JAMMU — Jammu Police have arrested six alleged members of the Khauf Gang within 72 hours of a reported firing and death threat incident in Arnia, recovering three pistols, five sharp-edged weapons (tokas) and six live rounds, police said on Monday. Following the incident, Police Station Arnia launched an investigation and initiated efforts to identify […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today inaugurated the first International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir (IFFJK) in Srinagar, marking a new chapter in the region’s longstanding association with cinema. The festival brings together filmmakers from more than 30 countries, with over 130 films being showcased, providing a platform for international cinematic talent and […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged the government to refrain from taking any coercive or irreversible action against properties attached in connection with Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), saying the matter remains sub judice. In a post on X, Mufti said that since JeI leadership had publicly stated that it would abide by the judiciary’s […]
SRINAGAR — Medical interns from 10 Government Medical Colleges and two Dental Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir began a 48-hour hunger strike on Monday after talks with the state government failed to end their seven-day strike for an enhanced monthly stipend. “Our strike is indefinite. It will not stop until we receive an official order. […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted an alleged inter-state narcotics smuggling network in Kathua, seizing 2.672 kg of opium and arresting four persons, officials said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of narcotics, a team from Police Station Lakhanpur intercepted a truck bearing registration number PB05 AK 9902 at a […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to intervene in the ongoing hunger strike by MBBS interns in J&K, alleging that college authorities were threatening to terminate their careers and pressuring their parents to make them withdraw the protest. In a post on X, the […]
JAMMU — A suspected drug peddler escaped from the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Jammu, triggering an alert and intensified search and checking operations across the region, officials said on Monday. Aqib Bashir, a resident of Pulwama district’s Kakapora, was arrested by the NCB along with 522 grams of heroin from a […]
JAMMU — Search operations have been intensified to trace the bodies of a man and a woman believed to have drowned in the Chenab river in separate incidents in Doda and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. A 21-year-old woman jumped into the river in Doda on Saturday afternoon, while the […]
NEW DELHI — The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu could become the first hospital in the country to be guarded by an armed contingent of the CISF given its “sensitive” location close to the India-Pakistan international border, officials said. The 226.84-acre hospital and medical college is located in the Vijaypur area […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda ordered a complete ban on the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) across the district for two months, citing concerns over cybersecurity, unlawful activities and maintaining public order. In an order issued recently under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Doda District Magistrate Krishan […]