SAMBA — A consignment of arms and ammunition dropped by a suspected drone was recovered in Rakh Barutia village of Vijaypur in Samba district, Police said on Monday. Quoting sources, news agency KNO reported that an information regarding some suspicious material was received after which team of Samba police rushed to the site and conducted […]
KATHUA — A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper died of a bullet injury from his own service rifle at a forward post near the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The deceased trooper has been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Sukhnandan Prasad (55), a resident of Madhya Pradash. He was on […]
RAMBAN (KIMS) — The traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was on Sunday disrupted after shooting stones at the mouth of T5 Tunnel in Panthiyal area of Ramban district. The shooting stones rained at the mouth of the T5 Tunnel, causing disruption to the traffic movement on highway. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ramban and […]
JAMMU — Nearly 400 public welfare projects in Jammu and Kashmir remained incomplete despite incurring an expenditure of over Rs 1,000 crore over the past decade till the end of financial year 2021-22, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said. As many as 378 of these projects were taken up by different government departments […]
JAMMU — A massive search operation is underway to ensure no weapons or narcotics were airdropped by the drone after Border Security Force (BSF) troops opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border in Ramgarh area of Samba district. A blinking light (of a suspected drone) was observed around 12:15 am (Saturday) […]
POONCH — A girl died while her two cousin sisters were rescued after they jumped into the river in Poonch district on Friday evening. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that three cousin sisters jumped into the river near Sher-i-Kashmir bridge in Poonch yesterday evening. Soon after the incident, a rescue operation was launched […]
RAJOURI — At least four labourers were injured due to electrocution when they were installing electric poles in Kalakote area of Rajouri district on Thursday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the labourers were engaged in installation of electric poles in the Kalakote locality of the district when the incident happened. Soon after […]
JAMMU — In a historic achievement J&K is well on target to complete around 2 lakh works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) this financial year. This information was given out in a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta to review the performance of Rural Development Department & […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday booked Varinder Singh, suspected to be the bodyguard of the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, under the Arms Act in connection with a gun licence issued to him in Kishtwar district, officials said. The district administration also cancelled Varinder Singh’s licence, and said it will probe […]
KATHUA — A suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast rocked a border hamlet in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, creating a huge crater in the ground, officials said Thursday. Security forces have been put on high alert in the border belts and along the Jammu-Pathankot highway following the blast that took place on Wednesday night. […]