Baramulla

SRINAGAR: A Delhi court, on September 10, granted temporary bail to Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, widely recognized as Engineer Rashid, until October 2. This move allows him to actively campaign for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Since 2019, Rashid has been held in Tihar Jail, Delhi, for a case linked to […]

SRINAGAR: An intense gunfight broke out late Friday night between security forces and terrorists in the Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir.   According to officials, a coordinated search operation is underway in the region as security forces engage the terrorists.   “Encounter has started at Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan […]

SRINAGAR: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday criticized the bail granted to Engineer Rashid, asserting that it was aimed at influencing the upcoming elections rather than serving the people of Baramulla.   Speaking to the media, Omar expressed disappointment, claiming the move was more about electoral advantage than genuine public representation.   “We anticipated […]

SRINAGAR: A renowned 20th-century Shiva temple in Gulmarg, located in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and deeply intertwined with the valley’s history and Bollywood, was devastated by a massive fire on Wednesday. Fire and Emergency Services officials reported that the blaze started around 3:50 am, causing extensive damage to the historic structure. Perched atop a hillock, […]

SRINAGAR : After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (PC) has also shattered voter turnout records, with 51.35% recorded at 5 pm in the districts of Anantnag, Poonch, Kulgam, and parts of Rajouri and Shopian. This is the highest turnout since 1989, […]

SRINAGAR: In an exclusive interview with The New Indian during the election campaign in Kupwara, JKNC candidate for the North Kashmir Lok Sabha seat and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, expressed concerns over the BJP’s efforts to undermine democracy in the region. He emphasized that for the past six years, there […]

SRINAGAR: Retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammed Shafi Mir was killed while offering ‘azaan’ prayers at his local mosque at Baramulla in North Kashmir, on Sunday morning.  Following the attack, the Jammu and Kashmir Police proceeded to cordon off the area.  Mir retired from the position at the 12th Armed Battalion of the Indian […]

Security forces on Friday foiled a possible terror attack on the Agniveer rally with the killing of two terrorists in the Pattan area of Baramulla district in Kashmir. SSP Baramulla Rayees Mohammad Bhat said that the terrorists had come to disrupt the ongoing Army Rally in Baramulla. SSP Bhat said that they received information in […]

While the murmurs in the valley are yet to die down over the abrogation of Article 370, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday acknowledged the fact that it won’t be restored. “Article 370 won’t be restored,” Azad said while addressing a gathering in Baramulla. “I won’t be fooling the people,” he said, in […]

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir anti-terror agency State Investigation Agency carried out raids in Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday in connection with terror funding and has arrested some persons. The money has been used to finance some fake journalists for glorying terrorism and some more arrests are on cards. “Today on 19.07.2022, State Investigation Agency (SIA), […]