SRINAGAR — A ward officer of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for demanding and accepting a bribe, the agency said on Friday. A spokesperson said the agency registered an instant case against Ward Officer Safakadal on Thursday based on a complaint. “It was alleged that the […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has banned fuel-powered motorboats and jet skis from being plied on Dal Lake till further order. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rajesh Sekhri on Wednesday issued the order on a petition filed by Mohammad Rafiq Mir. “In the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar has frozen and attached residential properties and a vehicle worth over ₹13.43 crore in a major crackdown on drug trafficking and its financial networks under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. According to a police statement, the action was carried out by police stations […]
SRINAGAR — Director General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir Nalin Prabhat on Monday chaired an operational review meeting at Police Control Room (PCR) Kashmir in hybrid mode to assess the prevailing security scenario and review the operational preparedness of police across the Union Territory. During the meeting, the DGP emphasised strengthening intelligence-based operations, maintaining […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a residential property in Srinagar allegedly used to harbour Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and conceal incriminating material linked to a cross-border terror conspiracy. According to an NIA press release, the property, located at Khasra No. 315 in Danihama village of Hazratbal, belongs to accused Ghulam Mohammad […]
SRINAGAR — A woman died after she jumped from the second floor of a house which caught fire in the Noorbagh area here, officials said on Sunday. As the intensity of the flames grew, Haleema Sheikh jumped from the second floor of the residential house at Jehangir Mohalla, they said. She was rushed to a […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated world-class sports facilities at the Sher-i-Kashmir Multi-Sports Activity Centre, Gindun, Rajbagh, Srinagar, giving a major boost to sports infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. Developed at a cost of over ₹30 crore, the newly inaugurated facilities include an Olympic-sized 10-lane swimming pool measuring 50×25 metres, an all-weather […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday conducted a conference of Departmental Vigilance Officers (DVOs) at its headquarters in Peerbagh, Srinagar, to review pending vigilance matters and strengthen departmental mechanisms to curb misconduct. The conference was inaugurated and chaired by ACB Director Shakti Pathak, IPS, and attended by 51 DVOs from Kashmir-based departments, besides […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a Café House and renovation of the existing Guesthouse at the Government Silk Weaving Factory, Rajbagh, a unit of Jammu and Kashmir Industries (JKI). The project, being executed by JK SICOP, is aimed at improving the premises and providing additional facilities […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar have busted an alleged inter-state narcotics network involved in the procurement, transportation, storage, distribution and financing of banned pharmaceutical drugs, arresting eight persons and recovering over 2.19 lakh tablets and capsules, officials said on Thursday. The action was taken during the investigation into FIR No. 135/2026 registered […]