NEW DELHI — For the last few years, militants have been found using the American-made M4 carbine assault rifles in Jammu and Kashmir, and more so during the recent attacks including in Kathua, a trend that experts say is “alarming”as the “leftover” weapons of the US Army after its pullout from Afghanistan in 2021 seem […]
JAMMU — At least 24 people have been detained for questioning as the hunt for the militants behind the ambush in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, in which five Army personnel were killed, entered its third day on Wednesday, officials said. The search operation by the Army and police is underway amid intermittent heavy rain […]
LEH — The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has seized 108 gold bars, each weighing one kilogram, near Indo-China border and arrested three people, an official of the border guarding force said. Besides the huge quantity of smuggled gold, the seizure also included two mobile phones, a binocular, two knives and several Chinese food items like […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has formed a seven-member panel to identify foreign nationals who have been illegally overstaying in Jammu and Kashmir for the past 13 years, aiming to facilitate their deportation. The panel has been tasked with gathering biographic and biometric details of illegal migrants and maintaining an updated digital record […]
JAMMU — J&K Police have arrested a key suspect involved in a multi-crore money laundering operation and stealing secret official documents having serious security implications. Police sources said that the suspect identified as Tarun Bahl has been arrested from his Channi Himmat residence in Jammu city and booked under the Official Secrets Act and Section […]
JAMMU — Another batch of 4,627 pilgrims left for Kashmir on Wednesday amid tight security to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said the Yatra has been going on peacefully since it started on June 29. “Another batch of 4627 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu for […]
NEW DELHI — The NIA’s interrogation of an arrested accused in the attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi last month has pointed towards the role of Pakistan-based handlers of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, officials said on Tuesday. Nine people were killed and 41 injured on June 9 when militants opened […]
JAMMU — A girl died of electrocution, and 11 others suffered minor injuries at a Madrasa in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday night, officials said. The girls, studying in Madrasa, were playing in the compound when they suffered an electric shock from an iron grill in the complex, they said. Twelve girls were […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency will probe last year’s militant attack on an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch that left five personnel dead, officials said on Tuesday. The process to take over the investigation into the matter has started and a case will be registered soon, they said. The probe will […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, announced a 10-day summer vacation for the university and its associated colleges, starting from July 26, 2024, to August 4, 2024. According to a circular issued on Tuesday, while the university will observe the vacation, examinations, outside internships, and other necessary academic activities […]