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 […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a 42-year-old woman was found and retrieved from river Lidder in Pahalgam of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district this afternoon. Preliminary reports reaching GNS, suggest that the woman drowned while she was taking bath in the river. Some passersby on spotting the body informed the police, who on reaching the site retrieved […]
RAJOURI — Seven persons were injured in a road accident that took place at Mandir Gala in Rajouri district on Thursday morning. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a light vehicle was on way to Rajouri from Bai Nambal village of Kotranka when it’s driver lost control near Mandir Gala and […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) office on Thursday said dry weather conditions will continue for the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The union territory had pleasant skies and sunshine in the last 24 hours. “Clear sky with pleasant sunshine is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT […]
SRINAGAR — The season of picking walnuts from the trees is at its peak these days in the Kashmir Valley. Walnuts of the Valley are exported not only to other states, but also to the whole world. About 2.66 lakh metric tonnes of walnuts are grown in Jammu and Kashmir in an area spanning 89,000 […]
SRINAGAR — Two local militants, affiliated with Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH) militant outfit were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Nowgam area of Srinagar district in Central Kashmir on Wednesday evening. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation […]