SRINAGAR — Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a Pakistan-trained Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant after 31 years with the assistance of J&K Police from Budgam district. Officials said that Nazir Ahmad Wani was involved in two cases registered in Saharanpur (UP) in 1993 and 1994. He is accused of hurling a grenade at a police […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Two non-local labourers were injured in a suspected militant attack in Mazhama area of Magam in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening. According to sources, the labourers working for Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) project in Mazhama were fired upon by militants, resulting in an injury to one labourer’s right hand and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Monday said conspiracies are being hatched to destabilise the region again. “This business of guns and grenades should stop right now as it will not benefit anybody,” he told reporters after visiting the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar in Budgam district. Dar was among seven […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A youth was found dead in the fields of the Bugroo village in Khansahib area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said that the police received information that an unidentified body was lying in the fields of Bugroo village in Khansahib Budgam. Upon receiving this information, a team from Police Station Khansahib […]
BUDGAM — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed by terrorists in Ganderbal on October 20, and said that India and Pakistan should hold talk so that Jammu and Kashmir can be brought out of “bloodshed.” Speaking to reporters, the PDP chief said […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed in a militant attack in Ganderbal on Sunday. Abdullah visited Dar’s residence in Nadigam village in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. The chief minister met the slain doctor’s family and expressed his condolences and sympathies […]
BUDGAM (KIMS) — Minister for Education, Social Welfare, Health & Medical Education, Sakina Itoo and Minister for RDD and Agriculture, Javid Ahmad Dar today visited Naidgam Budgam to condole the demise of Dr Shahnawaz, who had been killed in a militant attack at Gagangir in Ganderbal on Sunday evening. They strongly condemned the killing of […]
BUDGAM — The son of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, one of the seven people killed in the Gagangir militant attack, on Monday expressed sadness over his father’s death and said that his father had wanted him to become a doctor, but his death has shattered his dream. He added that after his father’s death, he had […]
SRINAGAR — Just two weeks ago, the house echoed with laughter as hundreds gathered for his daughter’s wedding. On Monday, cries of anger and anguish rang through Dr Shahnawaz’s Budgam residence and the streets around it, the celebration so quickly giving way to mourning. Slogans of ‘Naara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar’ (Allah is the greatest) were heard […]
SRINAGAR — In an appalling incident, a stray dog mauled to death a 70-year-old man and left four others injured in Manchowa area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam on Sunday. Officials told GNS that a dog attacked the people at around 6 am as they were heading towards their field. Five persons were injured and one […]