JAMMU — A 36-year-old man was shot dead reportedly over a property dispute in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening, officials said. The accused was arrested following the shooting and the weapon of the offence was also recovered, they said. According to preliminary investigation by police, Aatish Sharma alias “Atul” was […]
JAMMU — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu on Monday filed a chargesheet against two accused persons in a multi-lakh financial fraud case, involving the alleged collection of over Rs 1.22 crore from investors in Samba district. Police said they identified the accused as Manoj Kumar, Area-Branch Manager, and Vikram Singh, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Monday said that 150 Bangladeshi nationals, who were staying illegally in the Union territory, were being deported. They were taken on a special Indian Air Force plane to Bagdogra, where they were handed over to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, Srinagar police said. Another batch of 150 Bangladeshis […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday carried out searches at a house in Anantnag district and seized two mobile phones as part of a terror probe. Led by a Deputy Superintendent of police, the team conducted searches at the residence of a woman suspect at Janglat […]
SRINAGAR — The EOW wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has filed two chargesheets against a person accused of fraud and impersonation, a spokesperson of the probe agency said on Sunday. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) submitted the chargesheets before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against Abdul Majeed Mir, a resident […]
JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched search operations in the forest areas of Rajouri and Udhampur districts following information about suspected terrorist movement in the area, officials said. Three suspected terrorists reportedly abducted a villager, Anil Sudan, near his house at Upper Lardia in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri late […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir has made a good start under the central government’s rooftop solar scheme and is expected to see rapid progress once the momentum builds, secretary in the Union power ministry Pankaj Agarwal said on Saturday. Agarwal visited the Seva Setu Abhiyan Camp organised under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana […]
JAMMU — The authorities on Saturday demolished nearly a dozen illegally constructed huts, mostly occupied by Rohingya immigrants, on forest land in Jammu, marking the second major eviction drive targeting the community in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir within a month. The anti-encroachment drive was carried out by the forest department in collaboration […]
JAMMU — A 19-year-old woman from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was apprehended by the Indian Army after she allegedly crossed the LoC and entered Indian territory in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The woman, identified as Samiya Azeem, a resident of Bains Gala village in Khuiretta tehsil of Kotli district, was intercepted […]
JAMMU — Union Minister of State for Railways V Somanna on Friday said the maximum permissible speed on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Banihal section has been increased from 75 kmph to 100 kmph, describing the move as part of the Centre’s commitment to further improve rail connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir. “The speed was […]