JAMMU — Several Hindu organisations, besides the BJP, on Monday staged a protest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district against alleged incidents of assault, arson, loot and killings of members of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Several shops and business establishments remained shut over a bandh called by the Sanatan Dharm Sabha. Led by […]
JAMMU — Security forces widened the area of the search operation to track down terrorists hiding in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Monday, officials said. The cordon and search operation, which entered its second day, was launched in the Majalta forests after two terrorists reportedly took food from a house […]
JAMMU — Paddy procurement in the Jammu region has reached 4.47 lakh quintals during the ongoing Kharif marketing season, the highest ever in the region, an official said on Sunday. The procurement has surpassed the previous peak of 4.05 lakh quintals achieved during the 2021–22 Kharif marketing season, marking a significant rise in farmer participation […]
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has transferred the probe into the unnatural death of a 13-year-old minor girl to CBI, directing the agency to submit a status report to the chief judicial magistrate here within three months of commencing the investigation. The girl’s father, Mukhtyar Ali, a resident of […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra has dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Vaishno Devi shrine board officials for the death of 35 pilgrims in a landslide on the tracks to the shrine on August 26, holding that a natural disaster caused it. It, however, said the ruling will […]
JAMMU — Over 35 students were injured when a bus turned turtle while they were returning from a picnic here late Saturday evening, officials said. The incident occurred at Ring road near Ratnal in Bishnah area and the condition of all the injured was stated to be stable, the officials said. The bus was carrying […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir has completed a comprehensive security audit of all departmental websites and decommissioned 35 redundant portals as part of a major push to strengthen cybersecurity across government systems, a senior official said. Secretary, IT Department, Piyush Singla said ‘Endpoint Detection’ and ‘Response and Unified Endpoint Management’ solutions have been deployed across […]
JAMMU — The Anti-Narcotics Task Force of Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested the owner of a Delhi-based pharmaceutical company for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking in the Union territory, officials said on Friday. “In a significant breakthrough against a drug trafficking network, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has apprehended Jatish Babbar, a resident […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has amended the rules governing concession, storage and transportation of minor minerals, making GPS-enabled vehicles, RFID registration and a valid e-Challan mandatory for mineral transportation across the Union territory, officials said on Wednesday. The Mining Department has fixed January 26 as the deadline for ensuring GPS, RFID and […]
JAMMU — A security conference chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha began on Thursday to discuss and review various aspects of security in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Union territory-level security conference is being held in the presence of of the national Director General of Police (DGPs) and Inspector General of Police (IGPs). “The […]