SRINAGAR — Several houses were damaged in a massive fire incident in the Watal Kadal area of the summer capital on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze engulfed at least seven houses in the congested locality, they said. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control. Seven houses were directly […]
SRINAGAR — Three days after escaping from the high-security Central Jail here, two inmates facing trial in separate POCSO cases were successfully apprehended in Rajasthan by Srinagar police on Wednesday, an official said. Farman Khan of Rajasthan’s Sadanpora area and Mukhtar Ahmed Gujar of Sanglan Chittergul in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district escaped from Central Jail […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CRPF apprehended six alleged terrorist associates in two separate operations in Shopian district on Tuesday, recovering hand grenades, AK-47 magazines, ammunition and incriminating posters, police said. According to a police statement, in the first operation at Heerpora, a motorcycle bearing registration number JK18B-6130 was intercepted during […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) has reopened investigation into the 1998 Wandhama massacre where 23 Kashmiri Pandits were brutally murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials said on Tuesday. The reopening of the Wandhama massacre case comes as the SIA has re-launched investigation into several cases involving the murder of Kashmiri Pandits […]
JAMMU — A special NIA court in Jammu has directed jail authorities to ensure that separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah is not unnecessarily handcuffed while being escorted from the Central Jail in Kot Bhalwal here to a hospital or court following his plea that handcuffing could cause him pain, and further endanger his health Shah […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in a joint operation with the Army and CRPF, arrested two alleged terrorist associates and recovered a pistol, 12 rounds of ammunition and a hand grenade from their possession in the Yarwan forest area of CB Nath in Rajpora tehsil of Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday. According […]
SRINAGAR — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Apni Party on Monday held separate protests here against electricity tariff hike in Jammu and Kashmir, which will be effective from September 1. PDP leaders and workers assembled at the party office near General Post Office and raised slogans against the 6.83 per cent hike in […]
SRINAGAR — Two inmates booked in separate cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from the Central Jail here on Sunday after scaling the front-side wall of the high-security prison, officials said. The escaped inmates have been identified as Farman Khan, a resident of Sadanpora, Rajasthan, and Mukhtar Ahmed Gujar, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said women are not responsible for the violence and discrimination that they face, asserting that parents and the society as a whole have a responsibility to ensure that girls grow up in a safe and equitable environment. Abdullah said this while addressing the annual-day […]
SRINAGAR — The NIA on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy case involving Pakistan-based handlers and a network of local Over Ground Workers (OGWs) allegedly providing logistical and other support to infiltrated terrorists. The searches, conducted across Srinagar, Kupwara, Anantnag, Pulwama and Budgam, were […]