NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Friday sought a response from the NIA on a plea filed by jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid seeking to attend the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament in custody. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma issued the notice to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and posted the matter for […]
Tag: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)
Security forces fully prepared to tackle emerging challenges in J&K: Atal Dulloo
JAMMU — Adversarial elements, including hostile forces from across the border, would attempt to create trouble in Jammu and Kashmir but preparedness on the ground remains strong, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Friday said. Dulloo said multiple challenges persist, ranging from infiltration attempts to weather-related and terrain-specific difficulties, which are often exploited […]
Asiya Andrabi, two others hatched conspiracy for secession of Kashmir: Delhi court
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, […]
Perhaps time for ‘amicable divorce’ with Jammu: Sajad Lone
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 […]
Profiling of mosques in Kashmir is meddling in Muslims’ religious matters: Mehbooba Mufti
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. […]
J&K BOSE declares Class 10 results; 85.03% students qualify
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. […]
First fertiliser freight train arrives at Anantnag Terminal in South Kashmir
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 […]
Represented people’s aspiration, have met five PMs on Kashmir issue: Shabir Shah to SC
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 […]
Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema expresses deep concern over police profiling of mosques in Kashmir
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 […]
J&K LG terminates services of five govt employees for suspected terror links
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 […]
