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GHAZIABAD: Three more persons, including a minor, have been taken into custody for allegedly filming railway stations and govt offices in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai and passing the “sensitive” material to handlers based in Pakistan. Police said the trio were drawn into the network by Sardar alias Jora Singh, who is the key recruiter operating across…
JAMMU: One person died and another was injured after a landslide struck a hydropower project site, while more than 230 people, including women and children, were evacuated after being stranded in heavy snowfall at the high-altitude Sinthan Top in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Monday.Amid the adverse weather conditions, authorities ordered the…
JAMMU: Panun Kashmir has expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo, for alleged links with US-based separatist lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai, a proclaimed agent of Pakistan’s ISI, and has named Tito Ganju as its new chief.The prominent organisation representing displaced Kashmiri Pandits said in a statement on Saturday that senior office-bearers met Chrungoo earlier in the day…
JAMMU: Two mobile phones were recovered during a routine check from a parcel meant for an inmate lodged at Bhaderwah Jail in Jammu’s Doda district Friday. The inmate is booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA), sources said.The parcel was to be delivered to Irshad Ahmad Wani, a resident of Hajin in Bandipora district. He…
Visually impaired Kashmir youth cracks civil services, daily-wager father recounts years of struggle BANDIPORA: There is festivity in the Mirpora locality of Naidkhai village in Bandipora, Kashmir, as children guide visitors to the home of Irfan Ahmad Lone, a visually impaired youth who has cleared the UPSC civil services examinations.As their modest one-storey house is…
File photo: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah SRINAGAR: A court in Kashmir has dismissed an application by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to add charges against National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah and others in the Jammu & Kashmir cricket association (JKCA) scam case. The court said ED cannot be made party to a…
Syed Ruhullah Mehdi (File Photo) SRINAGAR: After large-scale protests over the past two days against the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Jammu and Kashmir government extended the closure of schools and colleges across the Valley until Saturday.At the same time, Meta blocked several newspaper accounts in the Valley, evoking condemnation from…
Security heightened in Jammu and Kashmir. NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs has cautioned states about the possibility of communal tensions in the wake of the ongoing conflict involving Iran, asking authorities to stay alert and take preventive steps.In a letter circulated on February 28, the ministry warned that recent military developments in West…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes on Sunday, an event that sent shockwaves far beyond West Asia. The echoes were heard in India as well, with sections of the Shia community and clerics condemning the death.In Jammu and Kashmir, home to a sizeable Shia population, demonstrations took place in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk…
Sachin Tendulkar lauds J&K’s Ranji Trophy win (Photos by PTI) NEW DELHI: The cricket fraternity came together to celebrate Jammu & Kashmir’s historic maiden Ranji Trophy triumph, as tributes poured in from legends and administrators alike.Sachin Tendulkar hailed the moment as a beautiful transformation for the region. “The Kashmir willows have been a part of…
