SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations across the valley in connection with an investigation into the activities of proscribed organisations, officials said. Raids were conducted in Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Kulgam districts, they said. The officials said the raids targeted individuals associated with proscribed outfits like Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Police solves missing girl case within 12 hours after swift and expeditious action by Police Post Keegam and traced the missing girl from Kulgam and handed over to her family members. Police Post Keegam received a missing compliant filed by Shabir Ahmad Rather, a resident of Haji Check, regarding his 15 year […]
SRINAGAR — A former BJP office bearer was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing laptops and desktop computers for a college in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Mukhtar Ahmad Mir was arrested on the charges of forgery and stealing property worth Rs 30 lakhs from a polytechnic college in the district. The […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the National Conference government is promise-bound to implement all its election promises including giving 200 units of free electricity to all households falling under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) category. Abdullah said this in the legislative assembly while replying to a clubbed question […]
SRINAGAR — Tourists intending to visit the famous Tulip Garden here can now book tickets online as authorities have started online and QR code-based booking system at several places including the Srinagar Airport, Floriculture director Shakeel-ul-Rehman Rather said on Tuesday. The garden is being thrown open to the public on Wednesday. “We have planted 17.50 […]
SRINAGAR — Former Hurriyat Conference leader and Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) chairperson Shahid Saleem has distanced himself and his organisation from separatist ideology, vowing allegiance to India and the Constitution. “I am a loyal citizen of India and both my organisation and I owe allegiance to the Constitution of India,” he said in […]
JAMMU — National Conference-led government wants all Kashmiri migrants, including Pandits, back in their homes in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Tuesday, adding that efforts are on, in collaboration with the Centre, in this direction. Replying to a question by CPI(M) legislator M Y Tarigami and subsequent supplementary […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea filed by J&K MP Engineer Rashid seeking custody parole to attend the ongoing Budget Session proceedings. The second half of the Budget Session began on March 10 and will conclude on April 4. Engineer Rashid, who won the Lok Sabha […]
UNITED NATIONS — India slammed Pakistan at the UN, saying the country continues to illegally occupy the territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which it must vacate. These remarks were made on Monday by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish during remarks at a UN Security Council Open Debate on Advancing Adaptability in […]
SRINAGAR — At least eight houses were damaged in a fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla town, officials said on Tuesday. The fire broke out in one of the houses in the congested residential area of Jalal Sahib in the Old Baramulla town on Monday night and quickly spread to the adjoining houses, the officials […]