JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said 25 ‘chronic’ narcotic smugglers in Poonch were detained and jailed for a month amid intelligence reports that they pose a threat to the peaceful holding of Lok Sabha polls in the border district. Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, which is going to polls in […]
JAMMU — To ensure the democratic participation of all eligible voters, postal ballot voting was on Saturday successfully conducted in a segment of the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls in the second phase on April 26, an official spokesman said. As many as 48 employees from different departments, who opted for […]
SRINAGAR — Eleven candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have qualified for this year’s Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Service exams, the results of which were declared by the Commission on Tuesday. The notification issued by the UPSC said that 1,016 candidates have passed this year’s Civil Service exam in which Aditya Srivastava from Uttar […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A landslide in Ramban district blocked the traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, officials said on Monday. Officials said, The landslide, which occurred around 10:50 pm last night in the Khooni Nalah area of the district led to the closure of the highway. The restoration work is in progress, they said. The […]
JAMMU — A small contingent of women personnel of the Special Operations Group, a specially-trained counter-insurgency force of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, has been deployed in Jammu ahead of Lok Sabha elections. Voting for the Jammu parliamentary seat will be held on April 26 in the second phase of elections. The eight-member team, fully […]
JAMMU — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached movable properties in the form of bank balances to the tune of Rs one crore related to some of the accused, including mastermind Yatin Yadav, in the 2022 police sub-inspector scam in Jammu and Kashmir, the agency said as per PTI report. The Jammu and Kashmir […]
JAMMU — In a significant development, authorities in Jammu took action against police personnel at Janipur Police Station for negligence in record maintenance, PTI reported. A show-cause notice was issued to the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Bakshi Nagar, an inquiry was ordered against the station house officer (SHO) of Janipur, and a recommendation for […]
SRINAGAR — ACB traps and arrested a Patwari for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3000 for issuance of Virasati Intqal and legal heir certificate in Kathua district on Friday. In a statement, a spokesperson said that ACB received a written complaint from a resident of Machhedi alleging that Gulshan Singh, Patwari, Halqa Machhedi is […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A Sub-Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police and a gangster were killed in a shoot-out at Government Medical College (GMC), Kathua last night. Reports said, the shoot-out took place between Jammu and Kashmir Police and a group of gangsters in the premises of Government Medical College (GMC), Kathua at around 10:35 pm […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A man has been arrested for killing his nephew in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said, quoting officials. Joginder Singh, an ex-serviceman and currently a member of the village defense guard, fired upon his nephew, Gagandeep Singh, with his licensed 12 Bore Rifle, resulting in Gagandeep’s death on […]