JAMMU — J&K’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday filed a supplementary charge sheet against detained advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom in the murder of an advocate killed by terrorists in 2020. The SIA, in a statement, said that a supplementary charge sheet was filed in the designated court against Qayoom, the former President of the […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Thursday sent a terror-funding case against Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid back to the special judge hearing the matter so that the grievances of the accused can be adjudicated. Principal District and Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav was hearing the matter after the special judge had requested […]
SRINAGAR — The longest surviving militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) outfit was among the 5 militants killed on Thursday in a fierce encounter with the joint security forces in J&K’s Kulgam district, officials said. “Farooq Nali, the longest surviving HM militant, was killed today along with four others of the same outfit in a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) President and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone has condemned the removal of a chapter based on the life of Kashmiri saint Sheikh Noor-Ud-Din Wali from Class 9 textbooks by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE), a JKPC statement said on Thursday. Calling it “pure cultural terrorism” […]
SRINAGAR — At minus 6 degrees Celsius on Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Srinagar city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of the season so far as severe cold swept across the Valley. MET Department officials said that the minimum temperature dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius on Thursday in Srinagar city, which is the lowest […]
SRINAGAR — Police in the Sopore area of the Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday gave 30 days to 10 absconding persons to surrender or face attachment of their properties. The cops pasted proclamation orders at the residences of the 10 persons who have been evading law, officials said. According to the notice, […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday expressed concern over the ecological impact of some developmental projects in Kashmir, saying development should not come at the cost of environment and resources. Mufti, a former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, raised an alarm over three projects — […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Wednesday prevented Congress workers from marching towards the Raj Bhavan here to protest against the BJP’s policy to “defend” billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, and its “utter failure” to maintain peace in Manipur. The Congress workers assembled at the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) headquarters on MA Road here, officials […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the other co-accused to file a reply to the CBI plea seeking to transfer trial in two separate cases against Yasin Malik. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih granted two weeks to the co-accused in the case to file its reply […]
NEW DELHI — Bharti Airtel has become the first private telecom operator to launch mobile services in Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipore districts of Jammu and Kashmir, the company said on Wednesday. The company said that it has deployed 15 mobile towers in Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipore districts, which will benefit the local population and also […]