Srinagar: Protests erupted in Pulwama town of south Kashmir on Thursday with people demanding stern punishment to the killers of an active militant’s brother, whose body was found in Tahab area earlier today. The slain was identified as Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh (25) Son of Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh and according to his family and locals he was […]
Srinagar: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah and Congress state president G A Mir were leading in their respective constituencies in the early trends of counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday. According to election officials, Abdullah was leading over PDP candidate Aga Syed Mohsin by a slender margin of 80 […]
Pulwama: Body of active militant’s brother was found in his native village at Naira Tahab in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district Thursday morning. Zahood Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh and brother of active Hizb militant Irfan Ahmed Sheikh was found at his native village, locals said. Reports said that Zahoor was abducted by masked gunmen from […]
Srinagar: Muslim League on Wednesday said that its incarcerated chairperson Masarat Alam Bhat was not produced before the court. A spokesperson of ML said that this was being done to prolong the detention of Alam even as the High Court quashed his 37th PSA. “Muslim League Jammu Kashmir spokesperson condemned the government’s attempt to prolong the […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani welcomed the United Nations Human Rights High Commission’s (UNHRC) fresh initiative for asking India to submit its report with reference to mass killings and gross human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that the UN bears moral and political obligations to address Kashmir issue at the […]
Srinagar: The Anti Corruption Bureau on Wednesday arrested Block Development Officer Sopore for taking bribe. Sources said that Abdul Rasheed Ahanger, BDO Sopore was caught red-handed for taking a bribe of Rs 2000 from one daily wager for releasing his wages. They said that a case under FIR No. 09/2019 has been registered Prevention of Corruption […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police will “soon” file a charge sheet in the Bandipora rape case, officials said Wednesday. Tahir Ahmad Mir was arrested for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “Police will file the chargesheet in the competent court of law against the accused person soon,” a police official […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a drug peddler and seized contraband substance from his possession. A police spokesperson said that Mohsin Bashir Bhat son of Bashir Ahmad, a resident of Athwajan was arrested for drug supply offences and has been taken to Police Station RM Bagh where he remains in custody. Officers at […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday inaugurated the second phase of the Jehangir Chowk-Rambagh flyover in presence of other government officials. The second phase of the flyover which stretches over 1.04 kilometres from Rambagh to Alochi Bagh has been constructed at a cost of 37.5 crore rupees. Speaking to reporters, Malik apologised to […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday said his administration wants the President’s Rule to end in the state at the earliest but the final call on the timing of assembly elections will be taken by the Election Commission. Asked if some officials within his administration were not keen on transfer of power to […]
