JAMMU — Two persons were injured, while few vehicles also got damaged after a mysterious blast took place inside a parked bus near a petrol station in Udhampur district on late Wednesday evening. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the blast took place inside the parked bus at around 10:35 pm […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Wednesday carried out multiple raids and searches at houses of suspected persons in twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in in a militant funding case, officials said. Three teams carried out simultaneous raids in different areas of Rajouri and Poonch including Dharati village […]
KISHTWAR — Police in Kishtwar district solved a kidnapping case of a minor boy within hours and also arrested a woman, while locals expressed gratitude to the police for solving the case and recovering the minor child. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a 6-month-old boy was kidnapped from district hospital […]
SRINAGAR — The government on Wednesday transferred Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic, National Highway, Shabir Ahmad Malik and attached him with Police Headquarters, J&K. According to an order, “In the interest of administration, Shri Shabir Ahmed Malik, SSP Traffic NHW, is hereby transferred and attached with the Police Headquarters, J&K, with immediate effect”. “Ms. […]
JAMMU — A six-month-old baby was allegedly kidnapped from the government district hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday, police said. A senior officer said CCTV footage showed a burqa clad woman carrying away the baby from the hospital at around 12.30 pm, adding a search has been launched to nab her and […]
SRINAGAR — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole on Monday said that by tonight all trucks stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway will be cleared and that there were natural reasons for halting of trucks on the highway. Talking to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, Pole said that all trucks including fruit-laden trucks will […]
JAMMU — As many as 2,783 underground bunkers have been completed for the safety of civilians along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, Vikas Kundal chaired a meeting of the officers concerned to review the progress on the border bunkers being […]
JAMMU — In a major political development mayor and deputy mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation on Saturday resigned from their posts. Sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that JMC mayor Chander Mohan Gupta and deputy mayor Advocate Purnima Sharma resigned today after facing opposition from own councillors. They said that there was infighting […]
JAMMU — Two mortar shells were found in the forward villages along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. A live mortar shell was noticed by villagers at Pragwal in Akhnoor sector on the outskirts of Jammu this morning, they said, adding the bomb disposal […]
UDHAMPUR — At least four persons including three sisters died after drowning in a Nallah at Chetredi village of Tehsil Ramnagar in Udhampur district on Friday, an official said. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that at about 1430 hrs, an information was received that four people including three sisters who had […]