SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday said it has registered a disproportionate assets case against a KAS officer accused of possessing assets allegedly disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to an ACB statement, the case has been registered against Zafar Iqbal, Chief Accounts Officer, son of Mir […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday expressed hope that the Supreme Court will deliver justice if the controversy surrounding alleged malpractices in the West Bengal polls reaches the apex court of the country. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the party’s provincial committee, Abdullah said everyone is raising questions over […]
SRINAGAR — The students and teachers of an educational institution in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday staged a protest march against the government’s decision to declare it an unlawful entity under the UAPA, officials said. Students and teachers of Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom took out the march from the institute […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against 11 people in a financial fraud case linked to an HDFC Bank branch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Thursday. The case, registered under the relevant provisions of the BNS and the IT Act, pertains to […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has written to the police, seeking the registration of an FIR against a Kashmiri displaced persons’ leader for making allegations of illegal allotment and accepting bribes against the relief commissioner in a Facebook comment. According to an official communication issued by the Office of the Relief and Rehabilitation […]
JAMMU — Displaced Kashmiri Pandits protested here on Wednesday against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s move to integrate their relief rations into the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Minor clashes broke out between demonstrators and police as they attempted to march towards the Relief Commissioner’s office. Terming the move a “conspiracy” to dilute their migrant […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case against the wife and son of MLA Anantnag Peerzada Mohammad Syed for allegedly locking a government-run hospital, officials said on Wednesday. An FIR was registered at Achabal police station, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, on Tuesday against Syed’s wife and son after they allegedly locked […]
POONCH — In a tragic incident on Mughal Road near Chatta Pani area, three persons have been confirmed dead, with their bodies recovered after a vehicle went missing since May 4. The deceased have been identified as Shoket Hussain (33), resident of Hari Budha, Abdul Majid, son of Munir Hussain, resident of Mangnar, Poonch, while […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid to meet his ailing father in AIIMS Delhi for 12 hours a day till May 10. Modifying its earlier order granting interim bail to Rashid in a terror funding case to enable him to see his […]
JAMMU — Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Kishtwar district on Friday and recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosive material, officials said. During a search operation in the Chatroo area of the district, security forces busted the hideout in the Bajmandoo forest of the Sigdi Bhata area. Officials said it belonged […]