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 […]
SRINAGAR — Two tourists were killed and three people, including a local driver, injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said. A cab carrying tourists from Gujarat met with the accident on the Pahalgam-Aru route in the south Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday said they have attached three immovable properties and one vehicle worth around ₹6 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers in Srinagar under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan. According to a police statement, the action was carried out by Police Station Khanyar under Section 68-F of the […]
SRINAGAR — A police officer allegedly shot his wife dead in a fit of rage before trying to kill himself in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Saturday. A probationary sub-inspector (PSI) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Deep Singh, posted at a special operations group (SOG) camp in Kandi area of the north […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday conducted raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district in connection with a UAPA case against the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), officials said. Search operations were carried out at more than 15 locations including Jamia Qadeem, Naseem Bagh, Krankshivan, Tarzoo, Amargarh, Warpora, Bomai, Boitingoo and other areas of Sopore […]
QAIMOH — The second-day programme of Sangathan Sirajan Abhiyan (SSA) Phase-II was held at Qaimoh on Friday with participation of Congress workers and members of the public. The programme was organised by Mohammad Imran Malla and Baba Sahab under the leadership of District Congress Committee Kulgam president Abdul Rashid Lone. Observer Sardar Surinder Singh Channi, […]