JAMMU (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said it has unearthed a major land scam involving Custodian land in Jammu district and registered multiple FIRs against revenue officials, land grabbers, Form Alaf holders and beneficiaries. According to ACB, large tracts of Custodian land in areas including Asarwan, Mishriwala, Bhalwal and R.S. Pura were […]
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21 killed, 51 injured as bus falls into gorge in Udhampur
JAMMU — At least 21 people were killed and 51 injured on Monday when an overcrowded passenger bus plunged nearly 100 metres down a hillside in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, crushing an auto-rickshaw before landing upside down on the road below, officials said. An Army convoy passing along the hilly stretch led the rescue […]
BJP can’t compete with us directly, resorting to targeting family: Omar Abdullah
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday lashed out at the BJP, accusing it of targeting relatives of political adversaries and questioning what he termed the party’s inability to “compete directly.” “Is your (BJP’s) system so weak that you cannot compete with us directly, and instead go after family members?” Abdullah said while addressing […]
CM reviews progress of 2.7-km-long Sungal tunnel on Jammu-Poonch Highway
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday reviewed the ongoing work on the 2.79-kilometre-long Sungal tunnel project on the Jammu–Poonch Highway, which is scheduled to be completed later this year. “On his way to Nowshera, the chief minister today inspected the ongoing work on the Sungal Tunnel project and reviewed the […]
Udhampur accident: CM Omar Abdullah announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for victims
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday announced ex-gratia relief from the CM’s relief fund for victims of a tragic road accident that claimed 21 lives and left 29 others injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. Officials said that a passenger bus rolled down a hillside at Kagort on the Ramnagar–Udhampur road, crushing […]
Major narcotics network busted in Jammu; wanted criminal arrested
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said a major narcotics network with interstate and cross-border links was busted with the arrest of most-wanted drug kingpin Gulzar Ahmad alias Lau Gujjar along with several of his associates. Senior Superintendent of Police (Jammu) Joginder Singh said Gujjar had been supplying narcotics in bulk quantities […]
Displaced Kashmiri Pandits hold protest in Jammu, seek two-fold increase in relief amount
JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday held protests in Jammu, demanding a two-fold increase in monthly relief from the existing ceiling of Rs 13,000 per family. They accused the authorities of failing to revise the assistance for the past eight years. Led by the community leader Ravinder Koul, scores of protestors gathered at the Press […]
Madhya Pradesh couple killed in road accident in Jammu
JAMMU — A motorcycle collided with a truck near Jammu here on Tuesday, killing a couple and injuring their 12-year-old son, officials said. Bal Krishan (45) and his wife Anita (40), natives of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur, along with their son were travelling on a motorcycle when they were hit by a truck at the Gangyal […]
‘Suspicious’ person detained at Army formation in Jammu
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday detained a “suspicious” person at an Army formation in Jammu and a probe into his activities has been launched, official sources said. “A suspicious individual has been detained. The matter is under investigation,” a source said. The sources added that further details are awaited. Reports, however, claimed that a […]
Man detained under PSA in Kathua for anti-national activities
JAMMU — A man allegedly involved in anti-national activities has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police officials said. The accused has been identified as Romelu Singh. Police said the accused is a history-sheeter and involved in anti-national activities. Singh has been lodged in the Jammu district […]








