NEW DELHI — Asiya Andrabi and two others hatched a conspiracy for the secession of Kashmir from India, a Delhi court said in its order convicting them for offences, including conspiracy to commit crime against the state and being members of a terrorist organisation under stringent anti-terror law UAPA. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Wednesday alleged that Jammu harboured an “obsessive opposition” to developmental initiatives in Kashmir, and said that perhaps the time has come for an “amicable divorce” between the two regions of the Union Territory. Lone was referring to the demands from a section for shifting the recently announced […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the profiling of mosques and imams in Kashmir was an interference in the religious matters of Muslims. The former chief minister said if religious places require profiling, it should start with temples across the country. “The latest order for mosques is interference in our religious affairs. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) on Wednesday announced the results of the Class 10 annual examinations, with an overall pass percentage of 85.03 percent across Jammu and Kashmir. According to an official data, a total of 80,650 students qualified the examination out of 94,845 candidates who had appeared. […]
JAMMU — Northern Railway’s Jammu Division achieved another milestone in freight transportation on Tuesday with the arrival of the first fertiliser train at South Kashmir’s Anantnag Goods Terminal, strengthening the agricultural supply chain in the valley, an official said. The division is witnessing a steady increase in the arrival of various goods and commodities through […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah, an accused in a terror funding case, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he had met five prime ministers of India on the Jammu and Kashmir issue and his speeches mostly represented the aspirations of the people in the erstwhile state. A bench of justices […]
SRINAGAR — Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the police exercise in Kashmir seeking information regarding mosques and their management committees, saying it is in “complete violation” of fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution. The MMU, a conglomerate of Islamic religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, also […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday terminated the services of five more government employees for suspected terror links. The LG administration has since 2020 sacked 85 government employees after it was found during surveillance that they were working for terrorist groups. “The move is aimed at targeting the roots of […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said the profiling of mosques, madrassas and Imams by police in Jammu and Kashmir was an infringement of the religious freedom guaranteed under the Constitution. “There are already so many layers of surveillance, by CID, IB and the paramilitary forces. This intimidation and surveillance is […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Tuesday said that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience mainly dry weather conditions till January 15, while a fresh spell of rain and snowfall is expected from January 16 onwards. The MeT said weather from January 13 to 15 is expected to remain mainly dry, though […]