Greater Kashmir

Jammu, Sep 19: A special court has rejected a joint bail application of three accused arrested in a case related to an April 2022 terror attack near here ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Samba, citing the gravity of the offences and the material on record. An assistant sub-inspector of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was killed and several security personnel were injured in the attack on their vehicle in the Sunjwan area on the outskirts of Jammu on the intervening n

Srinagar, Sep 19: The ruling National Conference has convened a meeting of its legislature party on Sunday afternoon to devise a strategy to counter the opposition during the upcoming autumn session starting September 21. As per news agencyKashmir News Observer (KNO), the NC has called a meeting of its legislators and Independent members supporting the Government tomorrow at 4:30 PM at the Banquet Hall, Srinagar. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Dr. Farooq Abdullah, President o

New Delhi, Sep 19: President Droupadi Murmu has amended the rules governing the Inter-State Council to allow the lieutenant governors of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi to participate in the council meetings when President's rule is imposed these Union territories. The amendment, notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 9 and published on Friday, amends the Inter-State Council Order, 1990, which had established the council. According to the May 1990 order, the council consi

Srinagar, Sep 19: Jammu and Kashmir Police in Anantnag have arrested seven drug peddlers in separate actions and recovered substantial quantity of contraband substances from their possession. A police spokesperson said that a police party from Police Station Srigufwara apprehended three drug peddlers at Hatigam Crossing while they were travelling on a Scooty bearing registration number JK13K-5967. The accused were identified as Jahangir Ayoub son of M. Ayoub Fashoo resident of Zirpara Bijbehara,

Srinagar, Sep 19: A proposed four-day meditation retreat in Jammu and Kashmirs Gurez Valley has triggered a political and religious controversy, with former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urging the authorities to intervene. The programme, titled Tantra in Silence A Journey Within, is scheduled from September 24 to 27 in Gurez. Promotional material identifies Swami Dhyan Sumit as the facilitator and advertises accommodation, food and meditation sessions at a fee of 11,995

Jammu, Sep 19: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday led an anti-BJP protest outside the party headquarters in Jammu, alleging that a poster put up by the saffron party's local unit sought to link Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with militancy. The protest came amid the Congress' ongoing Chaupal Pe Charcha public outreach programme across Jammu, through which the party has been taking up issues includin

Pahalgam, Sep 19: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said Pahalgam was once again showing signs of revival, as visitors from India and abroad arrived for a Rotary International golf tournament. The big thing is that, by the grace of Allah, Pahalgam is shining again, Abdullah said while speaking in the resort town. He said the golf tournament had brought participants from Nepal, overseas, Dubai and different parts of India, describing their response to Pahalgam and its peop

Srinagar, Sep 19: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari on Saturday said reservation in Jammu and Kashmir should be based on population, arguing that the existing distribution amounts to injustice. My stand in this is very clear. My partys stand is very clear. Jiski jitni population hai usko utni reservation milni chahiye,Bukhari said while speaking about the reservation issue ahead of the autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. There should be no injustice. There is injustice. There is a

Banihal, Sep 19: Five BSF personnel were injured after a BSF truck travelling from Kashmir towards Jammu turned turtle on National Highway-44 near Chamba Seri in Ramban district on Saturday. Soon after the accident, the injured personnel were evacuated from the spot and shifted to District Hospital Ramban with the assistance of Army, police and CRPF personnel, local residents, and fellow BSF personnel. Hospital authorities said all five injured personnel were undergoing treatment. Four of them w

Srinagar, Sep 19: PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Saturday led a protest demanding the submission of a sub-committee report on reservation in Jammu and Kashmir, alleging that open merit students, particularly from Kashmir, were being denied opportunities. The protesters raised slogans demanding that the government present the report and provide justice to open merit students. Addressing the protesters, Mufti said the government had promised to submit the sub-committees report within six months, but t

Srinagar, Sep 19: The President has appointed 14 judicial officers as Judges and Additional Judges in the Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, according to an official notification. The appointments include seven judicial officers to the Delhi High Court. Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena have been appointed as Judges, while Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Dr Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt and Arun B

Sopore, Sep 19: A motorcyclist was killed while another sustained injuries after their motorcycle collided with a Tata Matador Video Coach at Botingoo area of Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday. Officials said the deceased has been identified as Mohinoor Mir Ali, a resident of West Bengal, who was reportedly working as a goldsmith in Srinagar. The injured motorcyclist has been identified as Minhaj Mir Ali. According to officials, the motorcycle bearing registration number J

