Police solves three theft cases in Budgam, accused held
Srinagar: Police in Budgam solved three theft cases, arrested the accused, and recovered stolen property worth approximately ₹6 lakhs, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that police received multiple complaints regarding theft incidents over the past few months. Accordingly, FIR Nos. 31/2026, 34/2026, and 50/2026 were registered, and investigation were initiated. During the investigation, […]
Police arrests six drug peddlers, recovers contraband substances
Srinagar: Police arrested six drug peddlers in Anantnag, Pulwama, Awantipora and Budgam, a police spokesman said Tuesday adding that contraband substances were recovered from their possession. He said that in Anantnag, a police party at a checkpoint established at Dara Shikwa Crossing, Bijbehara apprehended two individuals identified as Mudasir Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Rahman […]
283 Panchayats Declared TB-Free in Budgam on World TB Day
Budgam: In a significant push towards eliminating tuberculosis, the District Administration Budgam, in collaboration with the District Tuberculosis Centre (DTC), marked World TB Day 2026 with a grand felicitation ceremony here on Tuesday, declaring 283 panchayats as TB-free. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Athar Aamir Khan, who chaired the event at Sheikh-ul-Alam Hall, also formally launched […]
Kupwara court sentences accused to 20 years jail in POCSO case
Handwara: A court in north Kashmir’s Kupwara has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2021, police said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Irshad Ahmad Mir, was convicted in a case registered under FIR No. 69/2021 at Police Station Kralgund. The Principal District […]
Farooq Abdullah firing case
Accused Jamwal sent to judicial remand till April 6 Jammu: A local court on Monday sent Kamal Singh Jamwal, accused of firing at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at an event here, to judicial remand till April 6. Jamwal was produced in the court on the expiry of his police remand in the case. Abdullah […]
Delegations call on Lt Guv
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was on Monday presented with a book authored by Brig. Dr Vijay Sagar Dheman (Retd.). The title of the book is “Bloodlines Pahalgam: A Democracy Confronts Terrorism”. The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the author on the publication of his book. On the occasion, the Lieutenant Governor was also presented with the […]
BJP leader opposes proposal to drop Sir Syed, Iqbal from JU’s syllabus
Jammu: BJP leader Jahanzaib Sirwal on Monday sought Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s intervention to reconsider a proposal to remove topics related to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Allama Muhammad Iqbal from the MA political science syllabus at the University of Jammu. A committee set up by the university to review the syllabus of MA […]
Tourist resort booked for concealing 23 foreigners’ stay
Srinagar: A case was registered against a hotel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam tourist resort on Monday, for allegedly concealing the stay of 23 foreigners, including 19 British citizens, police said. Officials said an FIR was registered against the Hotel Misty Mountains Laddi at Pahalgam, in the south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, for violating Sections 8 […]
PDP MLA moves private member bill in Assembly, seeks new divisions, districts
Jammu: PDP MLA Waheed Para has moved a private member bill in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly seeking a statutory framework for reorganisation of administrative divisions, districts, sub-divisions and tehsils in the Union territory. Titled ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Territorial Administrative Reorganisation Bill, 2026’, the proposed legislation calls for the creation of new administrative divisions, […]
First cold desert riverbank restoration project launched along Indus in Ladakh
Lt Guv initiates Eco-Restoration Plantation at Spituk Pharka Leh: Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Monday launched the Indus River Green Corridor Eco-Restoration Plantation at Spituk Pharka here, an initiative aimed at restoring the ecological integrity of the Indus riverbanks and creating green buffers in the fragile desert landscape of Leh-Ladakh. This initiative is a […]