POONCH — Traffic on Jammu-Poonch highway was restored on Monday after remaining shut for couple of days due to heavy snowfall. Official sources said that the highway was cleared of snowfall and blockades between Jaranwali Gali A and Bimber Gali (BG) in Mendhar area of Poonch district. Police Post incharge BG ASI Abdul Gafoor Confirmed […]
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Woman killed, 13 injured in bus accident in Kathua
JAMMU — A 32-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were injured when a bus turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. The accident took place at Galak village on the Dayalacheck road when the driver lost control over the vehicle at a sharp curve, they said. The bus was […]
Mother, daughter rescued after being hit by avalanche in Poonch
JAMMU — A 37-year-old woman and her minor daughter were rescued by villagers from an avalanche in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. Nasreen and her 11-year-old daughter Zaida Kousar had gone to fetch water from a natural source in their Tarwanja village of Behramgalla in Surankote area […]
Ambulance carrying corpse of man stuck in Poonch
POONCH — An Ambulance carrying a dead body of man who died is Saudi Arabia has been stuck on the road due to heavy snowfall near BDO office Balakote in this mountainous district, reports said. Locals alleged that administration failed to clear road at BG despite advanced weather forecast. “No snow cutter/ JGBs machine has […]
86 passengers stranded at Sita Ram Passi in Ramban rescued
JAMMU — Authorities in a midnight operation rescued 86 people stuck near Sita Ram Passi on Jammu Srinagar National Highway which continued to remain close for second day on Saturday with traffic police have issued a fresh advisory to people not to travel on highway. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Musarrat Zia said that 86 passengers who […]
Hawker killed in Rajouri following tiff during TV hhow, accused arrested
SRINAGAR — Police on Friday said that mysterious murder case of a hawker at Rajouri district was worked out with the arrest of his roommate from Gurdaspur Punjab. Addressing a presser, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Mohammad Aslam, said that some argument during a TV show led to the murder on New Year eve. On […]
Drone object recovered from Jammu village
JAMMU — Police in Jammu have seized a drone object that was found lying in Gujral village in the outskirts of the City. Officials said that a drone was found lying in the area after which police team reached the spot and seized the object. “Investigation is underway,” said police officials — (KNO)
Several BSF men injured as bus turns turtle on Rajouri highway
JAMMU — Several Border Security Force (BSF) men were injured after a bus they were travelling in turned turtle on Rajouri highway. The bus of a BSF Battalion was part of convoy when near Bowli morh at Narian, it met with an accident and turned turtle in roadside area. “We have launched a rescue operation […]
Srinagar resident dies, another injured after rolling boulder hits i20 car in Ramban
SRINAGAR — A person was killed and another injured after a car they were traveling in was hit by a rolling boulder near Karol Jaswal Bridge in Ramban district this afternoon. An Official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that an i20 car bearing registration number JK01AB 4050 was hit by a boulder resulting in […]
140 students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in Katra test Covid positive
JAMMU — As many as 140 students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra have tested positive for Covid-19, informed the university officials on Tuesday. “140 students of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakryal (Katra) have tested positive for Covid-19. The University has been closed from January 1 after 13 students […]