Man held for strangling wife to death
Srinagar: A man has been arrested here for allegedly strangulating his wife to death, police said on Thursday. Police at Zakura were informed that Saleema (50) was strangulated by an unknown person Monday in the Gulab Bagh area. She was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, locals told police. Her husband, […]
CBK chargesheets man for impersonation
Srinagar, Sep 30: The Crime branch Kashmir on Thursday said that it has produced a chargesheet against a notorious fraudster from Bemina area of Srinagar for impersonating as minister and a bureaucrat. In a statement, CBK said that it produced chargesheet against one Firdous Ahmad, son of Abdul Rehman Ahangar of Nund Resh Colony Bemina […]
CBI arrests a JE of JPDCL Jammu in bribery case
Srinagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Junior Engineer Electric Division-II, JPDCL, Jammu (J&K), for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5,000. According to a statement, a case was registered on a complaint against Junior Engineer, Electric Division-II, JPDCL, Jammu. It was alleged that the accused was demanding bribe from the complainant for […]
Ammunition recovered in Rajouri district
Jammu: Security forces have recovered ammunition during a search operation in Rajouri district, officials said Thursday. During a search operation launched in Targain-Jalan area of Budhal tehsil, security forces recovered a pocket kept hidden under a boulder on Wednesday evening, they said. They recovered 25 rounds of Light Machine Gun (LMG) and a rusted magazine, […]
Army pays tributes to soldier killed in landslide in Baramulla
Srinagar: The General Officer Commanding of the Army’s 15 Corps led all ranks on Wednesday in paying tributes to a soldier who died in a landslide in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “The GoC, Chinar Corps and all ranks laid wreath on the mortal remains of the braveheart, Naik Dharmendra Kumar Singh of the EME, posted […]
IG, BSF Jammu frontier promoted to ADG BSF rank
Jammu: N S Jamwal, the Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) and posted to the Western Command Chandigarh, a spokesperson for the border guarding force said on Wednesday. Jamwal, who hails from Jammu, has a career spanning 37 years with expertise in different fields. […]
Four furniture shops gutted in massive blaze at Baba Demb Srinagar
Srinagar: At least four furniture shops were gutted in a major fire that broke out in Baba Demb area of Srinagar district on Wednesday morning. Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that fire broke out from one of the shops in the wee hours today and soon engulfed other shops in the market. […]
CBK chargesheets man for duping Hajj aspirants in Pattan
Srinagar: The crime branch Kashmir on Wednesday said that it has produced a chargesheet against an accused for duping Hajj aspirants by providing them with fake and invalid passports and grabbing their money. In a statement, issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that the CBK produced the chargesheet of case […]
Extension in central deputation of SM Sahai
Amit Kumar posted DIG NIA
Srinagar: The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of deputation in tenure of senior IPS officer S.M. Sahai for a period of one year beyond 23.09.2021. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) for extension of deputation tenure of S.M. Sahai, IPS […]
Minor girl dies of ‘food poisoning’, her two siblings hospitalized in Handwara
Srinagar: A five-year-old girl died allegedly due to food poisoning on Tuesday while her two minor brothers have been hospitalized in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, health officials said. Ruling out any water-borne disease, officials said the children suffered food poisoning three days ago. However, the family of the minors said they consumed […]
