JAMMU — A rusted grenade was defused by a bomb disposal squad in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The grenade was found lying in a dried up stream by some farmers working in their fields nearby at Swankha village in Vijaypur, they said. They informed police and the explosive device […]
JAMMU — Hundreds of protesters on Monday blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in Samba district after a college student from Jammu and Kashmir was found dead in Punjab, officials said. Twenty-year-old Vaishali, a resident of Madkoli village of Sumb block, went missing on Saturday while returning from Government Degree College in Samba. Her body was […]
JAMMU — An intruding militant nabbed on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district was sent as ‘Fidayeen’ (suicide bomber) by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Army soldiers noticed suspicious movement in the Sehar Makri area of Nowshera sector Sunday evening. ‘After being challenged, the militant started running back towards the Pakistani side […]
UDHAMPUR — Two minors were killed after their mud house collapsed due to heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said on Saturday. The mud house collapsed in Tikri block’s Samole village during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The bodies of both the minors, aged between two months and one-and-a-half year, […]
JAMMU — The yatra to the Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir was temporarily suspended on Friday evening following heavy rain, officials said. Chief Executive Officer of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Anshul Garg said the situation was under control and there was no report of any […]
POONCH — Burglars targeted three shops and a house in Surankote area of Poonch last night and allegedly decamped with goods worth lakhs of rupees. Locals told GNS that theft occurred in three shops and a house near BDO office Surankote. The shops, they said, include that of Abdul Ghani (sold and silver shop), Rohil […]
JAMMU — A suspected member of a militant module involved in collection and ferrying of weapons and explosives dropped via drones along the International Border in Jammu frontier died after suffering a heart attack in the Kotbalwal jail here, officials said. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the module involved in the May […]
ESS ENN RAMBAN — In an effort to boost financial independence among women in rural regions through self employment, Indian Army’s 23 Battlion in collobaration with RSETI commenced a 45 day long free stitching class for the women of Kumla village in remote area of Ramban district. The program is aimed at improving the economic […]
JAMMU — Police have detained a man in connection with a suspected militant financing case here, officials said. “One person has been called for questioning in connection with suspected militant financing,” ADGP (Jammu Zone) Mukesh Singh said. He said that police are investigating it. According to sources, one person was detained at Jammu bus stand […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) with assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided multiple locations on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a drone dropping case. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that NIA sleuths are carrying out raids at over half-dozen locations in Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar, […]