JAMMU — One person was arrested Saturday for stealing several gold and silver ornaments from a temple in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Unidentified thieves had struck the Durga Mata temple at Ramnagar and decamped with three gold and two silver items on Friday, a police spokesman said. He said Police have […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Saturday hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Police for removing anti-alcohol hoardings in Srinagar, saying the cops should not behave like a “colonial power”. Traders had on Friday put the hoardings outside their establishments, saying they welcome tourists with open arms but urge them not […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the recent death of three persons in Kathua district. The demand for the judicial probe was raised by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra at a workers’ convention in the Kathua district. Roshan Lal, 45, and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday registered its first-ever electronic First Information Report (e-FIR) following a complaint lodged via WhatsApp in North Kashmir’s Handwara. In a ground-breaking move towards digital policing, Police Station Vilgam in Handwara has registered its first electronic First Information Report (e-FIR) following a complaint lodged via WhatsApp. The […]
JAMMU — Three persons, accused of creating a public nuisance under the influence of liquor, were sentenced to community service under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) by a special magistrate here, police said on Saturday. In the first case, on February 19, Lekh Raj and Ashok Singh, both residents of Bajalta, were […]
POONCH — An army personnel was injured in an accidental landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The blast occurred at 10.50 am in the Nangi-Takeri area of Krishna Ghati sector of Mendhar when the Army personnel were on patrol duty, the officials […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board has expressed its displeasure to the sport’s governing body ICC over the absence of country’s name from the tournament logo shown during the live broadcast of India versus Bangladesh clash in the Champions Trophy. The match was played in Dubai on Thursday. According to PCB sources, the ICC has […]
JAMMU — General Officer Commanding of Jammu-based White Knight Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva on Saturday conducted a joint security review meeting here with focus on maintaining peace in the region, the Army said. The meeting comes amid intensified search operations across Jammu to counter terrorists, who have shown their presence in different districts of […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday launched a signature campaign here to garner support for a complete ban on liquor in Jammu and Kashmir. The signature campaign, aimed to garner support for a bill proposed by the party MLA Mir Mohammad Fayaz that seeks a complete ban on liquor in the union territory, was […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Saturday launched anti-terror operations at nearly three dozen places across Jammu region, security officials said. The operations were launched over suspicious movements in some parts and as part of an area domination exercise in other places. No contact has been established with the terrorists so far, officials said. Operations were […]