Security has been strengthened across Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Independence Day celebrations, with police, Army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) intensifying surveillance, vehicle checking, frisking, area domination and search operations. A senior security official said that security arrangements have been particularly stepped up in sensitive areas, including major towns, district headquarters, vital installations, vulnerable locations and key entry and exit points, as the administration and security agencies prepare for the national celebrations. He said a multi-layered security grid has been activated across all districts, with additional deployments made at important locations and around venues where Independence Day functions…
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Pakistan journalist Wajahat Saeed Khan sent shockwaves through Pakistan by reporting that former Prime Minister Imran Khan had passed away while in military custody, citing a single unnamed source from the Army’s General Headquarters. However, he quickly walked back that assertion, clarifying that the report was never actually confirmed. The initial speculation emerged from a two-part series Wajahat published on August 11, titled “Is Khan still with us” and “What happens after Khan.” In his follow-up video clarification, the journalist drew a sharp line between what his sources explicitly confirmed and the broader fears that had permeated his earlier coverage.…
About 77% of rural households in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency have been provided tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the government told Parliament. Of the constituency’s 318,600 households, 244,337 have been provided with Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTCs), Minister of State for Jal Shakti V. Somanna said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, in response to Baramulla MP Er Rashid’s query. The government said 525 water supply schemes are currently being implemented in the constituency at an estimated cost of 2,073.50 crore rupees ($242 million). Expenditure on the schemes has so far reached…
The Union tourism ministry currently has no proposal under consideration for developing tourism infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, Kupwara, Budgam and Bandipora districts, the government told Parliament. The response came after Baramulla Lok Sabha member Abdul Rashid Sheikh aka Er. Rashid sought details of proposed tourism infrastructure projects in destinations including Gulmarg, Tangmarg, Uri, Lolab, Bangus, Kalaroose and Gurez, as well as new eco-tourism projects in the four districts. Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said development and promotion of tourist destinations, including eco-tourism, was primarily the responsibility of the Jammu and Kashmir administration. The federal tourism ministry, however, provides…
More than three decades after Kashmiri Pandit poet and scholar Sarwanand Koul Premi and his son Virender Koul were abducted from their home and killed, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir conducted simultaneous searches at nine locations on Wednesday as part of a renewed investigation into the case. The searches were conducted at six locations in Rajouri district, two in Jammu and one in Kashmir, officials familiar with the operation said. The case, initially registered at a police station in Dooru, Anantnag, has since been taken over by the SIA. The agency is investigating suspected links between…
Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered an FIR against Showkat Gayoor, BJP’s district president for south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, following allegations of coercion and financial extortion tied to a soil extraction project being carried out for the Gurudwara Parbandhak in Barthana. The First Information Report, numbered 0145/2026, was officially filed at the Pulwama police station on August 10, based on a formal complaint submitted by Mohammad Yaseen Ganie, a resident of Suthsoo BK Pora in Budgam. According to the complainant’s narrative, Ganie asserts that he had duly secured the requisite permissions from the competent authorities for the extraction and transportation…
Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) has arrested two suspects in connection with a case related to the alleged dissemination of radical and anti-national content through social media platforms. The arrests were made on Sunday, a day after CIK conducted raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley in connection with FIR No. 03/2023 registered at Police Station CIK Srinagar. The arrested persons have been identified as Mehran Qazi, son of Atta Mohammad Qazi, a resident of Hiller Shahbad, Dooru, Anantnag, and Babar Hamid Dar, son of Abdul Hamid Dar, a resident of Chankan, Sopore. According to CIK, six digital devices and…
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said on Monday. Police received information about the alleged incident around noon on Sunday, following which an investigation was immediately initiated to ascertain the circumstances of the case and identify those involved. During the course of the investigation, police identified two suspects who, according to officials, were not previously known to the minor. A senior police officer said the two accused were apprehended during overnight raids conducted at different locations as part of the investigation. A case has…
Jammu and Kashmir is bracing for extensive rainfall and thunderstorm activity over the coming days, with the Jammu division expected to receive heavy to very heavy downpours at certain locations and parts of Kashmir facing the likelihood of brief, intense bursts of rain. The weather office has indicated that between August 9 and 11, most regions of the Union Territory will experience multiple spells of light to moderate rain and thunderstorms, with the precipitation likely to reach its peak intensity on August 11. Specifically, one or two spots may witness heavy to very heavy rainfall during the nighttime hours of…
The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) on Saturday conducted raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley in connection with a militant-related case involving the alleged online glorification of militancy and recruitment of individuals into militant ranks, officials said. Officials said that the searches were carried out in Baramulla, Shopian, Anantnag, Kupwara, Bandipora and other districts, reported news agency KNO. They said the raids are linked to FIR No. 03/2023, registered at Police Station CIK Srinagar under Sections 505 and 153-A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 13 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The case pertains to…