SHOPIAN — A Kisan Mela is being organised at Old Fruit Mandi Shopian on Thursday, November 21 from 10:30 AM onwards by the Department of Agriculture and allied departments. The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar has invited the public in general and students in particular to participate in the day-long event. Post […]
GHAZIPUR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that discussions on restoring Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir are “irrelevant” as the Supreme Court upheld its abrogation as constitutional. Speaking about the post-Article 370 scenario, Sinha said, “After the abrogation, assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were conducted peacefully, observed by both national and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its war against drug dealings, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested six drug peddlers in Srinagar, Kulgam and Kupwara district of Kashmir division and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A police party of Police Station Shaheed Gunj at a checkpoint established at Habakadal Chowk, intercepted a suspicious person. […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its order on Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha member Engineer Rashid’s regular bail application in a terror-funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who was scheduled to pass order on Tuesday, deferred the matter till November 20. The judge is also scheduled […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a relentless effort to curb the menace of drug peddling, the Jammu and Kashmir Police attached an immovable property worth one crore of a notorious drug peddler on Tuesday in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The The Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a double-storey residential house with 15 marlas of land underneath […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday lauded three party MLAs who raised the issue of abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A during the first session of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly earlier this month. “Party President Ms. @MehboobaMufti lauded the efforts of PDP MLAs for their efforts in legislative assembly at party headquarters in […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday hit out at the National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir over the “steep hike in electricity bills”. Claiming that the electricity bills were higher by nearly 50 per cent, Lone, who is MLA from Handwara, criticised the ruling party for creating an “electricity mess” […]
SRINAGAR — Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday arrested a Pakistan-trained Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant after 31 years with the assistance of J&K Police from Budgam district. Officials said that Nazir Ahmad Wani was involved in two cases registered in Saharanpur (UP) in 1993 and 1994. He is accused of hurling a grenade at a police […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant step towards combating drug abuse, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday attached immovable properties worth ₹1.5 crore under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as part of their ongoing campaign against drug peddlers. “In a major action, Police Station Mattan attached a single-story residential house valued […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces have arrested a militant associate from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Showkat Ahmad Bhat, who hails from Kulgam district in south Kashmir, was arrested on Sunday from Janbazpora-Binner road in Baramulla district, they said. An AK rifle, one magazine and some rounds were recovered from Bhat’s […]