JAMMU — At least four people were killed and eight others injured early Tuesday when a tempo vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Reasi district, officials said. A police official told GNS that the tempo vehicle from Jammu to Bagankote fell into a very […]
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Monday criticised the police handling of the recent killing of three civilians in Kathua, including a 14-year-old boy and demanded an impartial probe into the incident. Mufti expressed concern that the police are not behaving neutrally, citing the fact that BJP leaders were allowed to visit […]
JAMMU — Two suspected criminals were arrested and a country-made pistol and 8.13 grams of heroin seized from them in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, police said. Pritam Singh alias Sethi and Narayan Sharma alias Shunna were arrested from a house in the Ramgarh area, a police spokesperson said. The criminals were planning […]
JAMMU — Expressing concern in the state Assembly over the recent mysterious deaths of five civilians in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday claimed attempts are being made to give a “political colour” to the killings, and questioned the police for allowing the leader of opposition to visit the bereaved families […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Monday condemned the attack on independent MLA Rameshwar Singh in Kathua after the legislator raised the issue in the House and sought action against those responsible. As the assembly convened for the day, Singh walked to the corner of the well of the House […]
JAMMU — Ruckus marred the proceedings of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday as ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress MLAs demanded a discussion on the killings of three civilians in the Kathua district. The NC and Congress MLAs stood on their seats and demanded the suspension of the question hour so that […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today directed for identification of all the unnecessary compliances existing in government departments to be done away with for the ease of citizens and business establishments. Dulloo made these remarks while chairing a meeting held to review the progress of various departments in implementing the Business Reform Action […]
JAMMU — A team has been formed to probe the death of three persons whose bodies were found near a waterfall in a remote forested area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Jammu-Kathua-Samba Range, Shiv Kumar said all aspects of the case will […]
JAMMU — The SOS International, a leading body of displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), accused the BJP-led Centre on Sunday of failing to ensure their proper rehabilitation. It alleged that the saffron party is using the narrative of reclaiming PoK for electoral gains. “The unfortunate reality is that there is no concrete plan with […]
JAMMU — A youth and an elderly man were murdered in two separate incidents here, police said on Sunday. In the first instance, a 23-year-old man was killed by his younger brother over a domestic dispute at Smailpur in Domana area early on Sunday, a police spokesperson said. He said Anil Kumar (20) attacked his […]