SRINAGAR — The Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and landslides in Ramban district, Police said on Monday. “Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-44) blocked at Cafeteria Morh, Mehad, in Ramban district due to continuous shooting stones,” Police added. The highway is the lifeline of the Kashmir valley and the […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani militant, who was arrested during an infiltration attempt about a fortnight ago, died on Saturday of cardiac arrest at a military hospital where he underwent a surgery in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Tabarak Hussain (32), a resident of Sabzkot village of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was […]
JAMMU — A madrasa teacher was arrested in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly giving information related to security installations to Pakistan-based handlers involved in militant activities, officials said on Saturday. Police said the man was working as an “enemy agent” and was booked under section 3 of the Enemy Agents Ordinance […]
Sheikh Nadeem SRINAGAR — The Indian Army in collobration with Rural Self employment Training Institute (RSETI) Ramban kick-started 30 days poultry farming workshop at remote region of Ramban. The workshop was inaugurated by Officials from Army and RSETI at Kaona village in Khari Tehsil of Banihal Subdivision. 35 volunteer youth registered themselves for the workshop […]
POONCH — A video showing some students pulling a cooking cylinder, tied with rope, atop a hill where their school is situated in this district, is doing rounds on social media with calls for actions against the concerned staff. Purportedly, the LPG cylinder was meant for cooking midday meals for the students at Government Middle […]
BANIHAL — The main conspirator behind last month’s grenade attack on a police post was arrested and two grenades were recovered following his disclosure from a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said on Friday. Four operatives of the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) were arrested earlier in connection with the […]
JAMMU — A couple from Punjab were arrested and seven kg of heroin seized from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Friday, a senior police officer said. Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said Lovepreet Singh and his wife Mandeep Kaur were travelling in a private car when they were […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 14 projects of Jammu Smart City worth Rs 113 crore. Dedicating the Smart City Projects to the people, the Lt Governor said these projects will create smart living by improving quality of life, better public services, opportunities for local economic development and […]
JAMMU — A 42-year-old man allegedly hanged himself inside a police lock-up in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a senior police officer said. A magisterial probe has been initiated into the death of Abdul Majeed, a resident of Pargal village, at Darhal police station in the morning, Rajouri Senior Superintendent of Police […]
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday said that a high security alert has been sounded in Rajouri and Poonch in the wake of recent incidents of violence. Addressing a press conference here, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Poonch-Rajouri range, Dr Haseeb Mughal said that there are two to three splinter groups of militants present […]