REASI — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Reasi arrested two persons and recovered 6.65 grams of heroin-like substance from their possession during naka checking in Katra, officials said. The two were intercepted by a police party from Police Station Katra while they were walking from Balini towards the Katra Bus Stand at Chungi Point around […]
JAMMU — At least eight houses and a few cowsheds were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Wednesday, officials said. No casualties were reported in the blaze. The fire broke out in a house in Mungli village of Warwan shortly after midnight […]
RAJOURI — Police have arrested two persons and seized 1,300 tablets of Tapentadol and Pregabalin from their possession in Rajouri district, officials said. A police party from Police Post City Rajouri intercepted a Pulsar motorcycle bearing registration number JK11E-6235 during checking, they said. The rider was identified as Mohd Imran, a resident near PG College, […]
JAMMU — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch arrested two persons, including a woman, in connection with an online fraud case and filed a chargesheet against them and two other absconding accused, an official said on Tuesday. The case arose from a complaint lodged in 2023 by a local resident, Bodh Raj, […]
JAMMU — Four Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, including an assistant commandant, were killed after a colleague allegedly opened fire in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening, officials said. The incident took place at around 7.30 pm at Sewa-III hydroelectric power project located at Mashka village in Basohli, near the border […]
JAMMU — Three men, including a BSF trooper, were killed and 14 others injured in separate road accidents in Kathua, Jammu, Rajouri and Kishtwar districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Raj Kumar and Gablesh Kumar, both residents of Bani, were killed when their car skidded off a hilly road and plunged into […]
JAMMU — Police on Tuesday have arrested three persons in connection with the alleged printing and manufacturing of counterfeit currency at a rented premises in the Chowadhi area of Jammu, officials said. The action was taken by Police Post Sainik Colony, under Police Station Channi Himmat, following reliable information about suspected counterfeit currency-related activities at […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested an inter-state drug peddler and recovered 21.04 grams of heroin-like substance from his possession in the Domana area of Jammu, police said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Rohit Kumar, son of Tarsem Lal, a resident of Labour Colony, Jawahar Nagar Camp, Ludhiana, was apprehended by a team […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Monday ordered a complete prohibition on the sale, possession and consumption of liquor within a radius of 500 metres of the Shree Sarthal Devi Mata Shrine in Sarthal area of the district. Kishtwar District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar Sharma issued the ban order under Section 163 of […]
JAMMU — A special police officer (SPO) was dismissed from service for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a truck driver in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. A departmental inquiry was also ordered against three policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, for alleged dereliction of duty and failure to report the […]