SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said that democracy and the country’s institutions have “become weak” and that there is a need to reclaim them to make them stronger. “Parliament has become weak, the nation has become weak, democracy has become weak and institutions have become weak because the Constitution has been […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to stop the “witch hunt” against people who expressed their emotions at the funeral of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shaikh Ghulam Hassan. “People spoke out of emotion and grief at the funeral of Shaikh Ghulam Hassan who was not only the head […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out searches in a land fraud case in Budgam district. Searches were carried out Semsaan village in Budgam distruct at the residence of one of the accused in the presence of executive magistrates to collect incriminating material and other evidence […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached a residential house along with adjoining land measuring 07 marlas worth approximately ₹1.50 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Owais Amin Denthoo S/o Mohd Amin Denthoo R/o Parimpora Srinagar. The property has been attached under the relevant provisions of the NDPS […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader and former high court judge Hasnain Masoodi on Monday asked President Draupadi Murmu to give representation to Jammu and Kashmir on the Supreme Court’s expanded bench strength. Masoodi, who was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024, wrote a letter to the President to this effect as […]
KUPWARA/BIJNOR — A case each was filed in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber in Kupwara district of the Union territory, officials said. According to a complaint by the father of the teenager, Krishna Kumar, his son Vishal had gone to work at a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday reviewed the ongoing construction works and pilgrim facilities at Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB) Yatri Niwas at Pantha Chowk here. Sinha visited the Yatri Niwas and interacted with the officials. He directed them to expedite the progress and ensure completion of pending works […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Monday said they have attached an immovable property worth approximately ₹1.10 crore under the provisions of Section 68(F) of the NDPS Act in Anantnag district. According to a police statement, the attached property comprises a double-storeyed residential house belonging to alleged drug peddler Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din […]
SRINAGAR — The Delhi high court on Monday granted interim bail until June 2 to jailed Baramulla member of Parliament and Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, to enable him to attend the last rites of his father. Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, 85, passed away at the All […]
SRINAGAR — The father of jailed Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, died at a hospital in Delhi on Monday. He was 85. “Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, father of Member of Parliament, Baramulla, Engineer Rashid, is no more,” Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) chief spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said here. Nabi appealed […]