SRINAGAR — The Jammu Srinagar National Highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and landslides at Ramban, officials said on Sunday. “Jammu Srinagar National Highway blocked due to continuous shooting stones and mudslide at Cafeteria Mehad Ramban,” Jammu and Kashmir Traffic police said. The highway is the lifeline of Kashmir valley […]
JAMMU — Six people, including five members of a family, who were found dead inside two houses here 10 days ago, died of an overdose of drugs, which they decided to take to end their lives, a senior police officer said on Saturday. Noor-ul-Habib is believed to have convinced the five members of the family […]
JAMMU — Army on Saturday rescued a Hungarian trekker who had lost his way in Umasi La Pass in Himalayan Ranges from Dul area of Kishtwar. Umasi La connects Kisthwar to Zanskar and it was not immediately known if the trekker was lost in Ladakh. “Indian Army team from Dul, Kishtwar, in a 30 hour […]
JAMMU — A minor earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, increasing the number of temblors to strike the union territory to 12 in the last five days, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The NCS said the quake occurred at 4.32 a.m. on Saturday with latitude […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was arrested along the International Border here by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. BSF personnel picked up on the movement of Mohd Shabad (45), a resident of Sialkot, while he was trying to sneak into the Arnia sector from across the border, […]
JAMMU — Two more tremors jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Friday as 11 tremors occurred in the union territory during the last four days. Data revealed by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) recorded two tremors in J&K on Friday. First tremor measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 3.28 a.m. with latitude 33.17 […]
JAMMU — The BSF on Thursday foiled a major narcotics smuggling bid at the International Border (IB) in Jammu’s Samba area during which a Pakistani intruder was also shot and injured, officials said. According to the BSF officials, troops noticed suspicious movement of a person near the IB from Pakistan side carrying a bag in […]
JAMMU — Two earthquakes, of magnitudes 4.1 and 3.2, hit Jammu and Kashmir late on Wednesday night but no loss of live or damage to property was reported, officials said. The epicentre of the quakes was 62 kilometers northeast of Katra area in Jammu region at a depth of 5 kilometers, they said. On Tuesday, […]
JAMMU — In the interest of national security, the army on Wednesday cautioned against unauthorised sale of outfits resembling its combat uniforms to the public, an official said. The Northern Army Command, along with the police, have already carried out a chain of awareness campaigns in Udhampur city in order to dissuade sellers from trading […]
JAMMU — A Special Police Officer (SPO) who allegedly bludgeoned his pregnant wife to death was arrested in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. SPO Mohan Lal, who was posted in district police lines Kathua and was on leave for the past three days, brutally killed his wife Asha Devi (32), […]