JAMMU — To prevent agitations and protests, the administration has imposed section 144 at the area near Press Club, Jammu on Wednesday. Sources told that the order to impose section 144 was issued after several agitators protesting in and around the Press Club area of Jammu on daily basis, which pose inconveniences to people visiting […]
JAMMU — Several landmines exploded following a forest fire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. The fire started in the forest area across the border and spread to the Balakot sector of Mendhar subdivision on the Indian side. The fire also prompted a security alert, they […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Wednesday withheld the salaries of seven block development officers (BDOs) for alleged poor performance in development work. District Development Commissioner, Doda, Vishesh Paul Mahajan stopped the salaries of seven BDOs for poor performance in achieving the targets under district capex and area development plan, an […]
JAMMU — Scores of migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees demanding a transfer from the Valley and release of salary dues were detained on Wednesday, shortly after they assembled here for a protest to press for their demands, officials said. The employees were supposed to stage a protest outside the Press Club but were not allowed by […]
BANIHAL — At least 45 shops were sealed and two others demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. Two political activists were taken into preventive custody before the start of the drive to retrieve state land along the sub-district hospital road amid tight […]
SRINAGAR — The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Junior Assistant, for demanding & accepting bribe of Rs.15,000 in Samba district. According to a statement, a case was registered on complaint against the accused, wherein it was alleged that the complainant had taken loan of Rs.10 lakh from SBI, Samba under PMEGP Scheme, which […]
POONCH — On Thursday, in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, security forces busted a hideout and recovered ammunition and explosive material. A joint team of Police and Army launched a search operation in the Naka Manjari area of Mendhar in Poonch district. During the search operation, the joint team busted a hideout and recovered […]
KISHTWAR — The Indian army and Air force on Wednesday rescued a pregnant woman in distress from a remote LoC village in Jammu division’s Kishtwar district. Quoting an Army officer news agency KDC reported that one Sakeena Begum, a resident of Chanjer village in Nowpachi, Tehsil Marwah, was in a critical condition due to pregnancy […]
SRINAGAR — In a bribery case in Jammu, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained a Tourism Development Corporation officer and a lecturer of Government Polytechnic College on Wednesday. In connection with a bribery of Rs. 2.3 lakh, the CBI today detained a lecturer of Government Polytechnic College and the Chief Accounts Officer (KAS) of […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that the militants who were involved in an attack in Dhangri village of Rajouri district in which seven people were killed and 14 others were injured on January 1 this year are hiding in the upper reaches of Rajouri district, PTI reported. Announcing a reward […]