Banihal, Sep 19: Indian Railways is expected to introduce Roll-On/Roll-Off (RORO) freight services from Kashmir to other parts of the country in the coming days, a Railway official said. Under the proposed RORO service, loaded trucks will be transported by rail by placing the vehicles directly onto specially designed flat wagons. The system will enable trucks along with their cargo to travel by rail, potentially providing an alternative to long-distance road transportation. The Railway official

Srinagar, Sep 19: Expressing a deep sense of satisfaction, Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday said that the innovative rock check dams have borne encouraging results as a lasting solution for water and agricultural sustainability in the Union Territory. Sharing with a deep sense of satisfaction that the innovative Rock Check Dams, conceived as a lasting solution for water and agricultural sustainability in Ladakh, have borne encouraging results, the LG said. He said the pi

Srinagar, Sep 19: J&K Legislative Assembly Secretariat has admitted a private members resolution moved by MLA Javid Hassan Baig, seeking to put the proposed BaramullaUri railway line alignment from Kanispora towards Khanpora/Sheeri in abeyance pending an independent geological, geotechnical and seismic assessment of the corridor, officials said on Saturday. The officals said the resolution calls for a comprehensive evaluation of slope stability, soil bearing capacity, seismic vulnerability, drai

Poonch, Sep 19: A fire broke out in the building of District Hospital Poonch, triggering a swift response from the Fire and Emergency Services personnel and hospital staff, who brought the blaze under control before it could cause any major damage. According to Medical Superintendent of District Hospital Poonch, Dr Mohammad Shafiq, the cause of the fire was not immediately known. However, some windows in the rear portion of the hospital building were gutted in the incident. He said the Fire and

Srinagar, Sep 15: A television was once a device that received signals and displayed programmes. Today, a smart TV can connect to the internet, communicate with phones and other devices, recognise what is playing on screen, respond to voice commands and collect data about viewing behaviour. That transformation has created a new privacy question: how much should a television be allowed to know about the household it sits in? The recent controversy involving LG TVs has brought that question into f

Jammu, Sep 15: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), J&K has registered an FIR against former Assistant Commissioner (Revenue), Jammu and four private beneficiaries over allegedly granting illegal permission for the transfer of Gair Mumkin Khad land in Jammu. In a statement, the spokesperson said that ACB J&K has registered FIR No. 12/2026 at Police Station ACB Central, Jammu, against Nisar Ahmad Shad, the then Assistant Commissioner (Revenue), Jammu, and four private beneficiaries. He said the FIR

Srinagar, Sep 15: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday dismissed concerns over the stability of his government, saying he had complete faith in his MLAs and had no fear that any of them would switch sides. Responding to questions about remarks by Leader of the Opposition Sunil Sharma over the functioning of the Assembly and the upcoming session, Abdullah defended the governments decision to convene a seven-day session, saying the BJP was in no position to accuse his governme

Washington, Sep 15: A US federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration new rule that would impose stricter limits on how long foreign students and journalists can study or work in America. The decision by the Massachusetts district judge on Monday will bring some relief to international students, including many from India and has came one day before it was to come into effect. The judge ruled that the new policy would probably cause catastrophic damage to the US economy and higher

Jammu, Sep 15: Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma on Tuesday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government over the duration of the upcoming Assembly session, demanding that it be extended to around 30 days to allow legislators adequate time to raise public issues. Addressing a press conference at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, Sharma said the Assembly was the primary platform through which people's grievances and expectations could be placed before the government. Peoples expectations ar

Srinagar, Sep 15: The United States has, for the first time, acknowledged deploying space weapons in Earths orbit, with US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink saying the weapon was necessary to safeguard US forces against hostile enemy action, according to a report by the BBC. However, speaking at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference on Monday, Meink said the US was ready for evolving threats, but did not disclose the weapon's capabilities or when they were put into orbit. As per the report, Ch

New Delhi, Sep 6: A five-storey building housing a boys' PG collapsed in south Delhi's Satya Niketan area on Sunday afternoon, leaving one dead and several people trapped, officials said. The area is close to the heart of Delhi University's South Campus and has congested lanes lined with student hostels and eateries. Locals claimed the building was nearly 20 years old and construction work in the basement was on when the incident occurred at around 1.30 pm. Of the four patients the hospital rece

