JAMMU — An encounter ensued on Sunday after security forces confronted a group of militants hiding in a dense nursery after infiltrating from across the border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The intense firing between the two sides lasted for over half an hour in the evening, they said. The officials […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here on Sunday evening, officials said. The meeting between the two at the Raj Bhawan lasted nearly 15 minutes, the officials said. A Raj Bhawan spokesperson confirmed the meeting but gave no further details. — (PTI)
JAMMU — Fifteen years after its inception and with Rs 22 crore already spent, a check dam project aimed at conserving water and supporting irrigation remains incomplete in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. The issue was raised by BJP’s Bharat Bhushan in the assembly through an unstarred question on Saturday, seeking information about the […]
JAMMU — A militant hideout was unearthed in a remote forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to recovery of a pistol and some ammunition, officials said on Sunday. The hideout was unearthed during a joint search operation by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of local police and Army in Bhalra forest […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Saturday emphasised the need to enhance the operational preparedness and strengthen the overall security grid. The police chief was speaking at the zonal-level monthly crime review meeting convened by Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti here. The DGP also joined […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday said it has distributed over 65,490 kanals of forest land to scheduled tribes – Gujjars, Bakerwals, and other forest dwellers in the Union Territory. However, the government has rejected 39,906 out of 46,090 claims for grant of forest land to ST communities under the Forest Rights […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today passed the Demands for Grants amounting Rs. 154531.84 lakh for Forest, Ecology & Environment, 157671.32 lakh for Irrigation & Flood Control Department, Rs. 350126.57 lakh for PHE (Jal Shakti) and Rs. 44,299.17 lakh for the Tribal Affairs Department. The House passed the Demands for Grants […]
JAMMU — Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a forest guard for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesperson said on Saturday. Vipin Pathania, posted at the Billawar zonal office of the Jammu and Kashmir forest department, was trapped following a complaint […]
JAMMU — A drone camera was seized after it crashed on a residential building inside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Saturday. The campus falls under the ‘no-flying zone’ category, and the presence of the drone has prompted a security alert, police said. […]
JAMMU — Two people were killed after a Tata mobile plunged into gorge near Digdool area of Ramban on Saturday. Officials told GNS that a Tata mobile vehicle bearing registration number JK13H2006 loaded with vegetables lost its control and tumbled deep down into gorge. In this accident two people were killed, who have been identified […]