SRINAGAR — A Pakistani national has been repatriated six days after crossing the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Army said on Friday. The Pakistani national had inadvertently crossed over into India on June 12. “A Pakistani national, Asad Khan, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), who was apprehended in Simari […]
SRINAGAR — Three persons were arrested after explosive substances and Hizbul Mujahideen posters were allegedly recovered from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Friday. Police recovered two grenades, 2.5 kgs of PEK (plastic explosive kirkee), four mobile phones, and posters related to the terrorist outfit from the three persons at […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Thursday flagged off 45 mountain rescue teams for deployment along the twin routes for Amarnath Yatra. The 45 teams — comprising Jammu and Kashmir Police, State and National Disaster Response Forces, Central Reserve Police Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and Border Security Force — […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday said there should be a cap on tourist vehicles entering Kashmir to protect the valley’s fragile environment. “The sudden traffic surge in Srinagar this year, especially the Boulevard-Nishat route, has a lot to do with tourists driving into the Valley instead of flights. Given the state of […]
JAMMU — Three women sustained injuries after being attacked by bears in two villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The attack took place in the Shamer and Gadar hamlets in the Mandi belt of the border district. A medical officer at the Poonch district hospital said that two of the […]
JAMMU — A commercial property belonging to an alleged drug peddler was demolished and another property attached in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Five drug peddlers, including a woman, were also arrested with narcotic substances amid an intensified anti-drug campaign across the Jammu region, a police spokesperson said. He said […]
JAMMU — One more government employee was on Wednesday terminated from service for his alleged involvement in terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered the dismissal of Mohd Shafi, posted as inspector in Power Development Department (PDD), with immediate effect, the officials said. The LG administration has so far […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 18 major projects, worth approximately Rs 100 crore, in Bandipora district. These multisectoral projects span higher education, roads, bridges, clean drinking water, urban development, and agriculture infrastructure, and aim to directly address the key needs of the local […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police have successfully dismantled nearly 80 per cent of the drug supply chain feeding narcotics into the Union Territory, while simultaneously uncovering a narco-terror nexus with links extending to Punjab and across the border, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Joginder Singh said […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached two plots of land in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), officials said. The plots measuring 7.5 marla (2,050 square feet) and 6 marla (1,632 square feet) in Kanispora belong to Shaheen Ahmad Lone, an accused in […]