JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday inaugurated the 22nd All India Vice-Chancellor T-20 Cricket Tournament for staff members at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-Jammu), bringing together 24 university teams and around 500 participants from across the country. The Chief Minister commended SKUAST-Jammu for hosting the national-level tournament, saying […]
SAMBA — Police have arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered approximately 50 grams of heroin-like substance (Chitta) from their possession during a naka checking operation in Vijaypur area of Samba district, officials said on Friday. A police team from Police Station Vijaypur intercepted a scooty bearing registration number JK02DT-6705 at Tarapur Road. The vehicle […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday expressed grief over the killing of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Kishtwar district and strongly condemned the attack. The two deceased personnel have been identified as SPOs Babi Chand and Rashpal Kumar. The Lieutenant Governor said he was deeply grieved by […]
RAJOURI — Police have attached immovable property worth approximately Rs 81 lakh belonging to a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)-based terror handler in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. The property, comprising 2 kanals and 14 marlas of land falling under Khasra numbers 125, 128 and 160 at village Khablan in Thanamandi, belongs to […]
JAMMU — A rusted landmine was detected along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. An Army patrolling party noticed the landmine at Panjani near the border fence in Balakote sector of Mendhar around 4 pm, the officials said. The Force’s experts safely defused the landmine. No […]
JAMMU — A village defence guard died on Thursday after falling from a hillock at a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said. Sukh Dev Singh (57), a resident of Dugga Dhandrath village, died on the spot after reportedly slipping and falling from the hillock in the Lag-gali area, they said. A […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced immediate financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh from the Red Cross for each shopkeeper affected by the recent fire incident at Warehouse, Nehru Market and Shiv Market in Jammu. In a post on X, the Lieutenant Governor said he visited the affected markets […]
JAMMU — A madrassa on Thursday witnessed an enthusiastic response to a blood donation camp organised after an urgent appeal from a government hospital in Jammu, which was facing a severe shortage of blood. The camp, held on the premises of Jamia Markaz-ul-Ma’arif in Bathindi locality here, saw active participation from the institution’s faculty, staff […]
JAMMU — The bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) were recovered from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district early Thursday, a day after they went missing from the remote Dachhan area, officials said. The service weapons of the slain personnel were not found, raising suspicions of a possible militant angle, the officials said. The […]
JAMMU — A suspected Pakistani drone was recovered from an agricultural field near the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The drone, identified as a DJI Matrice 300 RTK, was recovered from Border Outpost Lalfamkima about 800 metres from the IB during a search operation by the Border […]