JAMMU — The State Disaster Response Force has started a search operation after a young boy drowned in the overflowing river at Manjakote in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The search operation is currently underway, said the officials. There has been heavy rainfall in the region. The officials said that the […]
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Inclement Weather: Authorities suspend classes up to Primary Level in Mandi
JAMMU (KIMS) — Due to inclement weather conditions, the authorities have ordered the suspension of classwork for all students up to the primary level (Class 5th) today in all schools of Zone Mandi in Poonch district. However, staff members are required to be present in their respective schools according to the usual schedule. According to […]
CBI files case against 4 ex postal officials in Jammu over allegations of fraud
JAMMU — Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case on against four accused four former postal officer and unknown others on allegations of fraudulent closure and withdrawal of funds from PPF account in Jammu. In a statement, a spokesperson said that the case was registered on the basis of complaint received from senior […]
Bodies of two cloudburst victims recovered in Ramban, search on for five missing persons
JAMMU — Two bodies, including that of a 12-year-old boy, were recovered on Tuesday as rescue operation continued in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district to trace five other missing people following a cloudburst, officials said. The cloudburst occurred in Panchayats Kumate, Dhraman and Halla in Rajgarh tehsil late Monday afternoon, causing flash floods in Tanger […]
VDGs open fire after noticing two unidentified persons near political activists house in Rajouri
JAMMU — A group of Village Defence Guards opened fire on observing suspicious movement in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The guards noticed two unidentified persons near the house of a political activist at village Meira-Nagrota, eight km from Rajouri district headquarters, late Monday night, the officials […]
Jammu Police arrest interstate criminals in connection with murder of cab driver
JAMMU — Jammu Police have successfully resolved the case of abduction and murder of Mangal Singh, a cab driver from Jammu, by apprehending a gang of interstate criminals from Ratia Fatehbad, Haryana, the police said. The police were able to recover Mangal Singh’s body from the Bajalta Morh area in Nagrota following the gang’s disclosure. […]
Security enhanced at Jammu hospitals to ensure safety of doctors, staff
JAMMU — Security has been beefed up at government hospitals in Jammu with the deployment of armed security personnel to ensure the safety of medical staff and doctors, officials said on Friday. This step was taken in the wake of the rape and murder of a doctor at a hospital in Kolkata and related incidents […]
Mini-UAV inadvertently drifts into PoK, Indian Army seeks its return
JAMMU — A mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Army inadvertently drifted into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The UAV, which was on a test training sortie in the hinterland in Bhimber Gali area, developed some snag and lost control with the […]
Punjab resident arrested in Samba; pistol, five live cartridges recovered
JAMMU — A criminal was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and an illegal pistol and five live cartridges were recovered from his possession on Friday, officials here said. The accused, Mohd Latief alias Latief Punjabi of Hoshiarpur in Punjab, was arrested during checking at Chak Dayala near Basantar bridge, the officials said. According […]
Yuva Rajput Sabha holds pro-statehood rally in Jammu, threatens indefinite hunger strike
JAMMU — The Yuva Rajput Sabha (YRS) on Friday took out a protest rally here to press for early restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and threatened to sit on an indefinite hunger strike. The YRS, a non-political organisation of Rajputs in Jammu, has been fighting for the cause of Dogras of the region for […]









