KATHUA — A 38-year-old man allegedly died under mysterious circumstances in a police lockup in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Tuesday. The family of the deceased has alleged that he was tortured in the custody. According to officials, Sonu Kumar was arrested after police recovered 7 grams of heroin from his possession […]
JAMMU — Five persons were arrested and four detained in connection with stone pelting during an anti-encroachment drive in Jammu on Monday. The anti-encroachment drive took place in the Malik Market along the Narwal bypass to demolish the car showroom on on Saturday. During the anti-encroachment drive, stones were pelted on earthmovers, causing injuries to […]
JAMMU — Five families were shifted to a school building after their houses developed cracks following an expansion work on a highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. A resident told reporters that the cracks were developed after cutting activity was carried out by a construction company on the highway as a result of which […]
JAMMU — A policeman was injured on Saturday when a group of agitated people pelted law enforcement agencies with stones during an anti-encroachment drive in Jammu. The incident took place in the Malik Market area along the Narwal bypass where the district administration had deployed some earthmover machines to dismantle a car showroom built on […]
DODA — Nineteen families were evacuated after their homes developed cracks at a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Friday. The authorities also declared unsafe a mosque and a religious school for girls at Nai Basti village in Thathri, 35 kilometres from Doda town along the Kishtwar-Batote National Highway. A few […]
JAMMU — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday conducted searches at over three dozen locations in Jammu division in connection with Financial Accounts Assistant (FAA) Recruitment scam case, PTI reported. According to the report, CBI sleuths conducted raids in 6 districts of Jammu division which includes 30 locations in Jammu district, 2 each […]
JAMMU — A Government school teacher was arrested on Thursday for allegedly carrying out multiple blasts in Jammu. The arrested government teacher has been identified as Arif Ahmad from Reasi district of Jammu. Arif was allegedly involved in bombing the bus carrying Vaishno Devi pilgrims that killed four people and injured 24 in May last […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the only road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country was reopened for traffic movement after remaining closed for three days due to shooting stones and mud slides. The highway was closed on Monday due to shooting stones and mudslides triggered by rainfall at several places between Chanderkoot […]
JAMMU — Thousands of people, including women and children, hit the streets in Sunjwan-Bathindi on the city’s outskirts against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s ongoing anti-encroachment drive to retrieve “illegally occupied” state land. The residents’ protest comes in the backdrop of the authorities serving public notices asking violators to remove illegal constructions within seven days, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered premature retirement of 03 officials of Prison Department for their involvement in corruption, underperformance and anti-social activities. In a statement, a spokesperson said in its endeavor to make the Administration more efficient and transparent, the government prematurely retired 03 personnel of Prison Department on charges of […]