NEW DELHI — A Delhi court is likely to decide on Thursday whether a case of alleged terror funding against Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha member Engineer Rashid be transferred to the designated MP/MLA court now that he is a lawmaker. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh also posted for tomorrow the order on Rashid’s […]
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Delhi court likely to pronounce order on Engineer Rashid’s regular bail plea on November 20
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its order on Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha member Engineer Rashid’s regular bail application in a terror-funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who was scheduled to pass order on Tuesday, deferred the matter till November 20. The judge is also scheduled […]
Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid back in Tihar jail as interim bail ends
NEW DELHI — Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Monday surrendered before authorities in Tihar Jail here after the end of his interim bail, prison officials said. The Awami Ittehad Party leader, who has been arrested in a militant funding case, reached jail premises at noon after a Delhi court, which was scheduled to pass […]
Engineer Rashid seeks clarity on Omar Abdullah’s meetings with PM Modi, Amit Shah
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah if restoration of Article 370 and the release of political prisoners were discussed during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Awami Ittehad Party chief Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, […]
Delhi court to pass order on Engineer Rashid’s regular bail plea on Monday
SRINAGAR — A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Monday its order on a regular bail plea of Engineer Rashid, the Lok Sabha MP from J&K’s Baramulla, in a militant funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who on September 10 granted interim bail to Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popular as Engineer Rashid, to […]
J&K govt seeking restoration of statehood, not Article 370 ‘very painful’: Engineer Rashid
SRINAGAR — Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Friday said reports of a resolution passed by the J&K government seeking restoration of statehood only and not Article 370 was “very painful” and a “departure” from the principle stand of the ruling NC. The remarks of the Baramulla MP, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, came after […]
‘PM Modi removed Article 370 after consulting Farooq, Omar Abdullah’: Engineer Rashid
SRINAGAR — President of Awami Ittehad Party and MP, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid on Wednesday alleged that Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah colluded with Prime Minister Modi on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Rashid asserted that PM Modi consulted with the Abdullahs before making the move. He also alleged […]
Engineer Rashid meets family of Tihar Jail inmate in prison for over 22 years
SRINAGAR — Awami Ittehad Party president and Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid on Tuesday visited the family of a prisoner in Tral who has been lodged in Tihar Jail for the last 22 years, the party said. “Rashid visited family of Parveez Ahmad Mir, who has been imprisoned in Tihar Jail […]
Courts should grant bail to ordinary accused people as they did to Engineer Rashid: Sajad Lone
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said the courts should grant bail to ordinary accused persons as they are doing in case of Baramulla Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid. “My hand-folded requests to the court in Delhi. Please can you show the same magnanimity in extending bail or giving bail […]
Delhi court extends MP Engineer Rashid’s interim bail till October 28
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the interim bail of Jammu and Kashmir MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, in a militant-funding case till October 28. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order on the ground of the health condition of Rashid’s father, after the National Investigation […]