KULGAM — Police in Kulgam have arrested an absconder who was wanted in a 2013 case registered at Devsar police station, officials said. The accused, identified as Shabir Ahmad Beigh, son of Lal Mohd Beigh, a resident of Banimullah, Devsar, was wanted in FIR No. 62/2013 under Sections 148, 323, 336, 354, 379 and 447 […]
REASI — Police on Thursday have solved a cash theft case reported from Charan Paduka Temple in Banganga areas of Reasi with the arrest of three accused and recovery of the stolen cash, officials said. The case was registered after a complaint was lodged on September 29 by Janak Singh, son of Sobha Ram, a […]
JAMMU — Jammu Police has arrested a woman drug peddler during a backward-linkage investigation into an NDPS case, officials said on Thursday. The arrest was made as part of the investigation into FIR No. 302/2026, registered under Sections 8/21/22/27A/29 of the NDPS Act and Section 111 of the BNS at Police Station Bahu Fort on […]
JAMMU — The Special Operations Group (SOG) Jammu has arrested two alleged associates of the Khauf gang in a coordinated operation conducted in Jammu and Samba on the night of October 6, 2026, officials said. The accused have been identified as Vansh Sharma, son of Yog Raj, a resident of Palli, Bari Brahmana, Samba, and […]
MENDHAR — Army troops on Thursday detected and destroyed a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar subdivision of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The landmine was detected during routine patrolling in Balakote forward area and subsequently destroyed by a bomb disposal team, they said. As part of an anti-infiltration obstacle […]
BANIHAL — Two persons were killed and seven others critically injured when an SUV skidded off the road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Thursday. The accident took place on Wednesday night when the vehicle carrying nine persons was going towards Chunthan. The deceased were identified as the driver of the vehicle, […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the Jammu & Kashmir City Gas Distribution (CGD) Policy, 2026, aimed at expanding clean fuel access, modernising energy infrastructure and promoting industrial growth across the Union Territory. The policy, approved by the Council of Ministers, provides an investor-friendly and time-bound framework for expanding Piped Natural Gas […]
JAMMU — Jammu is set to get 75 new seven-metre air-conditioned smart electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa programme, further expanding the city’s electric public transport network, officials said. The bidding process for the buses has been completed, with PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Private Limited emerging as the lowest bidder (L-1) for the Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — More than 46,000 rooftops of residential houses in Jammu and Kashmir have solar electric panels installed under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna, officials said here on Wednesday. “J&K has achieved 55.24 per cent of its target under PM Surya Ghar, with 46,133 residential rooftops installed against the UT target of 83,500 […]
JAMMU — A 27-year-old woman constable of the Border Security Force (BSF) died of a gunshot wound received from her service rifle at a forward border post near the International Border in R S Pura Sector on Wednesday, officials said. Constable Raj Lakshmi sustained a gunshot wound at Border Outpost Sushil at around 3 pm. […]