JAMMU — A BJP MLA on Friday raised in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly the issue of three civilians missing from a village in Kathua district, and sought a response from the government. Officials said the three, who were on way to attend a wedding, went missing on Thursday night and a massive search operation […]
JAMMU — Two alleged overground workers (OWGs) of terrorists were detained under the stringent Public Safety Act in Kathua and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. Public Safety Act (PSA) is an administrative law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases. Bhuttu, a […]
JAMMU — Accusing Pakistan’s army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of controlling narcotics smuggling through terror groups and pushing drugs into the Indian side, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat said on Thursday that the fight against drugs and terrorism will be fought “on the same pedestal”. He also called for a […]
RAMBAN (KIMS) — Taking strong action against the anti-national activities, Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked an Over Ground Worker (OGW) under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Ramban district of Jammu division. The OGW namely Manzoor Ahmed @Furqan son of Ghulam Mohd Naik resident of Dalwah in Gool tehsil of Ramban district Ramban was booked […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday met the family of a man who committed suicide after alleging police torture over his suspected links with terrorists in Kathua district last month. Makhan Din (25), a Gujjar youth from Billawar, ended his life by consuming insecticide at his home on February 4. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the government will develop pilgrim tourism circuits in Jammu to encourage pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishnodevi shrine to tour various other tourist destinations in the region. Noting that one crore pilgrims visit the Vaishnodevi shrine annually, Abdullah said if the government could […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Monday conducted the inaugural blast for building the Bhimber Gali Tunnel as part of the Jammu-Poonch National Highway, with a defence spokesman terming it a significant milestone in the construction of a critical infrastructure project in the Pir Panjal region of Jammu and Kashmir. The tunnel, spanning an impressive 1.1 km, […]
POONCH (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached four properties spanning 14.8 Kanal of land, valued at approximately Rs 28 lakhs, belonging to three militants in villages Qasba and Kirni of Poonch district. These properties belonged to three local militants operating from Pakistan: Najab Din S/o Mohamda R/o village Kirni, Tehsil Haveli, district Poonch. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday have arrested three drug peddlers and recovered contraband substance from their possession in Noorbagh area of Srinagar. A Police team of Police Post Noorbagh at a checkpoint established at Noorbagh Chowk, intercepted a vehicle (KUV-100) bearing registration number JK01AD-2899 with three persons on board. They have […]
JAMMU — Two minor girls were found dead in a trench filled with rain water in Samba district, while a nine-year-old boy died in an accident here on Sunday, officials said. The bodies of Asiya (10) and Tahira (9) were recovered from the ditch at Lower Birpur in Bari Brahmana area of Samba, they said. […]