Srinagar: The death of a 25-year-old man at the hands of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper in Kashmir’s Budgam district Wednesday triggered a controversy as his uncle, a local police officer, claimed he was the victim of unprovoked firing. Mehrajuddin Shah was driving a car, with his uncle Ghulam Hassan Shah in the passenger seat, when […]
Jammu and Kashmir government extended the preventive detention of former IAS Shah Faesal by another three months, a senior official said. He said the home department of J&K government on Wednesday evening extended the detention of Faesal, hours before it was set to expire. Shah Faesal was arrested on August 14, 2019 at the Delhi international airport […]
Jammu, 13 May (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Police DGP J&K Dilbag Singh expresses his gratitude to Hon’ble Lt. Governor J&K Girish Chandra Murmu and Union Territory administration for sanctioning Training Allowance for Police Training Centres @ 12 % as per 7th Pay Commission. He said this will help boosting the morale of the police training […]
Budgam, May 13 (KNS): Family of Mehraj ud din who was killed by CRPF Naka party in Narbal area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday morning contested CRPF claims and termed the killing as “cold-blooded” murder. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Ghulam Nabi, father of slain Mehraj ud din refuted allegation levelled by […]
Directs for execution of one MGNREGA work in each ward/Panchayat JAMMU, MAY 13: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan today reviewed the performance of Rural Development Department (RDD), including execution of MGNREGA works, here at a meeting. Secretary Rural Development Department, Sheetal Nanda; Director, RDD Jammu; Additional Secretary, RDD; and Joint Director, Planning RDD were […]
JAMMU, MAY 13: The government, under its initiative of bringing back the stranded people of J&K to their homes in the wake of COVID-19 Lokdown, has evacuated 39825 stranded passengers of the Union Territory through Lakhanpur till date. Besides, 3217 stranded people have reached Udhampur through three special trains from Karnatka, Goa and Dehli. Also, […]
Srinagar, May 13 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday issued to statement regarding the Budgam civilian killings the statement reads as, today at about 1020hrs, during joint Naka at Khalisa Kawoosa in the jurisdiction of PS Magam a Wagon-R vehicle bearing registration No. JK02AK-6702 was signalled to stop. However, the said vehicle ignored to […]
Srinagar, May 13 (KNS): National Conference (NC) on Wednesday condemned the killing of a youth, Mehraj ud Din Shah of Makhama village of Beerwah, at Kawoosa crossing on Srinagar –Gulmarg Highway in a CRPF firing and demanded an impartial, time bound probe into the circumstances surrounding the incident. According to statement issued to Kashmir News […]
75-year-old man dies in Jammu A 75-year-old man from Jammu on Wednesday became 11th victim of the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. They said that the septuagenarian died at his residence at Preet Nagar Digiana. However, the family took him to GMC Jammu where doctors declared him dead on arrival and […]
Srinagar, May 13 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) today strongly condemned the killing of a civilian on Srinagar Gulmarg Highway and demanded probe into the incident. According to statement issued to KNS, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) has expressed anguish over the killing of Mehraj U Din Shah of Makhama Beerwah […]