Postal ballot and home voting processes began on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam assembly constituency (AC) where bypolls would take place on November 11. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who won last year’s assembly elections from two seats, Budgam and Ganderbal, retained the family stronghold of Ganderbal and vacated the Budgam seat, necessitating […]
SRINAGAR — The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a showcause notice to Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Budgam bypolls, Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi, for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by conducting late-night campaign in the assembly constituency without requisite permission. However, in his response, Mehdi said there was no deliberate or wilful […]
