Abusing Chief Minister: Court issues arrest warrant against Lal Singh’s brother
Jammu, May 30: A local court has issued an arrest warrant against BJP leader Rajinder Singh for using derogatory language against Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during a rally in Kathua. The warrant was issued by Kathua’s Chief Judicial Magistrate A S Langeh yesterday after the SHO of the Hiranagar police station filed an application in […]
No more baggage identification by passengers on JK airports
Srinagar, May 30 : In a major relief for passenger travelling from airports in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Civil Aviation ministry today scrapped the mandatory baggage identification by travellers at Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports. “Furthering our mission of enhancing citizen convenience, we have done away with mandatory baggage identification by passengers at Jammu, […]
Ex-DIG BSF, ex-DSP among five found guilty in J&K sex scandal
Chandigarh, May 30: The special CBI court on Wednesday held five persons, including a former DSP and a former DIG BSF, guilty for rape in the 2006 Jammu and Kashmir sex scandal. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on June 04, 2018. Those who have been held guilty are Mohammad Ashraf Mir (ex-DSP), KC […]
Woman dies of electric shock in Hajin
Srinagar, May 30: A woman died of electric shock in Hajin town of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district last night, police said. The deceased was identified as Mugli Begum, wife of Ghulam Hassan Parray of Par Mohalla Hajin. An official said that Begum was electrocuted while repairing a live wire at her home around 10 pm. […]
Live shell recovered in Lolab, defused
Srinagar, May 30: Police on Wednesday recovered an unexploded shell from Lalpora area of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Quoting sources, GNS news agency reported that the shell was spotted by the locals on the banks of a stream in Aram Mohalla. The locals informed the concerned police station about it who immediately reached […]
3 Budgam youth held for stone-pelting
Srinagar, May 30: Three youth were detained in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday for their alleged complicity in an incident of stone pelting. Reports said three youth from Alamdar Colony at Char-e-Sharief were arrested, after they allegedly tried to disrupt foundation ceremony of a local receiving station at the hands of local MLA Ghulam […]
Srinagar-Leh highway closed for traffic
Srinagar, May 30: Traffic movement continued to remain suspended on Sonamarg-Drass stretch of Srinagar-Leh highway for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. An official said a truck (JK 13B- 4755), traveling from Sonamarg towards Drass got trapped after a massive rock slide hit the highway at Shaitani Nallah yesterday. He said the truck driver had […]
IMD predicts heavy rainfall from June-September in J-K
Srinagar, May 30: Jammu and Kashmir will get the highest overall rainfall during the June-September period and July will be the wettest month, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted. According to the IMD, the north-west India — Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and western Uttar pradesh — will get the […]
Encounters, killings fuel militant recruitment in Kashmir: Report
Srinagar, May 30: Encounters between the militants and the government forces are a big cause of new inductions into the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said today. Quoting from a report on militancy and recruitment in the region that has set stage for Ramazan ceasefire in the state, ‘Indian Express’ reported that […]
Durrani’s book is sheer foolishness: Musharraf
Islamabad, May 30: Pakistan’s former dictator Pervez Musharraf has said that the controversial book co-authored by former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was not a conspiracy but sheer foolishness. Durrani’s name has been put on the no-fly list and Pakistan Army has ordered a Court of Inquiry to investigate his claims mentioned in […]
