JAMMU — The four recent encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district “exposed” the route used by terrorists to infiltrate into India from across the International Border (IB), a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Shobhit Saxena also said the successful recovery of huge quantities of arms and ammunition including […]
JAMMU — Justice Arun Palli was on Wednesday sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at a ceremony held here, an official said. Justice Palli made and subscribed to the oath of office before the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha at a function attended by Chief […]
SRINAGAR — The city on Tuesday recorded the hottest April day in nearly eight decades at 30.4 degrees Celsius which was 10.2 degrees above normal for this time of the season, officials said. The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded the highest ever maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius on April 20, 1946, the […]
JAMMU — Days after two students were killed and 21 injured after their college bus turned turtle in Kupwara, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on picnics by schools and colleges on weekends and holidays in the Union Territory. Education Minister Sakeena Itoo also ordered installation of CCTV cameras and […]
JAMMU — In an effort to ensure cultivation of available land near the International Border with Pakistan, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Tuesday held a meeting with security agencies that focused on productive use of the patches to add to the local food basket. The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, was attended […]
JAMMU — The Mughal Road, a vital alternative route connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country, reopened for traffic on Tuesday after being shut for more than three months due to heavy snowfall, officials said. The 84-kilometre stretch links south Kashmir’s Shopian district with Poonch and Rajouri in the Jammu region. For now, traffic […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police on Tuesday arrested a female drug peddler and recovered a substantial quantity of heroin like substance from her possession in Jammu. A patrolling team of Police station Domana apprehended one woman, identified as Saleema Bibi, daughter of Mangta Ali, resident of Balol Khad, Bari Brahmana, Samba. A search conducted at the […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against three accused, including a Pakistani handler, in a terror conspiracy case involving seizure of arms and ammunition in the Poonch region of Jammu and Kashmir. The chargesheet filed before a special NIA court in Jammu has named Abdul Aziz, Munawar Hussain and […]
JAMMU — The offline registration for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra began with enthusiastic pilgrims making a beeline outside the designated bank branches here on Tuesday, hoping to get an opportunity to be part of the first batch to visit the revered shrine. The 38-day pilgrimage is scheduled to begin on July 3 from the […]
JAMMU — A 24-year-old soldier was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire after climbing on top of a passenger train in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. Ramchandra Choudhary, a native of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, met with the accident near Bari Brahmana station late Monday night, the officials said. […]