SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has remained under house arrest for nearly a week and was prevented from attending Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Friday, his office said. In a post on X, the Mirwaiz office said police personnel were deployed outside his residence in Nigeen and […]
SRINAGAR — Police in Bandipora have arrested two more persons in connection with an alleged prison-linked module of a banned organisation, which is under investigation for allegedly targeting women to propagate separatist ideology and propaganda, officials said on Friday. The module was earlier busted by Bandipora Police, and investigators are probing its alleged links, network […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has geo-tagged around 30,000 chinar trees and created a digital database to strengthen their conservation and monitoring, officials said. Top officials said this at a high-level meeting, chaired by Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Altaf Ahmad Wani, held to review the functioning of the Jammu and Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the resignation of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who on November 3 resigned from his Parliamentary seat and the National Conference following differences with the party leadership. “Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, has resigned […]
SRINAGAR — A group of dissident National Conference (NC) MLAs on Friday met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and party president Farooq Abdullah here to air their grievances following the recent expansion in the council of ministers. As many as 15 MLAs of the party reached the Gupkar residence of the Abdullahs here this morning for […]
SRINAGAR — The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday carried out raids at multiple locations in the Valley in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, officials said. The raids were conducted in Anantnag and Pulwama districts in south Kashmir in connection with an FIR registered under IPC and UAPA […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday cautioned the Centre against mistaking the “prevailing silence” in Kashmir for peace and asserted that national interest outweighs any government. Addressing party leaders and workers after being unanimously re-elected PDP president, Mehbooba asked the Centre to trust the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “There is […]
KULGAM — Police arrested three persons, including a husband-wife duo, and recovered around seven grams of heroin-like substance from a vehicle during naka checking on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said. The vehicle, bearing registration number PB-01-B-2046, was intercepted near the North Portal of the Navyug Tunnel while travelling from […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited the residence of Lal Chowk MLA Ahsan Pardesi to offer condolences on the demise of his father, Ghulam Qadir Pardesi, a former Member of the Legislative Council (MLC). During the visit, the Chief Minister paid rich tributes to the deceased for his dedicated public service and […]
SRINAGAR — Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Thursday said AIIMS Awantipora in south Kashmir is expected to commence Outpatient Department (OPD) services before December 2026, with inpatient (IPD) services and academic activities scheduled to begin in July 2027. In a post on X, Nadda said he reviewed the progress and operational readiness of […]