BANDIPORA — Police arrested four persons in two separate narcotics-related cases in Bandipora district and recovered approximately 6.5 kg of charas-like substance from their possession, officials said on Saturday. In the first incident, Police in Bandipora apprehended two persons during naka checking at Kangri Chowk and recovered approximately 4–5 kg of charas-like substance from them. […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the Private Universities Rules, 2026, providing for streamlined approval procedures and 25 per cent reservation for J&K domiciles in admissions and employment, officials said. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah congratulated Education Minister Shamim Fidrous on the notification, describing it as an important milestone in strengthening the higher […]
SRINAGAR — Police arrested five alleged drug peddlers in separate operations in Anantnag district and recovered heroin and charas from their possession, officials said on Saturday. They said the arrests were made during operations conducted by Police Posts Sangam, DK Pora and Dialgam as part of an ongoing crackdown on drug trafficking. At Sangam, police […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has remained under house arrest for nearly a week and was prevented from attending Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Friday, his office said. In a post on X, the Mirwaiz office said police personnel were deployed outside his residence in Nigeen and […]
SRINAGAR — Police in Bandipora have arrested two more persons in connection with an alleged prison-linked module of a banned organisation, which is under investigation for allegedly targeting women to propagate separatist ideology and propaganda, officials said on Friday. The module was earlier busted by Bandipora Police, and investigators are probing its alleged links, network […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has geo-tagged around 30,000 chinar trees and created a digital database to strengthen their conservation and monitoring, officials said. Top officials said this at a high-level meeting, chaired by Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Altaf Ahmad Wani, held to review the functioning of the Jammu and Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the resignation of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who on November 3 resigned from his Parliamentary seat and the National Conference following differences with the party leadership. “Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, has resigned […]
SRINAGAR — A group of dissident National Conference (NC) MLAs on Friday met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and party president Farooq Abdullah here to air their grievances following the recent expansion in the council of ministers. As many as 15 MLAs of the party reached the Gupkar residence of the Abdullahs here this morning for […]
SRINAGAR — The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday carried out raids at multiple locations in the Valley in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, officials said. The raids were conducted in Anantnag and Pulwama districts in south Kashmir in connection with an FIR registered under IPC and UAPA […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday cautioned the Centre against mistaking the “prevailing silence” in Kashmir for peace and asserted that national interest outweighs any government. Addressing party leaders and workers after being unanimously re-elected PDP president, Mehbooba asked the Centre to trust the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “There is […]