POONCH — A 24-year-old woman died due to lightning strike in Poonch district last night, police said on Wednesday. A police official said that lightning struck the woman, Saleema Kousar daughter of Mohammad Zaman, when she was on way to give fodder to the cattle in a cowshed nearby her house at Balakote in Mendhar […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu on Wednesday authorised tehsildars (revenue officials) to issue certificate of residence to those residing in the winter capital for more than one year to facilitate their entry in the ongoing special summary revision of electoral rolls. District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Avny Lavasa passed the directive after taking […]
JAMMU — Senior IPS officer Deepak Kumar was on Tuesday given the additional charge of Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (Prisons). The post fell vacant after the murder of DGP (prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia allegedly by his domestic help here last week. Kumar, a 1993-batch officer, is presently posted as Director General (prosecution) […]
SRINAGAR — A non-local driver was killed after a heavy shooting stone hit a apple laden vehicle along Mughal road this afternoon, officials said. They told GNS that one Toffiq Ahmad son of Qurban Ali, resident of Sitapur Uttar Pradesh, died on spot after a truck bearing registration number UP32MN 1224 he was driving was […]
JAMMU — Three each Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and sticky bombs, part of a consignment dropped by drones from across the border, were recovered on Saturday in Kathua, a senior police officer said. The recovery was made on the disclosure of a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant, who was arrested from Kathua on October 2, Additional Director […]
JAMMU — An alleged hardcore criminal was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said. “Vasu Dev alias Shunu, a resident of Ramgarh, is a habitual criminal and his criminal activities are posing a great threat to the public peace and tranquility,” a police spokesman […]
JAMMU — Five persons were apprehended and booked under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the recent recovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Friday. The IED was smuggled in from across the Line of Control (LoC) and recovered from a woman […]
POONCH — Four people including a mother-daughter duo were injured in a bear attack at Challa Dhangri in Poonch district on Friday. They said that bear attacked and injured Shaheen Akther (40), her minor daughter Shaira Kousar (10), Anjum Bashir (19), and Abdul Majeed (60) this afternoon. All the injured were shifted to Sub District […]
JAMMU — Two alleged criminals were detained under the Public Safety Act in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Vikas Slathia alias Vicky of Vijaypur and Akshay Sharma of Ramgarh are habitual criminals and their activities pose a great threat to public peace and tranquillity, the police said in a statement […]
JAMMU — A senior government official has directed construction companies engaged in widening the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway to deploy adequate manpower and machinery at all vulnerable sliding zones to immediately clear debris and maintain hassle-free traffic. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar passed the directions while inspecting progress of the four-laning work on Wednesday, an […]