Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) Some leaders and workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained by police on Friday in order to foil their protest march to the high security residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, against the sale of liquor in the Valley.Some leaders and workers of the BJP assembled in the Ram Munshi Bagh area of Srinagar and started a protest march towards the high security Gupkar Road residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, against the sale of liquo…
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Srinagar, May 14 (IANS) The J&K Police’s Crime Branch has carried out house searches in connection with an FIR registered in a land fraud case, an official statement said on Thursday.The Crime Branch statement said that the Special Crime Wing Kashmir of the Crime Branch J&K carried out house searches in connection with FIR No. 06/2026 registered under Sections 420, 468, and 120-B RPC in Srinagar and Budgam districts.The FIR was registered on the basis of a written complaint submitted by …
Jammu, May 13 (IANS) Two persons have been arrested in J&K’s Kishtwar for supporting foreign terrorists, police said on Wednesday.A police statement said Kishtwar police have arrested two supporters of the Saifullah group for aiding foreign terrorists by providing shelter and logistical support in the Singhpora area of the Chatroo area of the district.The case was registered under FIR No. 03/2026 at Police Station Chatroo, invoking Sections 61(2), 109, 147, 148 of BNS; Sections 13, 16, 18, 1…
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) A residential house and land worth Rs 1.2 crore in J&K’s Srinagar district, belonging to a drug peddler, was attached during the ongoing 100-day-long Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan, police said on Tuesday.Continuing its sustained crackdown against drug trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police has attached an immovable property comprising a double-storeyed residential house along with land worth approximately Rs 1.2 crore…
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) The J&K Police said on Tuesday that they have arrested two persons with arms, ammunition and posters of the proscribed terror outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), during checking in Srinagar district.Officials said a police team intercepted two persons on a bike near the Baba Dem area of Srinagar during routine checking. They said the duo was stopped and during the search, police recovered one pistol, three magazines, 21 live rounds, two mobile phones and 10 LeT posters fro…
Srinagar, May 10 (IANS) J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat said on Sunday that over 4,000 constables, including 600 females, are being utilised for specialised technical roles due to unique challenges.Addressing newly recruited constables, he said that these constables include B.Tech and M.Tech candidates, whose services will be utilised in specialised technical roles within the force.The police chief said that the newly recruited constables of J&K Police represent a new generation of educated and te…
Jammu, May 2 (IANS) Three labourers died and one was rescued alive during the nightlong search and rescue operation after an under-construction bridge collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Jammu city.Officials said on Saturday that the night-long rescue operation to pull out four labourers trapped under the debris of an under-construction bridge in Bantalab’s Thathar area concluded in the early hours of Saturday, with three workers found dead while one trapped labourer was rescued alive.T…
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) J&K Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday said it has filed the chargesheet against an accused for making false promises of land and jobs. A statement by the Crime Branch Kashmir said today, “The Economic Offences Wing Kashmir (EOW) of Crime Branch J&K submitted a chargesheet in case FIR No. 84/2022 under Section 420 RPC against Bashir Ahmad Bhat, son of Abdul Gani Bhat, resident of Astanpora, Tailbal Hazratbal, Srinagar, before the Hon’ble Court of Judge Small C…
Srinagar, April 29 (IANS) J&K Crime Branch said on Wednesday that it has registered an FIR in a fake overseas job scam after a man was duped and trafficked to Cambodia on the promise of overseas employment.A press statement by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir said that in a shocking case of fraud and human trafficking, it has registered a case after a man was allegedly duped by a fake job consultancy and trafficked to Cambodia under the pretext of overseas employm…
Srinagar, April 23 (IANS) Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, V.K. Birdi, on Thursday, chaired a coordination meeting with Central Armed Police Forces for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra and the annual Darbar Move preparedness. The meeting was chaired by the Inspector General of Police at the Police Control Room Kashmir in Srinagar today. The meeting was held to strengthen security arrangements for the upcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2026, along with preparedness for the annual Darbar Move of of…