SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against five persons in a case involving alleged fabrication of official documents and fraudulent adjustment of three individuals as teachers in Zone Nagam of Budgam district. The chargesheet in FIR No. 36/2021 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped and arrested two police officers for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 in connection with a case registered at Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh in Srinagar. According to the ACB, a written complaint was received alleging that PSI Karanjeet Singh, the investigating officer […]
JAMMU — A Special NIA Court in Jammu has rejected the bail application of a private school teacher who was arrested more than five years ago for allegedly providing shelter, food and logistical support to Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in the Doda-Kishtwar region. The court, presided over by Special Judge Prem Sagar, dismissed the bail plea […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Territory Level High Powered Steering Committee (UTHPSC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday approved three major urban development projects worth nearly Rs 2700 crore. The projects identified by the Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) include TARANG (Tawi Area Regeneration and Green Growth) in Jammu, Walled City and Nigeen Lakefront Revitalisation […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against a man and a deceased former Patwari in connection with a land fraud case involving alleged use of forged documents to obtain building permission from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). According to the Crime Branch, the chargesheet in […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday produced a charge-sheet against Mohd. Farooq, then Junior Assistant and dealing hand for Mid Day Meal (MDM) in the office of ZEO Manjakote, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of rice and cooking costs under the MDM scheme. The charge-sheet was produced before […]
JAMMU/SRINAGAR — MBBS and BDS interns across medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir went on an indefinite strike on Monday, protesting a monthly stipend of just Rs 12,300 — around Rs 400 a day — and demanding it be raised to Rs 30,000. The protesting interns claimed that their stipend had remained unchanged for nearly […]
JAMMU — Probe into the rape and subsequent death of a 15-year-old girl in Kishtwar district has been handed over to the Crime Branch, officials said on Saturday. The teenager had been allegedly raped by her school teacher over several months. She died on August 20 during a pregnancy termination procedure. A Special Investigation Team […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to hand over the case of the alleged rape and murder of a schoolgirl in Chatroo, Kishtwar, to the Crime Branch for a “fair, transparent and time-bound investigation.” In a post on X, Mufti said the incident was “not merely another […]
JAMMU — The train service between Budgam in central Kashmir and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) in the Jammu division resumed on Saturday after being suspended for nearly two months due to the Amarnath Yatra, bringing relief to commuters, an official said. The train service from both sides had been suspended from June 29, […]