Killing of a cop: On father’s day, two more siblings are orphaned

Srinagar: In a tragic coincidence, one-year-old Daamin and four-year-old Uhbaan lost their father, Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Arshad Ahmed Khan, on a Father’s Day. As the body of Khan, who breathed his last at AIIMS in Delhi on Sunday evening, was brought to the police lines here on Monday, Uhbaan was unable to gauge […]
Kathua rape and murder: Court rejected defence pleas on defective probe
Says poetic justice needs to be done in the case
Pathankot: The special court, hearing the rape and murder case of an 8-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu region, has termed the crime “devilish and monstrous” committed in most “shameful, inhumane and barbaric manner” for which “poetic justice” needs to be done to its perpetrators. District and sessions judge of Pathankot, which was hearing […]
SPO shoots wife dead, commits suicide
Doda: A special police officer (SPO) allegedly killed his wife before committing suicide with his service rifle in Doda district Monday, officials said. Village Defence Committee SPO Dheeraj Raj (45) killed his wife, Urmila Devi (42) with his service rifle and then trained the gun at himself, they said. The SSP of Doda, Shabir Ahmed […]
Armyman, 3 civilians injured during ceasefire violation in Poonch
Jammu: An armyman and three civilians, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured during a ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Poonch district, officials said Monday. The Pakistani army started shelling villages and forward posts on Sunday and it continued until this morning, they said. They started with small arms and later resorted to […]
No threat to Amarnath Yatra, assure separatist leaders

Blame media outlets of running a smear campaign against Kashmiris
Srinagar: As the revered Amarnath Yatra commences on July 1, Kashmiri separatists Sunday asserted there was no threat to the annual pilgrimage and urged the pilgrims and tourists visiting the state not to pay heed to any “false propaganda”. They said people of the Valley will continue to retain and nourish the tradition of brotherhood […]
Kathua case: Court did not rely on prosecution eyewitnesses on Vishal acquittal
Pathankot (Punjab): The only acquittal in the Kathua rape-and-murder case came as the trial court set aside the statement of three prosecution witnesses who had claimed that Vishal Jangotra, the son of main culprit Sanji Ram, was in the area at the time of the crime. District and sessions judge Tejwinder Singh relied on the […]
Terror funding: Separatist leaders received funds from abroad, says NIA
New Delhi: The NIA has alleged that its probe into terror financing in Jammu and Kashmir has revealed that hardline separatist leaders received funds from abroad and utilised them for personal gains — from amassing properties to paying for foreign education of their kin. The agency has interrogated several top leaders of Hurriyat Conference and […]
Anantnag attack: Injured cop succumbs at AIIMS

Guv Malik expresses grief
Guv Malik expresses grief
Police claims ‘smashing’ of separatist prisoners, militants ‘Shuara-e-Zindan’ network

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has busted ‘Shuara-e-Zindan’ (supreme council for jail), a term used by militants for governance inside prisons, and restored the prison manual completely, officials said here. After the escape of Naveed Jhatt, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, last February, the Jammu and Kashmir prison department under the leadership of Dilbagh Singh took […]
3 Pak nationals detained with gold in Rajasthan
Jaipur: Three Pakistani nationals were detained with gold worth over Rs 23 lakh from Munabao railway station near the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, Customs officials said Sunday. Five gold biscuits of 100 gram each, a gold bangle and three rings were seized from Kishor Kumar Maheshwari, Ramesh Patr and Kailash Mali on Saturday, […]