POONCH — Security forces on Monday launched a cordon and search operation at nearly a dozen places in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The search operations in parts of Mendhar, Surankote and Gursai areas were initiated following information about suspicious movement, the officials said. The Special Operations Group (SOG) of local police […]
RAJOURI — Two men were killed and another was injured when two motorcycles collided head-on in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred on the main road near the office of Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri at 8.45 pm, claiming the lives of Asad (23) from Darhal and Zulfkar Younis (22) […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader Sunil Sharma, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss pressing issues impacting the region. During the meeting, Sunil Sharma highlighted the alarming rise in drug abuse and narcotics trafficking in J&K, emphasizing the need for urgent intervention. He also pushed for major infrastructure projects, particularly in […]
MENDHAR — At least four landmines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, but there was no casualty, officials said. The fire broke out in Lanjote forest in Balakote sector of Mendhar sub-division around 1 pm and set off the landmines, they […]
RAJOURI — A 40-year-old resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was apprehended near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. Abdul Rehman, a resident of Seri village of Kotli district, was under the influence of drugs when he was intercepted by the Indian Army shortly after he intruded […]
JAMMU — The Indian Army on Sunday kicked off the 51-day Pir Panjal winter festival in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Poonch, a defence spokesman said. The festival, which will culminate on March 31, is a testament to the army’s unwavering commitment to youth empowerment, cultural preservation, and social reformation, particularly against drug abuse, […]
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Sunday demanded a judicial inquiry into two alleged incidents of human rights violations in Kathua and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Iltija, daughter of PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, visited the family of a youth who recently committed suicide in Kathua […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday lashed out at the authorities for preventing her daughter and party leader Iltija Mufti from addressing a press conference in Jammu. “Visiting and offering solace to the families of victims has now been criminalised. This is evident from the latest actions of the police, who have detained […]
JAMMU — Authorities have extended by two more months the ban on the sale, possession and consumption of liquor and non-vegetarian food in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Sunday. The prohibition will be enforced on the 12-km track from Katra […]
KATHUA — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Sunday met the family of a youth who recently committed suicide after alleged torture by police over his suspected links with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, party leaders said. This comes a day after Iltija claimed that she and her mother Mehbooba Mufti had been placed […]