JAMMU — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu on Monday filed a chargesheet against two accused persons in a multi-lakh financial fraud case, involving the alleged collection of over Rs 1.22 crore from investors in Samba district. Police said they identified the accused as Manoj Kumar, Area-Branch Manager, and Vikram Singh, […]
JAMMU — Police on Sunday recovered a country-made pistol from a man during an operation in the Jewel area of Jammu, officials said. The accused, identified as Anil Kumar Sharma, son of Romesh Chand and a resident of Gurha Kalyal in Ramkot tehsil of Kathua district, was apprehended from a public toilet complex opposite MAM […]
JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched search operations in the forest areas of Rajouri and Udhampur districts following information about suspected terrorist movement in the area, officials said. Three suspected terrorists reportedly abducted a villager, Anil Sudan, near his house at Upper Lardia in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri late […]
JAMMU — The authorities on Saturday demolished nearly a dozen illegally constructed huts, mostly occupied by Rohingya immigrants, on forest land in Jammu, marking the second major eviction drive targeting the community in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir within a month. The anti-encroachment drive was carried out by the forest department in collaboration […]
REASI — Police in Reasi have registered four FIRs at Police Station Katra in connection with alleged illegal possession of Pregabalin capsules and other offences, officials said on Saturday. Police said 550 Pregabalin capsules, each containing 300 mg, were recovered in three of the cases. In the first case, FIR No. 312/2026 under Section 223(a) […]
JAMMU — A 19-year-old woman from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was apprehended by the Indian Army after she allegedly crossed the LoC and entered Indian territory in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The woman, identified as Samiya Azeem, a resident of Bains Gala village in Khuiretta tehsil of Kotli district, was intercepted […]
JAMMU — Union Minister of State for Railways V Somanna on Friday said the maximum permissible speed on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Banihal section has been increased from 75 kmph to 100 kmph, describing the move as part of the Centre’s commitment to further improve rail connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir. “The speed was […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Friday said the two mineral blocks in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been successfully auctioned, marking the beginning of organised mineral development in the region. The government of Jammu & Kashmir (UT) had entrusted the auction of mineral blocks to the mines ministry. The sale of […]
JAMMU — The Animal Husbandry Department (AHD), with support from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, seized 140 metal spiked bits allegedly being used to control horses engaged in tourist rides and hauling goods in Katra and Shiv Khori, officials said on Thursday. The spiked, or “thorn” bits, are designed to inflict […]
RAMBAN — At least 33 passengers were injured after a sleeper bus travelling from Srinagar towards Jammu overturned inside a tunnel near Maroog on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, in Ramban district on Thursday, officials said. Among the injured, nine have been referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu for further treatment, they said. Police said […]