Conviction in Kathua case will act as a deterrent: Mayawati

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati Tuesday said the conviction in the horrific Kathua gang rape-murder case will serve as a deterrent and prevent people from committing such heinous crimes. A court on Monday sentenced three men, including a temple caretaker, to life imprisonment till last breath for the gang rape and murder of an 8-year-old nomadic […]
Police regrets acquittal of key accused
Jammu: It was like looking for a needle in a haystack till an unusual sweat on Sanji Ram’s face on a chilly January morning hinted he was hiding something, recalls R K Jalla – the chief investigator in the rape and murder case of an 8-year old girl in Kathua. Sanji Ram, along with two […]
J&K Bank fallout: I-T raids Deputy Mayor (SMC’s) office
Srinagar/New Delhi: The Income Tax Department Tuesday conducted searches at 10 premises in Kashmir Valley and others on a business group promoted by a senior Srinagar municipal corporation functionary, days after the state anti-corruption bureau acted against J&K Bank on charges of alleged irregularities. Tax sleuths raided eight premises in Srinagar and one each in […]
Will cooperate in investigations, says Dy Mayor
Srinagar: Deputy Mayor Shiekh Mohammad Imran on Tuesday said that he will extend full support to all the investigations to ensure transparency. In a statement issued here he said that he is fully supportive of all investigations to ensure transparency and adherence to income tax laws. “I extend my full cooperation to the Income Tax […]
Injured army man succumbs
Jammu: An army soldier who was injured critically on Monday evening in Pakistani shelling at Shahpur sector along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning, reports said. Army spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand said that the soldier Lance Naik Mohammad Jawed succumbed to injuries on […]
Lawyer among three arrested for fraud
Jammu: Three persons, including an advocate, were arrested for allegedly duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of providing household products at cheaper rates in Poonch district of Jammu division, officials said Tuesday. While main accused Tariq Mehmood was arrested on May 22, two others including his wife and the advocate were arrested […]
Official dies after fall from under-construction building
Srinagar: A- 50-year old man who was working in Irrigation and Flood Control Department died on Tuesday after falling from an under-construction building in Gandebral district of central Kashmir, officials said. Reports said that Zafarullah Bhat (50) son of Mohammed Maqbool Bhat, of Tulumulla Ganderbal fell from the 2nd storey of the under construction building […]
Five people fell ill after consuming ‘poisonous’ tea
Srinagar: Five persons including husband-wife duo and their son were admitted in a hospital in serious conditions after they consumed some poisonous substance mixed inadvertently with tea in Kunzer area of north Kashmir’s Tangmarg area. Reports said that the five persons consumed the tea prepared by an elderly woman who mistook the poisonous substance for […]
Minor boy drowns in Budgam
Srinagar: A 3-year-old boy drowned after he slipped into a nallah in Beerwah area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday. Reports said that the boy Amir Ahmad Bhat (3) son of Zahoor Ahmad Bhat of Waragam Beerwah slipped into the nallah on Monday evening when he was playing with other kids. Soon after the […]
Court announces verdict in Kathua gangrape, murder case

Three main accused get life imprisonment, 3 others get 5 years' jail term
Three main accused get life imprisonment, 3 others get 5 years’ jail term