JAMMU — Two teenage sisters from Jammu, allegedly abducted a week ago, were rescued from Chhattisgarh and handed over to their family, police said on Tuesday. The accused Shiva Dass and Manoj Kumar, both residents of Chhattisgarh, are yet to be arrested, they said. Jammu’s Janipur Police Station received a complaint from the father of […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir has witnessed a dry winter this year with the months of January and February recording a precipitation deficit of around 80 per cent, which has raised the possibility of drought in the valley this summer, the MeT department officials said. Several water bodies are flowing below the zero level mark at many […]
JAMMU — A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. The jawan was part of a road opening party deployed in Tikri area along Jammu-Srinagar national highway when he shot himself dead, they said. They […]
SRINAGAR — New Zealand have suffered a major blow on the eve of their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign with key pacer Lockie Ferguson ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Ferguson will miss the eight-team tournament due to an injury to his right foot, with the right-armer replaced in New Zealand’s squad by […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the status of the implementation of the new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Abdullah attended the meeting though law and order is directly handled by the Central government since the […]
JAMMU — Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti, has called for heightened vigilance and proactive measures to counter any potential security threats as he visited forward operating bases in Kathua district, a police official said on Tuesday. Accompanied by Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Jammu-Samba-Kathua range, Shiv Kumar Sharma, the IGP’s visit […]
DUBAI — Intrigue, uncertainty, backstage drama. The ICC Champions Trophy has seen it all even before the curtains go up on the tournament and it would only get more stirring over the next three weeks, starting with the opening clash between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. Eight teams will vie for a trophy, often […]
SRINAGAR — A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday convicted a faith healer of committing unnatural offences with children who used to visit him for religious lessons. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sopore, Mir Wajahat issued the order of conviction against Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh on charges under section 377 (unnatural offences) of the Ranbir Penal Code […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sat Sharma on Monday in consultations with Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary, BJP & Prabhari J&K-UT, Ashok Kaul, General Secretary Organisation, and Sunil Sharma, Leader of Opposition in Assembly and Kashmir Prabhari, has nominated presidents for ten districts. According to a party […]
NEW DELHI — Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission (EC). His term will run till January 26, 2029, days before the […]