JAMMU — A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday visited Narwal area of Jammu to inspected the scene of the twin blasts. The NIA is likely to take over the case for a thorough probe, officials said according to PTI adding the officers of the probe agency spent over an hour at the […]
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Two teenagers killed as multiple vehicles collide in Jammu
JAMMU — Two teenagers were killed Saturday in a multiple collision involving three cars and a truck on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said. Mothali Sharma (15) and Keshav Kumar (16), both residents of Guda Brahmana village, were crushed when three cars collided with each other before hitting a parked truck at Akhnoor, they said. […]
Authorities hand over appointment letters to kin of Rajouri attack victims
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district Saturday handed over appointment letters to the kin of the seven people killed in a deadly militant attack earlier this month. Five people including two brothers and a father-son duo were killed when militants opened fire at Dhangri village in Rajouri on January 1. Two children […]
LG Sinha condemns twin blasts in Jammu, announces relief of Rs 50,000 for injured
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Saturday condemned twin blasts that took place in Narwal area of Jammu today morning. A spokesperson said senior police officials have briefed the Lt Governor about the blast and on the state of investigation. LG called for urgent steps to identify and take action against […]
Twin blasts leave nine people injured in Jammu
JAMMU — Just two days before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to reach Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the city on Saturday, leaving nine people injured, officials said. Police suspect that IEDs were used to carry out the twin explosions in an SUV parked […]
5 killed as mini bus falls into gorge in Kathua
JAMMU — Five people, including a woman, were killed and 15 others sustained injuries after a mini bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said. The accident took place at Sila village of Billawar in the evening when the driver lost […]
Snowfall, shooting stones halt vehicular movement on Srinagar-Jammu highway
SRINAGAR — The vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was on Friday halted due to snowfall and shooting stones between Ramban and Banihal. Officials said, the traffic movement was stopped from both sides in view of shooting stones and snowfall between Ramban and Banihal. “Traffic movement stopped from both sides on Jammu Srinagar NHW due […]
Mortar shell found in Poonch village
POONCH — Security forces on Thursday detected and defused a 120-mm mortar shell in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC in Poonch district. Villagers informed the security forces about the shell lying in a field in Kalsian village near the LoC on Wednesday evening. Officials said it is a Pakistani shell that was […]
Suspected IED planted in tiffin box seized in Rajouri
RAJOURI — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED), planted in a tiffin box, was seized in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday, a senior police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Mohammad Aslam said the object was found from an open field in the town’s Kheora locality in the afternoon. The area was […]
Magisterial probe ordered into Sidhra encounter
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a magisterial probe into the encounter in Sidhra area here in December last year in which four militants were killed. Assistant Commissioner, Jammu, Piyush Dhotra has been appointed as an enquiry officer to conduct the probe into the encounter which took place near police check-point at […]









