JAMMU (KIMS) — Police on Tuesday arrested a female drug peddler and recovered a substantial quantity of heroin like substance from her possession in Jammu. A patrolling team of Police station Domana apprehended one woman, identified as Saleema Bibi, daughter of Mangta Ali, resident of Balol Khad, Bari Brahmana, Samba. A search conducted at the […]
JAMMU — The offline registration for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra began with enthusiastic pilgrims making a beeline outside the designated bank branches here on Tuesday, hoping to get an opportunity to be part of the first batch to visit the revered shrine. The 38-day pilgrimage is scheduled to begin on July 3 from the […]
JAMMU — A 24-year-old soldier was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire after climbing on top of a passenger train in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. Ramchandra Choudhary, a native of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, met with the accident near Bari Brahmana station late Monday night, the officials said. […]
JAMMU — A lawyer allegedly shot himself to death on Tuesday at Akhyar Abad in Kishtwar district, officials said. Officials said that a man using his licensed weapon allegedly shot himself to death at his residence. The deceased has been identified as advocate Ghulam Nabi Zargar resident of Akhyar Abad Kishtwar. Meanwhile, police have registered […]
JAMMU — A brief exchange of fire took place between militants and security forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday. The gunfire rattled the Lasana village of Surankote Monday night when security forces launched a search operation following information about the presence of terrorists, the officials said. “Contact […]
JAMMU — The revered shrine of Shree Machail Mata in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district has been reopened for pilgrims after winter, heralding the commencement of the annual Yatra season, officials said on Monday. The temple was thrown open on the occasion of Baisakhi on Sunday with Jammu divisional commissioner Ramesh Kumar reviewing the arrangements […]
BANIHAL — A 75-year-old woman was killed and 10 of her relatives were injured after a mini-load carrier fell into a ditch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district early Monday, police said. The members of the extended family belonging to the Bakerwal nomadic community were heading for Kashmir from Teryath village in Rajouri district as […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha attended the Tawi Aarti Sunday evening at the Tawi Riverfront project here, terming the river the soul of the city. He said the coinciding of the aarti with the Baisakhi festival was a “divine spectacle.” Sinha said the Tawi River is connected to the soul of […]
POONCH — An army man got injured Sunday in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said. The landmine went off when a group of soldiers was patrolling a forward area in the Balakote sector of Mendhar, they said. They said the soldier suffered injuries in the right foot […]
JAMMU — More than 1.14 lakh children suffering from malnutrition have been identified in Jammu and Kashmir for making special interventions to improve their situation, a senior government officer said on Sunday. Sanjeev Verma, the social welfare department commissioner secretary, said 9,14,031 (9.14 lakh) persons were being covered under a supplementary nutrition scheme and Aadhaar […]