JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday recovered explosive gelatin sticks from a passenger bus in Jammu district. Police said that during a routine security exercise, explosive gelatin sticks were recovered from a passenger bus in Jhajjar Kotli area of Jammu district. “Bomb disposal squad was called in and the explosives were detonated,” […]
JAMMU — Three teenage boys attending a religious function on the eve of Parkashutsav in Akhnoor sub division area of Jammu district drowned in Chenab river. Officials told that during the intervening night on Tuesday and Wednesday, Parkashutsav celebration at Malpur Doomi in Akhnoor, three devotees namely Labish (17), Ansh (13) and Manish Kumar (18) […]
JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandit employees on Monday staged another protest demonstration here, reiterating the demand for their relocation outside the Valley till peace is restored there. Hundreds of employees, both men and women, assembled under the banner of ‘All Migrant Employee Association Kashmir’ outside the Press Club carrying placards, some of which read, “Don’t rehabilitate […]
JAMMU — Senior journalist Ashok Pahalwan, 65, died here on Saturday, according to people close to him. Pahalwan was ailing for some time. He belonged to a Kashmiri Pandit family from the Shadipora-Manasbal area of Ganderbal district. He is survived by his brother. Pahalwan started out as a reporter for Hind Samachar in the late […]
BHADERWAH/JAMMU — A curfew clamped in parts of Jammu’s Chenab valley was in effect on Saturday, while a day-long shutdown called against recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP leaders disrupted life in the Peer Panchal region, officials said. Even as efforts were intensified to defuse communal tension, prominent citizens from both the […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday inaugurated the State Data Centre at the Civil Secretariat here and said that the future-ready central facility will ensure efficiency, agility, optimisation, control and security for e-governance and other citizen-centric applications. He said that the aim under Digital India mission in Jammu and Kashmir is to make […]
JAMMU — The Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district in the early hours of Thursday, forcing it to return, officials said. They said a massive search operation has been launched to trace any weapon or explosive that it might have dropped. “A […]
JAMMU — Security forces recovered three IED’s, attached as payload with a drone, which were brought down by border security force late last night in Akhnoor sector and diffused through a controlled explosion. “Alert BSF troops fired two rounds on hearing humming sound which was about 800 mtrs in height in Akhnoor area at about […]
JAMMU — BSF troops resorted to firing briefly along the India-Pakistan border in the Jammu district on Tuesday after hearing a humming sound which led to suspicion that a drone was flying around. Alert troops fired two rounds on hearing that humming sound coming from a height of about 800 meters in the Akhnoor area, […]
JAMMU — The police have registered a case in connection with the alleged vandalisation at a temple in Doda district here that sparked protests in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The police action comes after pictures of alleged vandalism at Lord Vasuki Nag temple, situated at 17,400 feet Kailash Kund, […]