JAMMU (KIMS) — Police have booked an unauthorized pony operator on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) track for operating without valid registration or authorization. During routine patrolling by the police party from Police Post Banganga near Bathing Ghat No. 2, Ban Ganga, one person working as a pony carrier was stopped for checking. The […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have solved two separate murder cases here with the arrest of six people, including five members of a family and a foreign national from Myanmar. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu, Joginder Singh, said a man identified as Narinder Singh was assaulted during a […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Police have busted two major drug peddling networks and arrested eight peddlers, including four women, and recovered heroin worth crores of rupees, an official said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu, Joginder Singh, said the two gangs were busted in Rajiv Nagar and R S Pura areas of Jammu […]
JAMMU — A special police officer (SPO) was crushed to death by a speeding truck along the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Sunday. SPO Rahul Singh was on duty at a checkpoint in the Vijaypur area when he was hit around Saturday midnight. He died on the […]
JAMMU — Accusing his party of using displaced Kashmiri Pandits for “political gains”, disgruntled BJP leader Jahanzaib Sirwal on Sunday called upon the party leadership to take meaningful steps to address the “longstanding injustice” with the community. “This community has been among the most steadfast, yet unpaid, unrecognised, and unacknowledged campaigners for the BJP. Their […]
LAHORE — Zimbabwe will replace Afghanistan in the three-nation T20I tournament to be played in Pakistan from November 17 to 29, the PCB said on Saturday. Afghanistan announced earlier in the day that it would not be sending its team to Pakistan for the tournament, citing the tragic death of three of its cricketers which […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi has demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government make public the report of the cabinet sub-committee on reservation by Sunday. The sub-committee has already submitted its report, and the concerned department has been asked to draft a memorandum, which will be approved by the cabinet […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Division of Northern Railway conducted an extensive ticket-checking drive, collecting fines worth ₹5 lakh from 673 passengers, an official said on Saturday. The drive, led by Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Uchit Singhal, was carried out at key stations across the division, including Jammu, Pathankot Cantonment, Pathankot City, Katra, Srinagar, and Budgam, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his government will revoke the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) as soon as the Union territory gets statehood. “To remove it (the PSA), we should have a status of the state. Security and law and order should be with the elected government. The […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday directed the government to ensure Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Mehraj Malik can vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha election for four seats in the Union Territory. The defence council informed the court that the authorities have already dispatched postal ballots to […]