The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday carried out a search at a residence in Srinagar in connection with an ongoing investigation under the Prevention of Corruption Act involving the affairs of a private company. Official sources said that the raid was conducted at a house in Majeed Bagh, Sanat Nagar area of Srinagar, belonging to Manzoor Ahmed Wani. The search was undertaken in connection with FIR No. 08/2026 registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The operation was carried out by an ACB team from Srinagar led by Inspector Irfan Ahmed. According to officials, the search is…
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The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) has placed the real estate assets belonging to Dr. Mubeen Ahmed Shah, a past president of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), under attachment. The action is being taken in relation to FIR No. 07/2020, which was originally filed at the CIK Police Station. Official sources reported that the operation was executed by a CIK unit led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Nisar Ahmed and District Investigation (DI) East Inspector Rashid Khan. The team conducted a search operation at Dr. Shah’s residence, situated in the Buchwara locality of Dalgate, Srinagar. During the…
The School Education Department is likely to announce summer break for all schools of Kashmir division from July-06. An official said that the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has proposed 10 days summer break for schools of Kashmir division. “The directorate has proposed 10 days summer break for all government and private schools from Monday (July-6) and the final decision of School Education Department is expected to come soon,” the official said. It also said, “The Education Minister Sakina Itoo and the School Education Department will chair a general meeting on July-01 wherein the final decision is likely to…
Jammu and Kashmir government is currently weighing the possibility of instituting summer breaks for schools throughout the Kashmir valley, potentially commencing in the second week of July. Education Minister Sakina Itoo was quoted as saying by GK that the department is actively considering this timeline. She did, however, note that a specific start date has not yet been finalized, and confirmed that a definitive decision will be made upon her return to the Union Territory. In her remarks, the Minister also appealed to students and parents to dismiss all unverified rumors proliferating across digital spaces. She clarified that the messages…
The State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir on Monday filed a comprehensive 737-page chargesheet before a Special Court in Srinagar in connection with the 1990 abduction and killing of SKIMS staff nurse case. This marks a significant development in the investigation of a decades-old terror-related case pertains to the abduction and murder of Sarla Bhat, who was employed as a nurse at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, and was killed on April 18, 1990. The chargesheet, as per the officials has been submitted before the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, TADA/POTA and Special Judge designated under the NIA…
A strong earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Suturday. According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center and the US Geological Survey, the earthquake’s epicenter was in the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) east of Kunduz, Afghanistan. Residents in Jammu and Kashmir rushed out of their homes rushed out of their homes as the tremors struck. No reports of any loss of life or damage to property were received from anywhere in the Union Territory till the filing of this report. Afghanistan frequently experiences earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush region, which lies…
The National Investigation (NIA) has chargesheeted three more accused, including an absconder, in connection with car bomb explosion that killed 11 persons near the Red Fort in the national capital of Delhi in November 2025, officials said on Saturday. “NIA chargesheets three more accused, including absconding prime accused, in Red Fort blast case,” they said. An official spokesperson said in a press statement, “NIA, in its supplementary chargesheet in the case RC-21/2025/NIA/DLI, has named Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad Bhat and Muzafar Ahmad alias Faraz alias Zafar, all from Jammu and Kashmir, as accused. This takes the number of persons…
The actions of the Deputy Chief Minister-not inviting opposition MLAs to official functions in their constituencies- have raised eyebrows, with many viewing this as defiance of the CM-led General Administration Department’s directive to ensure that all MLAs are invited to such events. In what is widely perceived as disregard for elected representatives and for their established protocol, privileges, and immunities, the Deputy Chief Minister is keeping opposition MLAs out of the loop when organising official functions in their constituencies. Deputy CM Surinder Choudhary’s office, for instance, did not invite Udhampur MLA R.S. Pathania to a public outreach program or road…
The United States has carried out strikes on Iran in what it says is a response to an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it targeted locations in the region where US forces are deployed in retaliation for the Trump administration’s latest attack. Iran’s Mehr news agency cites the head of ports at eastern Hormozgan as saying no damage has been caused to the port of Sirik after the US renewed its attacks against Iran, in response to an incident a day earlier when a cargo vessel…
The Jammu and Kashmir government has mandated an independent third-party audit of the Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) project, the multi-thousand crore urban transformation initiative that has significantly altered the city’s landscape over recent years. The decision, which comes amid widespread public criticism of the project’s planning and execution, was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah earlier this week. The audit order coincides with growing resident frustration over persistent waterlogging, traffic congestion, and acute parking shortages across Srinagar. Government officials have expressed concerns that the ambitious project may not have fulfilled many of its original…