CB submits supplementary charge sheet in Kathua rape-n-murder case

“Sedatives overdose left victim incapacitated to resist rape, murder”

Jammu/Pathankot: The eight-year-old girl from Kathua, who was gang-raped and killed, was overdosed with a cocktail of sedatives through her captivity, “rendering her incapacitated” to resist sexual assault and murder, states the supplementary charge sheet filed by Jammu and Kashmir’s Crime Branch today. The charge sheet filed in the Pathankot sessions court sums up the […]

3 CRPF men injured in Anantnag grenade attack

Srinagar: Three jawans of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a grenade attack by militants in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police said. Militants lobbed a grenade at CRPF personnel posted on guard duty at a temple at Sherbagh in Anantnag district this evening, a police official said. In the […]

27 biz bodies join hands to protect Article 35 A

Extend support to 2-day strike call of JRL

Srinagar: The representatives of 27 Kashmir-based trade and industry bodies on Monday joined hands to oppose any attempts made to abrogate Article-35 A and dilute the special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. The trade bodies appealed the Supreme Court to dismiss the petitions challenging the validity of Article 35-A saying “fiddling […]

Six-fold rise in ceasefire violations from 2015 to 2018: Govt

“41 security men killed in militancy-related, stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir”

New Delhi/Jammu, Jul 30:  The ceasefire violations (CFVs) along the Line of Control has increased six-fold from 2015 to 2018, the government informed the Rajya Sabha today. Replying to a question in the Upper House, Minister of State in the Defence Ministry Subhash Bhamre said there were 152 cases of CFVs in 2015. It increased […]

Police bust cricket betting racket in Udhampur; 3 arrested

Jammu: Three people were arrested for allegedly running a betting racket in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said today. The arrested, identified as Varinder Kumar, his assistant Rohit Kumar and Rajinder Kumar, were arrested yesterday when they were accepting bets on a cricket match, they said. Mobile phones, notebooks with records of recent bets […]

Our alliance was not for power: Mehbooba

 “Mufti expected cooperation similar to Vajpayee era but it didn’t happen”

Jammu: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today strongly rejected the allegations of discrimination against Jammu and Ladakh regions during her rule, asserting that she never considered Jammu and Kashmir “different entities” and evenly distributed the funds among them. The PDP president said her two-year tenure in power was the most difficult period of her life, […]

Will take oath as Pak PM on Aug 11:Imran Khan

Pak Election Commission orders recounting of 26 national and provincial assembly seats

Islamabad/Peshawar: Imran Khan said today that he will take oath as prime minister on August 11, even as his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was striving to get the required numbers to form a government. The PTI, led by 65-year-old Khan, has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly after the July 25 elections, […]

Amarnath pilgrimage surpasses last year’s figure

Srinagar: The number of pilgrims who paid obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas this year has surpassed last year’s figures, officials said here today. “Today, on the 33rd day of the ongoing Shri Amarnathji Yatra, 3,827 pilgrims paid obeisance. Since the beginning of the pilgrimage on 28 June, as many as […]