SRINAGAR — At least seven persons, including five CRPF personnel, were injured on Tuesday in a head-on collision between a truck and a mini-truck of the paramilitary at Qazigund on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said. The CRPF vehicle and the truck collided at Levdora in Qazigund area. Five CRPF personnel, including four officers, were […]
JAMMU — The Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against an accused for allegedly duping several people on the pretext of arranging foreign employment visas, an official said on Tuesday. The chargesheet was filed on Monday against Kartik Choudhary, a resident of Purana Pind in Jammu’s RS Pura area, […]
JAMMU — Security forces launched search operations at several locations following reports of the movement of suspected persons in Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The police, in collaboration with the CRPF, began a cordon-and-search operation after receiving information about the movement of two suspected individuals. These individuals […]
JAMMU — A teenage boy was killed and 12 people were injured after multiple vehicles collided in a road accident in Rajouri district here on Monday, officials said. The accident occurred at Tandwal near Rajouri town along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway when a two-wheeler first collided with a taxi and an auto-rickshaw. The three-wheeler subsequently […]
JAMMU — The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Sub-Inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with a bribery case here, officials said on Monday. “The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Sub-Inspector of Police Station Janipur in Jammu, identified as SI Danish Habib, a 2024-batch officer, in a bribery […]
JAMMU — The annual pilgrimage to the ancient Budha Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district commenced on Monday, with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagging off the first batch of pilgrims from Jammu amid religious fervour and tight security arrangements. After performing a pooja, Sinha flagged off the pilgrims from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas […]
JAMMU — Two people were killed and five others injured when an Eeco vehicle plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday evening, officials said. The condition of the injured remained critical, with one of them reported to be in a very critical condition. The accident occurred when the vehicle […]
JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched a joint cordon-and-search operation in the Ramnagar forest area of Udhampur district after receiving inputs about the suspicious movement of two unidentified persons there, officials said. A joint team comprising the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), Army and other security agencies […]
JAMMU — Five people were killed after their Mahindra Scorpio skidded off the road and plunged into the Chenab River in the Dachhan area in Yaivan of Kishtwar district on Saturday, officials said. Five bodies have been recovered so far, officials said. Rescue teams are ascertaining the identities of the deceased and the exact number […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his government is committed to restoring the statehood and other constitutional guarantees to Jammu and Kashmir, which were revoked in August 2019. He also spoke on the protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) to say that his party’s forebears were right in fighting off the […]