SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday stopped a protest march by the National Conference from proceeding towards the BJP headquarters in Jawahar Nagar to press for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. National Conference (NC) ministers, MLAs, leaders and workers assembled near the Gindun Sports Complex in Rajbagh and tried to march towards the […]
PULWAMA — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said they apprehended an alleged drug peddler and recovered approximately 12.5 grams of heroin-like substance and ₹14,300 in cash during naka checking at Newa Chowk in Pulwama district. A police party from Police Post Newa intercepted a cab bearing registration number PB01B3431 during checking. The suspected contraband […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister has approved a comprehensive overhaul of the Cancer Treatment and Management Fund for the Poor (CTMFP), aimed at making financial assistance more accessible and patient-centric. Under the revised scheme, the annual income eligibility ceiling has been increased to ₹4 lakh, while the financial assistance has been enhanced to […]
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 […]
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/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 — 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, […]
SRINAGAR — Amid reports suggesting that his formal resignation could come on November 3, estranged National Conference Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said he will resign from Parliament but demanded answers on the party’s shift in stand on Article 370 before stepping down. In a two-page letter to party president Farooq […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the Nepal tragedy should serve as a warning, and called for urgent protection of the valley’s “fragile ecology” by creating a balance between development and environmental preservation. Addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid here, Farooq said the devastation being witnessed in […]