JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s crime branch on Monday issued a lookout notice against six online fraudsters, including two women, for allegedly duping an ex-serviceman here of more than Rs 17.50 lakhs on the pretext of doubling his money, an official said. The case was registered at the Jammu Crime Branch’s Special Crime […]
JAMMU — A 71 Year-old man was found in suspicious circumstances with a gunshot in Tanda area of Reasi district on Monday. Officials told GNS that a man identified as Abdul Karim (71) son of Din Mohd resident of Tanda Reasi was found dead with a gunshot wound. A 12-bore gun was also found near […]
JAMMU — Social media influencer Orhan Awatramani, better known as Orry, was among eight people booked for allegedly consuming alcohol at a hotel in Katra, the base camp for the pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district, police said on Monday. The FIR was registered against the eight for “violating the law of […]
JAMMU — Over 200 investors from outside Jammu and Kashmir have been provided land in the industrial estates to set up their business units in Jammu and Kashmir in the past decade, official data said. The process of land acquisition by outside investors, mostly from Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, marked manifold increase after the abrogation […]
JAMMU — At least 30 passengers, mostly women, were injured when their mini-bus turned turtle on a hilly road in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Two of the 30 are seriously injured and they have been rushed the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu. The accident took place near […]
JAMMU — Pilgrim donations at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has gone up to Rs 171.90 crore in Financial Year 2024-25 (till January) from Rs 63.85 crore in 2020-21, according to the temple board. Similarly, the gold offerings at the shrine have also increased from over nine kgs to 27.7 kgs […]
JAMMU — Two boys, who went missing last month, were reunited with their families in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday, an official said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shobit Saxena said the boys, Deen (14) and Rehmat Ali (11), were reported missing by their families after they had gone to graze cattle near […]
JAMMU — The BJP on Saturday sought proper rehabilitation of 39 shopkeepers, who are set to lose their business premises due to the ongoing construction of a flyover from Kunjwani to Satwari here. BJP MLAs Vikram Randhawa and Narinder Singh raised the issue soon after the legislative assembly met in Jammu on Saturday morning. They […]
JAMMU — Scores of units of the Border Security Force (BSF), Army, and CRPF personnel joined locals in celebrating Holi along the India-Pakistan border and in the hinterland of the Union Territory. The jawans celebrated Holi at the International Border (IB) in the RS Pura and Samba sectors, dancing to the tunes of Bollywood songs […]
KATHUA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua on Friday apprehended two hardcore criminals and booked under PIT NDPS Act and lodged at district jail Rajouri and Poonch. In the first instance, Police team apprehended one notorious drug Peddler namely Parveen Kumar S/o Prem Chand R/o Chak Drab Khan Kathua who was habitual drug […]