JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir has completed a comprehensive security audit of all departmental websites and decommissioned 35 redundant portals as part of a major push to strengthen cybersecurity across government systems, a senior official said. Secretary, IT Department, Piyush Singla said ‘Endpoint Detection’ and ‘Response and Unified Endpoint Management’ solutions have been deployed across […]
JAMMU — The Anti-Narcotics Task Force of Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested the owner of a Delhi-based pharmaceutical company for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking in the Union territory, officials said on Friday. “In a significant breakthrough against a drug trafficking network, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has apprehended Jatish Babbar, a resident […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has amended the rules governing concession, storage and transportation of minor minerals, making GPS-enabled vehicles, RFID registration and a valid e-Challan mandatory for mineral transportation across the Union territory, officials said on Wednesday. The Mining Department has fixed January 26 as the deadline for ensuring GPS, RFID and […]
JAMMU — A security conference chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha began on Thursday to discuss and review various aspects of security in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Union territory-level security conference is being held in the presence of of the national Director General of Police (DGPs) and Inspector General of Police (IGPs). “The […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has constituted an inquiry committee to look into the process followed for the selection of the J&K football team for the national competition, Santosh Trophy 2025. Jammu witnessed a chain of protests against the selection of the Santosh Trophy football squad by the Sports Council, with protesters demanding […]
JAMMU — Police on Thursday have three persons in connection with an alleged sacrilegious act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. Acting on information about the incident in Sarsi village during late Wednesday night, police registered a case under relevant sections of the law at Doda police station, they said. People held protests […]
JAMMU — The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti (SMVSS) on Wednesday held protests across Jammu demanding scrapping of admissions of Muslim students to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College and reservation of seats for Hindu students on the lines of Muslim and Sikh institutions. For over a fortnight, dozens of protests have been held […]
JAMMU — A man climbed a telecom tower on Wednesday to protest against the relief department after he was not allotted a shop under the Jagti Kashmiri Pandit migrant mini township on the outskirts of the city, officials said. According to officials, he has been selling cosmetics and decorative items from his car for years […]
JAMMU — Four houses were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Wednesday. No casualty was reported in the incident, they said. The incident occurred at Karal Mohalla in Puneja village of Bhaderwah town, they said, adding that the houses that were damaged in the […]
JAMMU — Army troops apprehended a Pakistani woman who crossed into Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) following an argument with her father in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said on Wednesday. “A 35-year-old Pakistani national, identified as Shehnaz Akhtar of the Gimma area of Kotli district in PoK, was apprehended […]