JAMMU — A brief exchange of fire took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, security officials said. They said an Indian Army post came under fire from a forested area across the LoC around 11.30 am in Gulpur sector. They said soldiers retaliated and […]
JAMMU — Two people were found dead in a remote village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a police officer said. Bodies of Roshan Lal, 45, and Shamsher, 37, were retrieved from the banks of a stream at village Batheri, station house officer of Billawar police station Jitender Singh told PTI. He […]
JAMMU — The inauguration of Vande Bharat train service to Kashmir Valley has been postponed, officials said on Sunday. Earlier reports, which the officials said were unconfirmed, had said that the Vande Bharat train service between Udhampur, Srinagar and Baramulla would be inaugurated on February 17 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The authorities have not […]
RAJOURI — A second batch of 32 villagers, who were lodged in an isolation centre owing to mysterious deaths in their village, returned home in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. Seventeen members of three families, including 13 children, died under mysterious circumstances after falling sick in the remote Badhaal […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — While continuing on war against the menace of drug trade, Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached two residential houses valuing lakhs of Rupees in Rajeev Nagar area of Jammu district on Saturday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police attached residential houses of two notorious drug peddlers identified as Poonam, wife of Late Satveer […]
KATRA — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said Saturday a fresh look is needed at the teaching-mentoring system to seize future opportunities in science and technology for ‘Viksit Bharat’. He said skills and knowledge must contribute towards improving the lives of people. “To seize future opportunities in science and technology, we need to […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Cyber police Jammu successfully recovered an amount of ₹7,59,510/- from fraudsters in separate cyber crime complaints who used to deceive the people by adopting different tactics regarding online trading and investment and extract money from victims. In two complaints the victim was told that money had been transferred to their account by […]
KATRA — Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday paid obeisance at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said. Dhankhar reached Katra, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the revered shrine, on a day-long visit to preside as chief guest the 10th convocation of Shri Mata […]
JAMMU — An army personnel was injured by a gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector near here on Friday, security officials said. The soldier was manning a forward post in Battal area when he received a bullet apparently from across the border, the officials said. They said that the injured was […]
JAMMU — Highlighting his government’s commitment to improving healthcare accessibility across Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday emphasized the need to improve handling of emergency cases and capacity at various Government Medical Colleges to ease the burden on major hospitals. Abdullah also stressed the importance of ensuring that doctors serve beyond urban […]