JAMMU — Two earthquakes, of magnitudes 4.1 and 3.2, hit Jammu and Kashmir late on Wednesday night but no loss of live or damage to property was reported, officials said. The epicentre of the quakes was 62 kilometers northeast of Katra area in Jammu region at a depth of 5 kilometers, they said. On Tuesday, […]
JAMMU — In the interest of national security, the army on Wednesday cautioned against unauthorised sale of outfits resembling its combat uniforms to the public, an official said. The Northern Army Command, along with the police, have already carried out a chain of awareness campaigns in Udhampur city in order to dissuade sellers from trading […]
JAMMU — A Special Police Officer (SPO) who allegedly bludgeoned his pregnant wife to death was arrested in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. SPO Mohan Lal, who was posted in district police lines Kathua and was on leave for the past three days, brutally killed his wife Asha Devi (32), […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu-Srinagar National highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and landslides at Ramban, officials said on Wednesday. “Mughal road and SSG road through for vehicular movement. However, Jammu-Srinagar NHW (NH-44) blocked at Ramban due to mudslide and shooting stones,” Jammu and Kashmir Traffic police said. The highway is […]
JAMMU — Five low intensity earthquakes jolted Jammu and Kashmir in about 12 hours on Tuesday, officials said. No loss of life or damage to property was reported, they said. The first earthquake of magnitude 3.9 occurred at 2.20 am, 61 km east of Katra area in Jammu region, they said. The officials said the […]
JAMMU — A Special Police Officer (SPO) on Tuesday allegedly bludgeoned his pregnant wife to death in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Accused SPO Mohan Lal is absconding, they said, adding his house was set ablaze by some angry villagers. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Ramesh Chander Kotwal said special teams have […]
JAMMU — A BJP leader was found hanging from a tree under mysterious circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said. A villager saw the body of Som Raj hanging from a tree at some distance from his house in Hiranagar town in the morning and informed the police, they said. The […]
JAMMU — Four light intensity earthquakes jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in less than six hours. The tremors that occurred in Reasi, Doda and Udhampur districts measured 3.9, 2.6, 2.8 and 2.9 on the Richter scale, according to officials. The timings of the quakes were 2.20 a.m., 3.21 a.m., 3.44 a.m. and 8.03 a.m. […]
JAMMU — Two suspected militants were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The infiltration attempt in Naushera sector was made on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a defence spokesman said. “The reconnaissance of the […]
JAMMU — The number of dead in Rajouri suicide attack rose to five, as another injured soldier succumbed at the military hospital at northern command in Udhampur, officials here said on Monday. On August 11, two militants had attacked an army camp in Rajouri killing four soldiers in a pre-dawn suicide strike that marked the […]