SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau registered a case FIR No. 03/2025 u/s 5(1)(d) r/w Section 5(2) of J&K PC Act, Svt. 2006 & 120-B, RPC at Police Station ACB Jammu against revenue officer/official namely Tarsem Lal, then Tehsildar Vijaypur and Zassin Malik then Patwari, Patwar Halqa Gurha Slathia as well as beneficiary […]
JAMMU — A senior army officer on Saturday visited three sectors in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch and reviewed the security situation, officials said. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lt Gen P K Mishra, visited Krishna Ghati and Bhimber Gali sectors two days after India and Pakistan armies held […]
JAMMU — An alleged criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) here and subsequently lodged in Rajouri district jail, police on Saturday said. Mohd Kalu, a resident of Gujjar Basti, was taken into custody by a police party from Miran Sahib area on Friday evening following issuance of PSA warrant against him […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Saturday said there was no need for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to seek restoration of the Union Territory’s statehood as it was the saffron party’s narrative, and that it would be restored at an appropriate time. “It is unfortunate that the National Conference keeps on harping about statehood. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday paid their tributes to a junior commissioned officer (JCO) who laid down his life while leading a counter-infiltration operation against terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu. A solemn wreath-laying ceremony for Subedar Kuldeep Chand was […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday expressed gratitude to the chief ministers of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for their “courageous and principled stand” against the Waqf Amendment Act. Mufti, a former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, wrote identical letters to the West Bengal […]
JAMMU — A Defence Security Corps (DSC) jawan, who was critically injured when an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Army on surveillance mission crashed at an airfield in Jammu two days ago, succumbed to injuries at a military hospital, officials on Saturday said. Naik Surender, a resident of Kathua district, was on duty at […]
SRINAGAR — A girl student died and 17 others were injured after a college bus they were travelling in met with an accident in North Kashmir’s Handwara on Saturday, officials said. A bus of Government Degree College Handwara carrying 27 students for picnic lost control and turned turtle near Vodpora area of Handwara, they said. […]
JAMMU — The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday said there has been a significant increase in enforcement actions in drug-related crimes, with 2,897 arrests and 350 detentions made in 1,978 drug-related cases over a 15-month period in the union territory. In 2024 alone, 1,514 cases were registered, resulting in 2,260 arrests and 274 […]
JAMMU — A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed in an encounter with terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here, but their infiltration bid was thwarted, officials said on Saturday. They said alert army troops picked up the movement of a group of heavily armed terrorists near […]