JAMMU — Four persons were arrested by Jammu Cyber Police with the assistance of Rajasthan police for allegedly duping people under the name of providing helicopter tickets for Mata Vaishno Devi shrine through fake websites, said the cyber police, Jammu on Thursday. The cyber police, Jammu in a statement issued on Thursday said, “With the […]
SRINAGAR — Some employees at NHAI toll post at Banihal in Ramban district on Friday allegedly beat up a driver and cut his ear cartilage (pinna). Deputy Commissioner Ramban assured investigation into the matter. Actually a video of the incident is in circulation on social media groups in which cut on ear cartilage of an […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday said only those who have family history of militancy, stone pelting background and those who come under the influence of online propaganda, pick up arms. Police also said that families whose children go missing have great faith in police as they directly approach the police station for lodging […]
BANDIPORA — Three persons including two cops were injured in a road mishap in Sumbal area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday. An official said that an accident took place between Police sumo of Police Station Sumbal bearing registration no. JK15A/1097 and Maruti Cruze bearing registration no. HR51AQ/2253 in Sumbal area. He said in […]
JAMMU — Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, the Chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, has re-constituted the board and nominated eight members for three years. The new members are Mahamandleshwar Swami Vishveshvaranand Giriji Maharaj of Mumbai; Neelam Sareen of Jammu; former IPS Ashok Bhan; former IAS Baleshwar Rai; K.K. Sharma of AIMIL Pharmaceuticals Ltd; […]
NEW DELHI — With an aim to prevent arms transportation in the Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is set to import vehicle scanning machines from the US, officials said. The Multi-Mode Passive Detection System (MMPDS) is an advanced version of the scanning system which is not based on X-Ray and it […]
BARAMULLA — Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in Baramulla district and seized arms and ammunition from his procession. The police spokesperson in a statement said, “Acting on specific information regarding movement of anti-national elements, a cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in Karhama, […]
JAMMU — The central government has again shelved the 223-km Jammu-Poonch railway line project for being “financially unviable”, an activist said on Thursday citing RTI responses from the authorities. The Ministry of Railways gave the information in response to two applications filed by Jammu-based activist Raman Sharma under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. The […]
JAMMU — A 17-year-old girl, who was abducted, was rescued in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. A man from Batote lodged a complaint at police post Patnitop claiming that his minor daughter went missing on March 3 when she had gone to Higher Secondary School Sanasar, a police official said. […]
SRINAGAR — Press Information Bureau (PIB) Srinagar organized a one day Media Workshop on Thursday at Conference Hall DC Office Pulwama aimed at sensitization and capacity building of journalists from Pulwama and Shopian about various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and their role to bring awareness among common people. The programme was conducted in collaboration with district […]