POONCH — Two persons were killed when a tipper they were travelling in met with an accident in Mendhar area of this mountainous district on Friday. Official sources told GNS that the tipper (JK12B-1569) on way from Mendhar to Poonch rolled down into a gorge on reaching near Nabna Major Morh Salnai, leading to on […]
RAMBAN — Four Amarnath pilgrims, who were on way to the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, were injured in a road accident in Banihal area of Ramban district on Friday morning, officials said. An official said that a tempo vehicle carrying the pilgrims turned turtle on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near Sherbabi area of […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday morning flagged off the first batch of pilgrims for the annual Amarnath Yatra from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in the Jammu city for their onward journey to the Pahalgam and Baltal base camps in Kashmir. The 43-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine will begin from twin […]
JAMMU — A 60-year-old woman was killed and her four relatives seriously injured on Tuesday when their private car rammed into a parked truck in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place at Rajbagh on Jammu-Pathankot highway when the driver lost control over the car and hit the truck stationed […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to consider either on Tuesday or within a week the plea of a man seeking a direction to exhume the body of his son, who was dubbed a militant and killed in an encounter in November 2021 and to permit the […]
JAMMU — Border Security Forces on Monday claimed to have shot dead an intruder along the International Border in R S Pura sector in Jammu division. According to a statement, PRO BSF Jammu said that today morning at about 1210 hours alert BSF troops noticed suspicious movement across the fence in general area of BOP […]
DODA — A militant has been arrested from Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir along with arms and ammunition, officials said on Monday. Doda Police along with security forces have arrested one militant Fareed Ahmed, a resident of Koti Doda, and recovered one Chinese pistol, two magazines, 14 live cartridges and one mobile phone from […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Saturday carried out a massive search operation along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir to detect cross-border tunnels and prevent any infiltration attempts by militants during the Amarnath Yatra, officials said. The search operation was jointly carried out by Police, CRPF, and BSF in the forward villages in […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on June 27 a plea filed by a man seeking a direction to exhume the body of his son, who was dubbed a militant and killed in an encounter in November 2021, and hand it to his family for last rites. A vacation bench […]
JAMMU — The Ministry of Railways on Thursday said that the world’s highest rail bridge, which is being built over river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir will soon bring all weather rail connectivity to Kashmir. The bridge will provide the much needed all weather connectivity between Kashmir and the rest of the country. “With 88 […]