JAMMU — A 7-year-old boy died after getting trapped under snow in remote Marwah area in Kishtwar district, officials said on Tuesday afternoon. The boy Mutarif Shabir son of Shabir Ahmad Lohar, a resident of Talwar village in Marwah, lost his life before he could be rescued, they said. A police official told GNS that […]
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Man arrested for abducting, raping 14-year-old girl in Reasi
JAMMU — A man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl from Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. While the 14-year-old girl was rescued from the house of her abductor in Poonch district, the accused was arrested from a locality in Jammu within three weeks of the incident, […]
Driver among 3 killed in Rajouri Khawas accident
RAJOURI — Three persons were killed while another was injured in a road accident that took place at Khawas in Rajouri district. Police told that in a late evening accident that took place at Bhella village road of Khawas, a tipper vehicle bearing registration number JK11A-6087 plunged into a roadside gorge. Four persons including the […]
Searches launched as 3 members of Lucknow family goes ‘missing’ on highway near Ramban
SRINAGAR — Police in Ramban launched a wide scale search operation to locate a Lucknow family believed to have gone ‘missing’ along Srinagar-Jammu highway at Ramsu, since Friday morning. SSP Ramban Mohita Sharma told GNS that the search operation was launched after a family from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh informed through social media that their […]
Vehicle carrying Poonch residents mets with accident in HP, 3 Killed, 1 Injured
SRINAGAR — At least three persons from Poonch were killed even as another person critically injured after a vehicle carrying them met with a fatal accident in Chamba in Himachal Pradesh this afternoon. Identifying the deceased as Bashir Ahmed son of Samad Sheikh; Bashir Ahmed son of Ghulam Mohd and Mohd Iqbal son of Ghulam […]
Two brothers killed after earthmover plunges into gorge in Doda
JAMMU — Two brothers were killed and a person injured when an earthmover skidded off a road and plunged into a 100-feet-deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred at Shahlala around 11.30 pm Saturday when the brothers along with an acquaintance were on their way to […]
Pak national nabbed on IB in Jammu
JAMMU — A man from Pakistan was nabbed by Border Security Force troops after he inadvertently infiltrated from International Border in Jammu, Officials said Saturday. BSF officials said that one Pakistani national crossed over inadvertently to Indian side at Balhad border point today at about 01 PM. “He came about 200 meters inside India our […]
Two army personnel dead at LoC in Rajouri
RAJOURI — Two army personnel are feared dead in an accidental fire that took place at Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri sector. Officials said that an incident had taken place at LoC in Hanjanwali area of Rajouri sector in which two army personnel received injuries and succumbed later. Officials said that the police team […]
Admin imposes restrictions on public movement in Patnitop hill resort
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday imposed restrictions on the movement of people in famous Patnitop tourist destination in Udhampur district in the wake of a spike in Covid cases, officials said. An order in this regard was issued by the district disaster management authority (DDMA) and the district magistrate Udhampur. All […]
Set targets for immediate disposal of pending UAPA, NDPS cases: DGP to officers
JAMMU — To analyze the performance of 2021 and prepare the plans and strategies for 2022 for Jammu Zone, a daylong high-level meeting was on Tuesday held at ZPHQ, Jammu. The first session of the meeting was chaired by Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh and second session was chaired by ADGP Jammu Mukesh […]
