SRINAGAR — Police in Srinagar today arrested a man wanted for his alleged involvement in a decades-old militancy-related case registered at Police Station Shergari. A police official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that one Javeed Ahmad Mir alias Javeed Nalka, son of Mohammad Yousuf Mir and a resident of Zaina Kadal, Srinagar, was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Tuesday said they have arrested two drug peddlers in Baramulla district and recovered 964 grams of heroin-like substance during a targeted operation near the GMC Baramulla parking area. Police said the operation was conducted around 7:00 PM on Monday and was carried out under the supervision of SSP Baramulla, ASP […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the preventive detention of a man accused of posting anti-national content on social media. Justice Sanjay Dhar last week upheld the detention order issued under the Public Safety Act (PSA) against Waseem Ahmad Dar alias Leepa by the Kupwara district magistrate in […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at several places in Anantnag and Kulgam districts of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its probe into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, officials said. They said the NIA sleuths, assisted by police and CRPF, brought along two of […]
SRINAGAR — A sessions court in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday rejected the bail applications of eight policemen including a deputy superintendent of police who were arrested on charges of torturing a cop in custody. Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kupwara, Manjeet Singh Manhas, while disposing of the two bail applications moved […]
SRINAGAR — The mobile phone of a Chinese national, detained here for “violation” of visa rules, has been sent for a thorough forensic examination as he had visited places of strategic importance in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Hu Congtai, 29, continues to be under detention as he has not been […]
SRINAGAR, Raouf Dar (KIMS) — A young woman died due to alleged medical negligence at the Maternity and Child Care Hospital in Anantnag district on Monday. Reports said 24-year-old Khushboo Jan, wife of Zubair Ahmad Bhat of Poshwara, Anantnag, was admitted for delivery. She underwent a surgical procedure and was later shifted to the ward, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Monday registered five FIRs against several hotels, a homestay and houseboats in Srinagar for failing to comply with mandatory Form-C reporting norms under the Immigration & Foreigners Act. Police said the violations were detected during routine checking of hotels, homestays and houseboats across the city. In Rajbagh, Hotel Blossoms, Hotel […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Sunday accused Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of playing helpless over Public Service Commission conducting the Combined Competitive Examination, ignoring requests to relax the upper age limit to appear for it. He accused the chief minister of shifting the blame to Lieutenant Governor’s Office. […]
SRINAGAR — The night temperatures in Kashmir rose by several degrees but stayed below the freezing point, officials said on Sunday. Pahalgam resort in south Kashmir, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, was the coldest recorded place in Jammu and Kashmir as the minimum settled at a low of minus […]