SRINAGAR — A hotel and two residential houses were damaged in a blaze in the Indira Nagar area of Srinagar city on Tuesday, officials said. A fire broke out in the attic of one of the buildings in the afternoon and spread to the adjoining ones, they said. Fire and emergency services personnel rushed to […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against a man accused of impersonating a CID officer and cheating people of lakhs of rupees by promising government jobs and favours, officials said. The chargesheet in FIR No. 24/2023 under Sections 420 and 468 of the IPC has […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 10.63 crore in connection with an alleged fraud involving the misuse of the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) loan scheme in Jammu and Kashmir. The attached properties include 11 assets comprising land and buildings in Srinagar and Bandipora districts, which were […]
SRINAGAR — Police have registered a case and taken an accused into custody following an alleged incident of intimidation and threatening involving the brandishing of an official weapon at Saderbal area of Hazratbal in Srinagar, officials said on Sunday. Police said they took cognizance of a complaint filed by Hilal Ahmad Mir, son of Mohd […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday extended Diwali greetings to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and others celebrating the festival across the country and abroad. In a message posted on X, the Chief Minister expressed hope that the festival of lights would bring happiness, peace and prosperity […]
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 […]
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 — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited the residence of Lal Chowk MLA Ahsan Pardesi to offer condolences on the demise of his father, Ghulam Qadir Pardesi, a former Member of the Legislative Council (MLC). During the visit, the Chief Minister paid rich tributes to the deceased for his dedicated public service and […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was on Thursday unanimously re-elected as the party’s president for the fifth consecutive term. The organisational elections were held at the party headquarters in Srinagar, where party leaders, elected representatives and members of the Electoral College assembled to elect the party president. According to a post […]