Three killed as SUV carrying HC judge’s staff rolls down a gorge 

Three persons were killed while another injured after a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), of a High Court (HC) judge rolled down into a deep gorge on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Ramban district on Friday.  The car belonged to HC judge Justice MK Hanjura. However, Hanjura was not travelling in the car.  Police said the SUV, bearing […]

Braid Chopping: Admin meets to formulate strategy

The administration in South Kashmir’s Ananatnag district is geared up to track down the ‘braid chopping brigade’. In view of the braid chopping incidents reported in the district, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag,  Muhammad Younis Malik called an emergency meeting of the magistrates, police officers and civil society members to discuss the measures that need to be […]

Two held for carrying banned medicinal plant

Police has arrested two persons and recovered banned medicinal plants (Patri) from their possession. Acting on a tip off, a police party of Police Station Safapora headed by SHO Safapora SI Mudasir Zaroo laid a naka near Kondabal link road. During naka checking two persons namely Bashir Ahmad lone son of Maqbool lone resident of […]

Two drug peddlers arrested

Police has arrested two drug peddler in Qazigund in South Kashmir and recovered 15 kilograms of poppy straw from their possession, a police spokesman said Friday. A police party of Police Station Qazigund headed by SHO Police Station Qazigund during naka checking near Zig Jawahar Tunnel intercepted a Tata Indica vehicle bearing registration number PB […]

Mumbai stampede leaves 22 dead, over 30 injured

At least twenty two people have been killed in a stampede at Elphinstone railway station’s foot-over bridge in Mumbai that took place on Friday morning. Over 30 people have been injured in the incident. Those injured were rushed to KEM hospital. Commuters claim that the foot-over bridge at Elphinstone was narrow and is always crowded […]

Yasin Malik detained ahead of Youm-e-Ashoora

Ahead of 10th Muharram, Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested by police and immediately shifted to central jail Srinagar on a judicial remand, a spokesman of the party said on Friday. A JKLF spokesman said that police today morning raided the office of JKLF at Abi Guzar and arrested […]

Justice Magrey sees-off 3 children from Juvenile Home Harwan

Chairman, Juvenile Justice Committee J&K High Court, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey Friday saw off three non-local children from the Observation Home, Harwan Srinagar, who will be returned to their families. Director State Judicial Academy (Secretary Juvenile Justice Committee High Court) Abdul Rashid Malik, District Magistrate Srinagar Syed Abid Rasheed, State Mission Director, ICDS, G A […]

Naeem Akhtar visits injured father of Rameez Parrey at JVC

Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar Friday visited Ghulam Ahmad Parrey, the injured father of Rameez Ahmad Parrey, the BSF person who was killed during an attack at his home in Hajin recently. The Minister interacted with doctors and was informed about the situation of the injured person. The doctors informed the Minister that the […]