NEW DELHI: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Anantnag district have recovered the body of missing soldier of the territorial army, Hilal Ahmad Bhat.The officials reported that Bhat’s body, which had been riddled with bullets, was found in the Sanglan forest area of Utrasoo, Anantnag. The body was transported to a hospital for necessary medical…
NEW DELHI: An IAF officer has filed a police complaint against a senior, accusing him of rape, outraging her modesty and continuous mental harassment at the Srinagar Air Force station in J&K, while also claiming that the “internal committee” of the force dismissed her allegations without proper consideration.The woman, a Flying Officer, has alleged that…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force is cooperating with local police in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, to investigate a sexual assault complaint lodged by a woman flying officer against a Wing Commander, according to an IAF official quoted by news agency PTI. It has been reported that the local police have filed a First Information…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited an ice-cream parlour in Srinagar‘s Lal Chowk, after enjoying dinner at a famous local restaurant.Rahul, along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and other party leaders, left Hotel Lalit in the Gupkar area in the city, where they were staying, to dine…
NEW DELHI: A writ petition was filed in the J&K high court last week by ex-president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) Mubeen Shah seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him in 2020 for making threatening social media posts against non-locals settled in Kashmir. Shah has been on radar of the Indian…
NEW DELHI: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that she was placed under house arrest on the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti said that the party office had been locked amid heightened security measures. “I have been placed under house arrest while the PDP…
NEW DELHI: A Srinagar bound Vistara flight received a bomb threat on Friday but turned out to be a hoax after the security forces searched the aircraft, officials said.According to officials, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Srinagar received an information ‘threatening call’, sparking a swift and coordinated response from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).Later,…
NEW DELHI: The Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency has set a new record, with a voter turnout of 51.35 per cent as of 5 pm, the highest in the past 35 years, according to the Election Commission of India. This achievement follows the record-breaking voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla, making all three parliamentary constituencies in the…
NEW DELHI: A couple from Rajasthan on Saturday sustained injuries after terrorists opened fired on a tourist camp near Pahalgam in south Kashmir.According to the official, the incident occurred at Yanner in the Pahalgam tourist resort in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir late on Saturday night.“Terrorist fired upon and injured a lady Farha…
SRINAGAR: Srinagar-Ganderbal LS seat will vote Monday in the first J&K polls since the Aug 2019 abrogation of Article 370.Srinagar will be the first of Valley’s three constituencies to go to the ballot. Two dozen candidates are in the fray. But the contest is largely three-cornered among National Conference’s (NC) Aga Ruhulla, PDP’s Waheed Para…
