SRINAGAR — Seven buses were damaged as a fire broke out at the main bus stand in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Thursday. No casualties have been reported in the incident that took place on Wednesday night. Firefighting operations were immediately launched and after several hours of sustained efforts, the fire was […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Thursday announced that a tunnel connecting Machil sector to hinterland at Z-Gali in Kupwara has been sanctioned to provide all weather connectivity to the border residents. Replying to a question raised by National Conference Legislator, Qaysar Jamshaid Lone in the Legislative Assembly, Choudhary said […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir facilitated the movement of 35 vehicles stranded due to heavy snowfall in the border district, officials said on Wednesday. The district administration launched a massive snow-clearing operation to facilitate the movement of 35 vehicles which were stranded at Sadhna top on Kupwara-Tangdhar road due […]
SRINAGAR — The Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday granted bail to eight accused in the infamous custodial torture case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under orders of the Supreme Court. The accused, identified as Deputy SP Aijaz Ahmad, Sub-Inspector Riyaz Ahmad Mir, Special Police […]
SRINAGAR — Several districts of Jammu and Kashmir have banned the use of virtual private network (VPN), citing security reasons, as the forces have increased cell phone surveillance to ensure that the ban order is not violated. Kupwara, Kulgam and Shopian districts of the Valley are the latest districts to impose a VPN ban, ordering […]
SRINAGAR — An Army soldier died in a landmine blast in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here on Tuesday. Havildar Zubair Ahmad of the Army’s 13 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was injured in a land mine blast at Putaha Khan Gali in the Trehgam area of the border district on […]
NEW DELHI — Two persons from Jammu & Kashmir were arrested on charges of espionage and alleged links to Pakistan-based handlers, Arunachal Pradesh Police said on Wednesday The arrest was made after one of them was allegedly found collecting and transmitting sensitive military information related to army and paramilitary movements in the state. According to […]
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 — 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 — Security forces on Friday foiled a potential terror plot by recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, including two M-series assault rifles, from a hideout near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Based on specific input, a search operation was launched by security forces in the Neeriyan […]