Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) Lok Sabha member, Engineer Rashid, will get interim bail to observe the ‘Chehlum’ function of his father, Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) spokesperson said on Wednesday. Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) Chief Spokesperson, Inam Un Nabi, said, “As per the earlier orders of the Hon’ble High Court, Member of Parliament from Baramulla, Engineer Rashid will be released tomorrow (Thursday) morning on interim bail for a period of five days to enable him to participate in the Chahlum (40…
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Srinagar, June 20 (IANS) J&K Waqf Board Chairperson Syed Darakhshan Andrabi said on Saturday that the board will take up the reconstruction of Hazrat Syed Janbaaz Wali shrine in Baramulla town. Andrabi today visited the revered shrine at Khanpora, Baramulla, and conducted an on-the-spot inspection of the ongoing Heritage Restoration and Conservation Project being executed through the Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums, J&K.The visit followed repeated representations from res…
Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said that it has filed a chargesheet against a fire & emergency services official in a bribery case.The charge sheet was filed in the court of Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Baramulla, against the accused, then senior fireman (Belt No 1748), Fire & Emergency Services, Sopore, Nisar Ahmad Wani, in connection with FIR No. 16/2024 registered at Police Station ACB, Baramulla, the ACB said in a statement.A statement by A…
Srinagar, June 10 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed in an accidental blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of J&K’s Baramulla district on Wednesday, officials said.Official sources said that the incident occurred in the Kamalkote area of the Uri sector.The two soldiers had sustained critical injuries during the accidental explosion.“They have been identified as Arjun Jadhav and Vikram Balakrishna, both of whom belonged to Maharashtra. They were shifted after sustaining cri…
Reasi, May 20 (IANS) Continuing its sustained crackdown on drug trafficking under the ongoing ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan’, police in the Union Territory’s Reasi district recovered 58 grams of ‘ganja’ (narcotics) from a woman, officials said on Wednesday.According to the police, the woman already has two cases of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act registered against her, one in January and the other in April this year.On May 19, a team from Katra Police Station inte…
Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) The father of jailed Lok Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir, Engineer Rashid, passed away in Delhi on Monday, following which his party, Awami Itihaad Party (AIP), has appealed to the government to allow him to attend the last rites.Engineer Rashid is the founder and head of the party. Inam Un Nabi, API’s chief spokesperson, said that Haji Khazir Mohammad Sheikh, the father of MP Baramulla, Engineer Rashid, has passed away. He was 85.Expressing profound grief and sorrow …
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G), Manoj Sinha, on Tuesday joined the ‘Drug-Free Jammu and Kashmir’ campaign in Baramulla town, engaging with citizens and participating in a Padyatra. The L-G also announced the launch of two innovative pillars under the campaign for the next 69 days — the Community Immunisation Program against drugs and the Family Fortress Initiative.Speaking on the occasion, L-G Sinha said that “just as we have taught communities to vaccinate …
Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) During the ongoing 100-day long ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan’, 616 FIRs were registered and 646 people were arrested as authorities demolished a structure belonging to a drug peddler in Sopore. Officials said on Sunday that during the ongoing anti-drug campaign 614 FIRs were registered, 646 people were arrested as authorities demolished a structure belonging to a drug peddler in Sopore town.An official statement said that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir MP from Baramulla, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh, has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a Patiala House Court order denying him interim bail in a terror-funding case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Rashid, popularly known as “Engineer Rashid” and currently lodged in Tihar Jail, has sought interim bail on humanitarian grounds to visit his father, who is in the hospital.The plea assails the trial court’s order refusing…
Srinagar, April 25 (IANS) The Kashmir wing of the Jammu and Kashmir crime branch said on Saturday that its Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has filed the charge sheet against an accused in the fake service book, forged order scam in the Power Development Department (PDD).A crime branch Kashmir statement said the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Srinagar, of the Crime Branch J&K has filed a charge sheet in FIR No. 46/2023 before the Anti-Corruption Court, Baramulla, against Nasir Ahmad Mir of Kunan …