ANANTNAG — Police have solved a theft case in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district by arresting the accused and recovering stolen gold jewellery worth approximately ₹2 lakh, officials said on Saturday. Police said a complaint was received at Police Station Bijbehara on October 5 from Safe Farooqi, son of Farooq Ahmad, a resident […]
SRINAGAR — A court in Srinagar has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment in a murder case registered at Batamaloo Police Station in 2022, police said on Saturday. The convicts have been identified as Hafeeza Begum, Parveez Ahmad Dar alias Bilal, and Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar. According to police, the case was registered under FIR No. […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, officials said. However, it is not yet clear whether it was an infiltration attempt, they said. Alert troops noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in the Jumgund area of Keran sector in the north Kashmir district, […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the J&K Circular Economy Policy, 2026, aimed at improving waste management, promoting resource recovery and advancing ecological sustainability across the Union Territory. The Chief Minister’s Office announced the development in a post on X, stating that the policy marks a significant step towards green growth and […]
SRINAGAR — A ward officer of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for demanding and accepting a bribe, the agency said on Friday. A spokesperson said the agency registered an instant case against Ward Officer Safakadal on Thursday based on a complaint. “It was alleged that the […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag apprehended five persons and recovered charas-like substances from their possession during separate naka checking operations across the district, officials said on Friday. In the first operation, police intercepted two persons, identified as Azan Nabi and Majid Ahmad Dar, both residents of Mir Danter, during naka checking in the area. Police […]
NEW DELHI — The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognizance of a viral video allegedly showing senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan verbally abusing, humiliating and threatening junior woman officer Beenish Wani, an Assistant Director of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS), during an official review meeting. In a statement, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said he had taken up the conduct of a senior IAS officer with the Chief Secretary in the strongest possible terms after a video of an online government meeting surfaced on social media. Reacting to the circulating video, Omar said the officer’s conduct was […]
SRINAGAR — Senior IAS officer in Jammu and Kashmir Kumar Rajeev Ranjan has courted controversy after he allegedly used abusive language against a woman JKAS officer and threatened to recommend her dismissal from service. The heated argument, which came to light through a purported video, took place between Ranjan and Assistant Director Beenish Wani over […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has banned fuel-powered motorboats and jet skis from being plied on Dal Lake till further order. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rajesh Sekhri on Wednesday issued the order on a petition filed by Mohammad Rafiq Mir. “In the […]