Sopore, Sep 3: Panic gripped devotees and visitors at the historic Khankah Moula Shrine in Sopore town of north Kashmirs Baramulla district after a four feet long snake was suddenly spotted roaming within the premises of the shrine on Thursday. The sighting caused alarm among people present at the shrine, with visitors maintaining a safe distance after noticing the reptile moving around the premises. The incident briefly created a tense situation as people feared that the snake could pose a thre

Srinagar, Sep 03: The Jammu and Kashmir BJP has denied any association with the individual seen allegedly molesting a woman during a protest at Hari Singh High Street in Srinagar, saying the person is not associated with the party. In a statement, the party said it had cross-checked the information with multiple sources and clarified that the individual seen in the viral video is not associated with the BJP. The party said that during large public gatherings, unidentified and unaffiliated indivi

Srinagar, Sep 03: The weather in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to remain generally dry, however brief spells of are expected to accompany at scattered places, according to a forecast issued by the Meteriological Centre Srinagar on Thursday. An official spokesperson said that the Union Territory will experiance generally dry weather till starting from today---September 3---till 12. Breaking it down on a daily basisi, the spokesperson said that on September 3, te weather is forecasted to remain gene

Srinagar, Sep 03: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, has reportedly told a Srinagar court that he no longer wishes to contest the trial in the 1990 murder case of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat and is willing to face the death penalty. Malik has also announced his decision to divorce his Pakistani wife, artist and activist Mushaal Hussein Mullick. Malik submitted a 25-page written statement before the Additional Sessions Court in

Srinagar, Sep 03: A motorcyclist died after losing control of his bike and crashing into a nearby shop at Siraz Chowk in Khanyar area of Srinagar on Thursday, officials said. An official said that the man was riding a Bajaj Pulsar bearing registration number JK13F-2915 when he apparently lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a nearby shop. He said the man was injured in the accident and died on the spot. Locals informed the police, who soon reached the spot. The deceased was later iden

Srinagar, Sep 2:Why should I resign? Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday, hitting back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)s demand for his resignation, while accusing the J&K administration and police of applying different standards to protests by the National Conference (NC) and the BJP. CM Omar alleged that while BJP leaders were facilitated during their march towards the civil secretariat, NC leaders and workers were brutally repressed when they attempted to march towards the BJP h

Jammu, Sep 2: Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Tejinder Singh, led a foot patrol of security personnel here on Wednesday and reviewed the law and order situation, officials said. Singh was accompanied by Deputy Inspector General Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu and SP North Jammu, the officials said. Singh took over as the Jammu Zone IGP following a major reshuffle in the top police leadership last month. During the patrolling, the officers interacted

Kargil, Sep 2: The post office passport seva kendra (POPSK) was inaugurated in Ladakh's Kargil on Wednesday to provide residents easier access to passport-related services, officials said. Minister of State for External Affairs and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh inaugurated it in the presence of Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh V K Saxena and Member of Parliament Mohmad Haneefa Jan. The POPSK, established under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Department o

New Delhi, Sep 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called upon members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to move beyond declarations and translate 25 years of cooperation into tangible outcomes, while urging a united approach to terrorism, stronger regional connectivity and greater opportunities for people. Addressing the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, PM Modi said the grouping must transform its shared geography into shared opportunities at a time when the world is passing thro

Karachi, Aug 28: The Pakistan Cricket Board had considered not sending its players to the field after lunch break on the opening day of their second Test against England at Lord's but eventually settled for a complaint after host broadcaster Sky Sports aired an interview of jailed former PM Imran Khan's sons. The PCB, when contacted, refused to comment on the matter but sources aware of the development said a formal complaint has been sent to Sky Sports over the matter. Former England skipper Mi

Baramulla, Aug 28: Two hand grenades were recovered from a man during a naka checking operation at Wussan Bangil in Kunzer area of north Kashmirs Baramulla district, officials said. The checking was being conducted by a joint party comprising personnel from Police Station Kunzer, SOG Kunzer, CRPF 176 Battalion and Armys 2 Rashtriya Rifles. During the checking of vehicles and pedestrians, a man allegedly attempted to flee after noticing the security personnel. He was, however, apprehended at the