POONCH — The body of a 27-year-old girl from Saujiyan area of Poonch district was on Friday found lying in a river in Poonch. A girl identified as Raseela Kouser (17) daughter of Munir Hussain of Saujiyan, who was at her relative’s home in Poonch town, was found dead today. “She left her relative’s house […]
JAMMU — Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials carried out raids at 11 places in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in connection with the fake gun licences scam in which Rs 2.78 lakh were issued to non-entitled persons. The ED carried out raids till Thursday evening. ED sources said teams from Chandigarh, J&K and Delhi started simultaneous raids […]
UDHAMPUR — At least four persons including two children were killed while three others were injured in a road accident that took place in Udhampur district on Thursday evening. Officials said that an accident took place when an Ecco vehicle plunged into a deep gorge at Kella area of Ramnagar in Udhampur. The injured were […]
POONCH — Police on Thursday said four packets of narcotic like substance were recovered from a load carrier near Baryani India Army Gate area of Poonch district. “At around 1400 hours, one Tata mobile (JK11C-9009) coming from Kaga Chaperdera towards Manjakote was checked at Baryani India Army gate,” a police officer said, adding, “During checking […]
POONCH — At least two persons were injured in a firing incident in Surankote of Poonch district on Wednesday evening, officials said. They said the incident took place at Hari Mohalla Iqbal Nagar Surankote during a meeting regarding a husband-wife dispute in the house of an advocate. “During the course of meeting an advocate namely […]
ANANTNAG — Jammu and Kashmir’s lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said that in the next four years the UT will be power surplus and every house will get quality and reliable power. He said that a new transmission line is coming up from Ladakh that will be connected with Kashmir, Jammu and Punjab after which […]
POONCH — At least fourteen sheep were killed and several others injured in a leopard attack in Mendhar of Poonch district on intervening Tuesday and Wednesday night. Reports reaching GNS that a leopard barged into a shed belonging to one Mohammad Shabir son of Hakim Din, a resident of Ari village in Mendhar, and attacked […]
JAMMU — Principal Secretary, Higher Education & Information Department, Rohit Kansal today launched the Centre for Essential Skills (CES) here at IIT Jammu. Speaking on the occasion Kansal reiterated that the J&K Government is “committed to supporting institutions like the IIT Jammu and others who are willing to take efforts in improving employability of our […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting of Steering-Cum-Monitoring Committee for Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) and reviewed the achievements registered during the year. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of School Education, Rural Development, Jal Shakti, Social Welfare, and Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, besides representatives […]
JAMMU — Body of a Sub-Inspector with Border Security Forces was found hanging from ceiling of his quarter under mysteriously circumstances in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district on Tuesday, officials said. They said at 1800 hours, the BSF Sub Inspector’s body was found inside his quarters at a camp in Sunderbani. Identified as Ladup Bomza, […]