JAMMU — At least four residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) were killed in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast across the Line of Control (LoC), adjacent to the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district, on Monday, prompting heightened security on the Indian side, officials said. The powerful blast reportedly occurred in Satwal-Naki […]
JAMMU — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) explosion rocked a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, triggering heightened security measures, officials said. The powerful blast reportedly occurred in Satwal-Naki area near the zero line, during the movement of a group […]
SAMBA — Police in Samba have traced a missing woman and reunited her with her family after she went missing from her home earlier this month, officials said on Monday. According to police, the woman’s mother, a resident of Jallapur village in Samba district, lodged a written complaint at Police Post Goran on October 7, […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a residential property in Srinagar allegedly used to harbour Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and conceal incriminating material linked to a cross-border terror conspiracy. According to an NIA press release, the property, located at Khasra No. 315 in Danihama village of Hazratbal, belongs to accused Ghulam Mohammad […]
JAMMU — A Jammu and Kashmir Police employee was apprehended after police recovered approximately 15 grams of a heroin-like substance (chitta) during vehicle checking at Balol Naka near Indranagar in the Miran Sahib area of Jammu, police said. According to police, a team from Police Station Miran Sahib intercepted a scooty bearing registration number JK02DW-7378, […]
JAMMU — National Conference leader and former minister Sardar Harbans Singh died at a private hospital here early Monday, his family said. He was 84. Singh, who was appointed as political advisor to National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah in December last year, is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters. Singh’s elder […]
JAMMU — Two people, including a woman, lost their lives as Jammu received 185.6 mm of rainfall in three hours on Sunday, shattering its 71-year October record of 160 mm set in 1955 and disrupting normal life, officials said. The record-breaking downpour, which began around 8.30 am, inundated roads and residential areas, damaged vehicles and […]
JAMMU — Jammu Police arrested two persons and recovered around 22 grams of a heroin-like substance, a pistol, ₹1.48 lakh in cash and other incriminating articles during naka checking in Bishnah, officials said. Police intercepted a vehicle bearing registration number DL-10CS-3362 after noticing suspicious circumstances during routine naka checking and traffic challaning within the jurisdiction […]
RAJOURI — Rajouri Police have solved a sheep theft case with the arrest of an accused and the recovery of 38 stolen sheep from Baramulla district, officials said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Abdul Satar, son of Mohd Nazir, a resident of Balshama, Sunderbani, in Rajouri district, was arrested in connection with FIR No. […]
REASI — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Reasi recovered 2.72 grams of heroin (chitta) from a motorcyclist during a checking operation near Moori Bridge ahead of the Navratri festival, officials said on Saturday. Police said a team from Police Post Kakryal had established a special checkpoint to check vehicles and pedestrians as part of enhanced […]