JAMMU — A senior government official was among five persons killed while several others were injured in heavy Pakistani shelling in Rajouri, Poonch and Jammu districts early Saturday, officials said. Raj Kumar Thapa, Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, and his two staff members were seriously injured when an artillery shell hit his official residence in […]
Jammu & Kashmir
Three policemen injured as vehicle turns turtle in Ramban
RAMBAN — Three policemen were injured when a vehicle, part of the escort of a High Court judge, skidded off the road and turned turtle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place in the Wagan-Nachilana area when a Gypsy escorting the judge’s vehicle overturned due to […]
Maulana Iqbal not terrorist, killed in Pakistani shelling in Poonch: Police
JAMMU — Maulana Iqbal was not a terrorist but a respected religious figure who lost his life along with 12 others in heavy Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Thursday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police came out with a clarification on the 45-year-old Iqbal after certain media outlets and social […]
Jammu traders’ body announces war rooms for free ration, medicines; assures stock for 3 months
JAMMU — As panic buying gripped parts of Jammu amid heightened tensions along the Indo-Pak border, the Jammu Traders’ Federation on Wednesday appealed for calm, assuring the public that there is no shortage of essential supplies. The federation announced reactivation of “war rooms” to distribute free ration and medicines to border residents affected by the […]
Police warn people against sharing security related content online in Jammu
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday warned people against sharing any content related to security deployment, operational movements or sensitive locations on social media platforms from here. “All citizens of district Jammu are strictly advised not to share, upload, or circulate any content related to security deployments, operational movements or sensitive locations on […]
Border shelling: Jammu’s GMC Hospital readies to meet any eventuality
JAMMU — The Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu city is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, it said on Wednesday, hours after 12 people were killed along the LoC in cross-border firing. The 12 included four children, while 57 others were injured as the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy artillery and mortar shelling […]
Over 100 suspects’ houses searched in Srinagar since Pahalgam attack: Police
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday carried out searches at more than 30 locations in the city here as part of a clampdown on the terror ecosystem in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead. Since the April 22 attack, searches of residences of more than 100 terrorists, […]
NIA asks people to share with it photos, videos related to Pahalgam attack
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday appealed to all tourists, visitors and local people who might have any more information, photographs or videos relating to the Pahalgam terror attack to immediately contact it. The probe agency has already taken possession of a sizable number of photographs and videos showing various aspects […]
Pakistan Army shells areas along LoC in J&K; 7 dead, 38 injured
JAMMU — Seven persons, including a woman and two children, were killed and 38 others injured Wednesday as Pakistan Army pounded dozens of forward villages with artillery and mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Indian Army is responding to the shelling in equal measure, they said […]
CIK detains former journalist in Srinagar or allegedly disseminating extremist content
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained a former journalist for allegedly disseminating extremist and distorted content on social media to disturb the peace, promote secessionist ideology, and present India “in a bad shape”, a spokesperson said. In a continued effort to curb the misuse of social […]