NEW DELHI — The Railway Ministry will set up a new division with headquarters at Jammu under the Northern Railway Zone by reorganising the Firozpur division. An official communication of the ministry to the Northern Railway dated Jan 1, 2025, said the Jammu division is proposed to have five sections — Pathankot-Jammu-Udhampur (now martyr Captain […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday prevented a man from committing a suicide at Khellani area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir. “A distress call was received at Police Post Khellani from Dial-112 that one person namely Manish Kumar, son of Mohinder Kumar, resident of Paryote Doda was about to commit […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police has traced out two missing ladies from different areas and reunited them with their families in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The families of both the ladies had lodged their missing reports in Police Station Samba and Police Station Vijaypur. “On 24-12-2024, a written report was lodged […]
BHADERWAH — Three people were found dead under suspicious circumstances in a guest house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. A charcoal heater was found in the room and the trio could have died due to asphyxiation, they said. According to police, a man informed them that his sibling, who had gone to […]
JAMMU — Four employees of a construction company suffered minor injuries in an attack on a bus that was carrying them to a project site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, leading to the detention of eight people who are being interrogated, officials said. The bus carrying the employees of the company to […]
SAMBA (KIMS) — Police has arrested five drug peddlers in two separate incidents in Vijaypur and Ghagwal area of Samba district and recovered 10.30 grams approximately heroin like substance and 4 grams approximately heroin like substance respectively from their possession. A Police party headed by SHO PS Vijaypur under the supervision of SDPO Vijaypur and […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a significant move to combat illegal mining and tighten the noose around violators, Jammu Police in Rural zone has intensified its efforts against those exploiting public resources for personal gain. Special drives against illegal mining were conducted throughout the year 2024 in the Rural Zone of Jammu District. As a result […]
JAMMU — Eighteen people detained by the police during protests against the ropeway project in Katra, the base camp of the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, were released, sparking overnight celebrations in the holy town. The Jammu and Kashmir administration announced the release of the detainees on Tuesday night and constituted a four-member committee to hold […]
JAMMU — Fourteen foreign terrorists were killed and 13 terror modules were busted in the Jammu region while action has been taken against 827 individuals for their involvement in anti-national activities in 2024, a police spokesperson said. Police detained 180 persons under the Public Safety Act (PSA), higher than the 168 detainees in 2023. “In […]
JAMMU — The Congress on Tuesday criticised the authorities for adopting “repressive measures” to handle the protests in Katra, the base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi, and sought the immediate intervention of the lieutenant governor to secure the release of detained leaders. The party emphasised the need to create a conducive atmosphere for dialogue. The […]