Fisheries Sale Centre ‘diverts’ customers to private centre
Anantnag: The employees posted at Sale Centre Verinag of Fisheries department are forcing the customers to buy trout fish from a private sale centres in the area. Locals said that the employees posted in the sale centre usually force the customers to buy the trout fish from the private market. “The employees claim that the […]
Police reunites missing boy with family
Srinagar: Anantnag police on wednesday claimed to have recovered a minor boy who was roaming in Hutmurrah area of the district and handed over to his parents. A police spokesman said that Police Station Mattan received an information regarding the roaming of one minor boy identified as Aatif Ahmad Ganie son of Irshad Ahmad Ganie […]
05 notorious drug peddlers arrested in Kupwara: Police
Srinagar : Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested five notorious drug peddlers and recovered 2.5 kilograms of charas from their possession. A police spokesman said that acting on a specific information, the special team constituted by Kupwara police to eradicate the drug menace from the society, has arrested 05 notorious drug peddlers from three […]
Naeem Akhtar inaugurates Kashmir World Film Festival
SRINAGAR: Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar today inaugurated the second edition of Kashmir World Film festival at Tagore Hall in the presence of eminent artists and film personalities. The Minister while welcoming the initiative said that such festival will provide an avenue to local youth to tell their stories at a larger level. […]
LPG price hiked 19th time since July last year
New Delhi: Eliminating subsidy, the Union government on Wednesday hiked the price of the Cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 4.50 per cylinder, the 19th increase in rates since July 2016. The price of non-subsidised LPG or market priced cooking gas has been hiked by Rs 93 to Rs 742 per bottle. At the last revision […]
Srinagar International Airport gets its first liquor shop
In a bid to woo tourists, the government has decided to get a liquor shop opened at Srinagar International Airport in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said. According to the Asia Times, the Airports Authority of India invited e-tenders in September – seeking bids from the potential players to run […]
Harassment of family is an act of vengeance: Salahuddin on NIA action
United Jihad Council chairman Syed Salahuddin Wednesday said that he cannot forsake the Kashmir cause for the sake of his family. He said that his children were being repeatedly subjected to “oppression and suppression by Indian authorities” because of his involvement in the ongoing Kashmir movement, reports said. “I can’t help them at this very […]
Salahuddin’s son sent to judicial custody
Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid Yousuf was sent to judicial custody by an NIA court on Wednesday. Shahid was presented before Judge Poonam A Bamba who sent her to judicial custody to Tihar jail. He was arrested by the NIA on October 24 before the court sent him to NIA custody for seven days. Shahid […]
04 drug peddlers arrested in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Continuing its campaign “war against drugs”, Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested four drug peddlers and recovered huge amount of contraband substances including illicit liquor, cannabis and poppy straw from their possession in South Kashmir’s Kulgam and Anantnag districts. Acting on a specific information, Kulgam police headed by SHO Qazigund Shri Sahil Mahajan and […]
Kamran Yousuf’s bail plea rejected by NIA in Patiala House Court
The Patiala House court has rejected the bail plea of a photojournalist Kamran Yousuf who was arrested in connection with the alleged terror funding case in south Kashmir’s Pulwama in September. According to the reports, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought time till 15 November for verification of certain documents. Kamran Yousuf was arrested on […]