SRINAGAR — At least seven persons suffered injuries after a truck collided with a passenger cab in Behramgalla of Surankote area in Poonch district this afternoon. Reports said that a truck bearing registration number JK08F 7247 hit a Srinagar-bound Xylo vehicle (JK14C 2788) in Behramgalla Surankote area, resulting in injuries to seven persons. The injured […]
JAMMU — Acting tough in the Sub Inspectors paper leakage scam, the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) has arrested three accused including a Government teacher and a police constable for interrogation as it was established that they were instrumental in selling leaked question paper for hefty amount. Arrested accused have been identified as Raman Sharma […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Friday that the same conditions are likely to continue. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar had 14.2, Pahalgam 8.8 […]
POONCH — Security forces have launched a probe after a mysterious explosion took place outside the house of a District Development Council member in Surankote area of Poonch district late last night. Official sources told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that an explosion took place outside the house of DDC member Surankote Sohail Malik […]
SRINAGAR — Seven clerics, including two prominent religious scholars, were arrested under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in the past 24 hours in the Kashmir Valley. Quoting a senior police officer The Hindu reported that on Thursday that two religious figures and five Jamaat-e-Islami activists were arrested under the PSA so far. According to the […]
JAMMU — Two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, were detained under the Public Safety Act on Thursday during raids in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. The PSA is an administrative law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases. Police teams conducted raids at two […]
SRINAGAR — Five people, including two influential clerics, from south Kashmir were detained under preventive laws on Thursday, officials here said. Among those detained are Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, they said. The authorities are contemplating booking the clerics under the Public Safety Act and shifting them to a Jammu jail, they […]
SRINAGAR — Youth Congress Joint Secretary, Manpreet Singh has expressed anguish over loss of lives in a road accident in Rajouri district of Jammu. The accident took place at Deri Ralyot in Manjakote area of the district after a passenger bus on its way to Jammu from Surankote Poonch, skidded off the road and plunged […]
JAMMU — A hybrid militant, who was in touch with his handlers in Pakistan, was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Thursday, adding that a major terror strike has been averted. Police identified the militant as Zaffar Iqbal, a resident of Mahore tehsil of Reasi. He was in touch with the […]
RAJOURI — Five persons were killed and 12 others injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. The bus, which was on its way to Jammu from Surankote Poonch, skidded off the road and plunged into the gorge at Deri […]