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 […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Monday flagged a fake account in his name created on social networking site ‘X’ and tagged the police for action. The fake account impersonating Choudhary cropped up on X within a fortnight after the formation of a new government headed by Chief Minister Omar […]
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, […]
JAMMU — A fact-finding team of the Congress visited Reasi and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to ascertain the reasons for the party’s poor performance in the recently-held Assembly polls in the Union Territory, a spokesperson of the party said. The team headed by Jammu and Kashmir Congress vice-president Ravinder Sharma interacted […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday released former student leader Shehla Rashid’s book, titled “Role models — Inspiring stories of Indian Muslim Achievers”. “Released a book ‘Role Models-Inspiring Stories of Indian Muslim Achievers’. The book has been penned by J&K’s daughter @Shehla_Rashid,” Sinha said in a post on X. Rashid, […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday urged the youth of the Union Territory to take advantage of the dynamic and competitive environment and knowledge platforms to set new goals in life. Addressing a student felicitation programme at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) here, Sinha said as […]
JAMMU — Expressing concern over the recent militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 12 persons, including two soldiers, over the past one week, J&K Congress on Saturday urged the Centre to take along the newly-elected National Conference government to defeat militancy in the Union Territory. The Congress also slammed the BJP for the […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Saturday busted a suspected militant hideout in a forward village in Poonch district and seized a few grenades and mines. The hideout was unearthed during a search operation in the Balnoi sector of Mendhar subdivision. Two hand grenades and three mines were seized from the hideout. No arrests were made […]
SRINAGAR — A senior BSF officer on Saturday said the anti-infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC) is very strong and the security forces will thwart any infiltration attempts which tend increase ahead of the winter season. “The (infiltration) attempts increase before the winter, but the LoC grid is very strong with the coordination […]