AMU expels student from Kashmir over suspected terror link, intensifies security checks
Aligarh: A research scholar hailing from Kupwara of north Kashmir was today expelled by Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) authorities in the wake of reports alleging that he may have joined a terror group after his photo appeared in the social media showing him with an AK-47 rifle. A team of senior AMU officials sealed the […]
Aadhaar Data Breach Case: KEG condemns FIR against Tribune reporter
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has strongly condemned the registration of FIR against a reporter of The Tribune by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). In a statement issued here today, a spokesman of KEG said that the action by UIDAI is an attack on freedom of press and thus should be condemned by one […]
Sopore kid wins gold in Karate championship in Bhutan
Sopore: Usman Amin, a 6th standard student from north Kashmir’s Sopore town won Gold in the 3rd International Karate Championship in Thimpu, Bhutan, bringing laurels to Jammu and Kashmir. Usman is a student of Sanctorum Public School Sopore. The Thid International Karate Championship 2017 was held in the Bhutan capital over the weekend. A total […]
Budgam encounter: Two more militants killed as operation ends; toll 3
Srinagar: Two more militants have been killed in an encounter at Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday, taking the death toll of militants killed in the encounter to three. A senior police officer told GNS that the operation has been concluded with the killing two more militants at Kaneera, Patalgam, Chadoora. “With the […]
Man arrested with cannabis in Samba
Jammu: A man from Chhattisgarh was today arrested with 20 grams of cannabis in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said. Suraj Kumar, a resident of Ramgarh village, was arrested after a police team seized cannabis from his possession during a search, the officer said. A case has been registered and an […]
Bihar CM conferred Mufti Mohammad Sayeed memorial Award in Jammu
Jammu: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was today conferred the first Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Politics and Public Life at an official function here in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. The award, given by J-K Governor N N Vohra, has been constituted by the PDP to commemorate the death anniversary […]
Omar Abdullah reacts to Riyaz Naikoo threat
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and working president of opposition in J-K Omar Abdullah today said that people are threatened with being blind. He was reacting to the recent audio statement by the Hizb Chief Riyaz Naikoo in which he has asked his colleagues to pour concentrate acid on those who contest local Panchayat elections. “If […]
Tuting incident resolved: Gen. Rawat
New Delhi: The “Tuting incident” in Arunachal Pradesh has been resolved, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said here today, days after Indian troops foiled attempts by Chinese road building teams to build a track on the Indian side of the border. Rawat suggested that a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) between the two sides in Arunachal […]
Missing mentally unsound person traced out by Anantnag police
Srinagar: Anantnag police has traced a missing mentally unsound person from Jammu who was missing since 19th of December 2017 from his home. On 04th of January 2018, one person namely Mohammad Abdullah Khan son of Rehmat-ul-lah Khan resident of Hapatnard Nagbal reported in Police Station Ashmuqam and stated that his brother Farooq Ahmad Khan who […]
04 gamblers arrested in Srinagar
Srinagar: Continuing its efforts to curb the social crimes, Srinagar police has arrested four gamblers and recovered stake money of rupees 7050 from the spot, a police official said on Monday. A senior police official said that acting on an information, a police party of Police Station Soura headed by SHO Soura Shri Ayaz Geelani […]