JAMMU — Two persons were detained on Monday after the drone they were using to cover a wedding flew near the Raj Bhavan, a designated ‘no-fly zone’ here, officials said. The drone has been seized and the duo is being questioned, they said on Tuesday. “There was a (wedding) party going on in Hari Niwas […]
RAMBAN — At least four persons were killed in a road accident that took place near Chenani area of Udhampur district on Monday morning. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that a vehicle was on way from Gool Sangaldan towards Udhampur when it skidded off the road and fell into a deep […]
RAMBAN — Police found an improvised explosive device (IED) in a mini-bus that was carrying around 20 passengers on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. “We received specific information that a matador is carrying a suspicious object. The vehicle was search and a suspected object was found at 12 pm,” […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday claimed to have recovered a drone dropped by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Samba district. Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Abhishek Mahajan said drone came from Pakistan side and was dropped near the LoC in Swanka area of Samba. He said as sealed packets […]
POONCH — A mother and her 4-year-old son were charred to death after an LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded inside their house in Chandimarg area of Poonch district. An official said that three other family members had a narrow escape when the incident took place. He said however, mother identified as Hamida Begum (40) […]
JAMMU — An 11-year-old girl was killed and her two siblings injured after they allegedly jumped from a railway bridge here on Wednesday when they saw a train approaching, an official said. While Hadia Fatima died in the accident, her brother Mohiuddin (12) and sister Alia (six) sustained injuries, he said. The three siblings were […]
JAMMU — Special Operations Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday conducted a search operation in several forward villages of Samba district along the International Border (IB) here, an official said. The SOG was assisted by the Central Reserve Police Force and the nearly three-hour-long combing operation was carried out as part of […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was repatriated to his country within hours of his arrest by Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, an official said. The intruder was repatriated at a flag meeting between BSF and Pakistan Rangers in Ramgarh sector this afternoon, the […]
KATHUA — A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his younger brother and his sister-in-law over a family dispute in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, police said. The accused, identified as Raj Kumar, was arrested and booked for the double murder, a police official said. Officers at Rajbagh police station received information about Kumar, a […]
JAMMU — A 35-year-old man has been arrested from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl, police said on Tuesday. Ishfaq Lone, a resident of Narsoo village, was on the run after relatives of the victim lodged a police complaint […]