JAMMU — An army officer died after slipping in a mountainous area and falling into a deep gorge during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday evening, officials said. The officer, a lieutenant, was part of the security forces engaged in Operation Sheruwali, which entered its 15th day. Operation Sheruwali is […]
JAMMU — Four police personnel, including a Station House Officer, have been suspended over allegations of dereliction of duty for allegedly facilitating a compromise in a POCSO case in Samba district, officials said. According to the order issued by Samba Senior Superintendent of Police Anuj Kumar, the suspended personnel include the Ramgarh SHO, a probationary […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has filed a review petition before the Supreme Court on the conduct of the Teacher’s Eligibility Test (TET), Education Minister Sakina Itoo said on Saturday. “As committed, the review petition has been filed before the Honourable Supreme Court. The government has consistently pursued this matter and remains fully […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday raised the issue of the upcoming AIIMS at Awantipora with Union Health Minister J P Nadda, requesting him to expedite the ongoing work. “Spoke with Union Health Minister JP Nadda ji and requested him to expedite the ongoing work at AIIMS Awantipora so that it doesn’t get […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they have attached immovable properties worth approximately ₹3.5 crore belonging to two alleged drug peddlers under the provisions of the NDPS Act as part of the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan. According to a police statement, in the first action, Police Station Nigeen […]
BHADERWAH — Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in the remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district have expressed confidence in tackling any security challenge following specialized training in handling automatic weapons and guerrilla warfare techniques. As part of efforts to strengthen security in far-flung border villages, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Doda police conducted […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday formally declared the establishment of a new Regional Meteorological Centre at Jammu, marking a major step towards strengthening weather forecasting and disaster preparedness across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh. The newly established MeT centre at Jammu will integrate weather observations with a state-of-the-art X-band Doppler […]
JAMMU — Four tourists from Punjab were injured on Friday after their car skidded off the road and plunged nearly 100 feet into the Haloon river on the Bhaderwah-Pathankot interstate highway in Doda district, police said. The tourists were travelling in a Kia Sonet vehicle when the accident occurred around 11 kilometres from Bhaderwah town, […]
ANANTNAG — The body of a Srinagar man, who was swept away while attempting to rescue his son in the Lidder River near Pahalgam, was retrieved from the Aishmuqam area on Friday, six days after the incident. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the body of Muhammad Ashraf Mir (42), a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said narco-terrorists — those sitting in neighbouring countries or operating inside the Union territory — will have to pay a “heavy price”, asserting that their days are numbered. Sinha led a ‘Nasha-Mukt Jammu Kashmir’ rally in Ganderbal district, and addressed a large gathering on […]