JAMMU — Two persons moving in a suspicious manner were detained on Monday as security forces intensified their anti-terror operations across the Jammu region, officials said. The search operation also resumed in snow-bound Chatroo belt in Kishtwar district to track down and neutralise terrorists who were engaged in at least four encounters over the past […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Monday announced the results of the Class 11 annual examinations, with an overall 83 percent of students qualifying across Jammu and Kashmir. According to official data, a total of 81,573 students appeared in the examination, of whom 67,932 students qualified. The overall […]
JAMMU — The Border Roads Organisation on Saturday restored road connectivity along the 112-kilometre stretch reconnecting Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda-Kishtwar belt with Himachal Pradesh after intensive snow clearance operations carried out under extreme weather conditions last week. The Kishtwar-Sansari road, where the work was completed, links the Union territory with the Lahaul-Spiti region of Himachal […]
JAMMU — A search operation, which has been underway to neutralise three holed-up Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar, has been narrowed down to a specific area following an encounter on Saturday morning, officials said. The gunfight began when army troops re-established contact with the terrorists in Kishtwar district early Saturday, according to officials. […]
JAMMU — Security forces re-established contact with terrorists holed up in Dolgam area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar early Saturday, officials said. The Army said intelligence inputs from all sources were coordinated to plan and execute the operation on the ground. “During the ongoing joint Operation Trashi-I, contact with terrorists was re-established in the early […]
JAMMU — Dozens of livestock, including sheep and goats, were killed in a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar on Wednesday, officials said. The landslide struck near the Hasti bridge when a group of shepherds were crossing the area along with their livestock, the officials said. They said several animals were buried under the debris, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Wednesday said that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness a fresh spell of rain and snowfall from February 1, while the weather is expected to remain mostly dry till then. According to the Meteorological Department, light rain or snowfall is expected at a few places across […]
JAMMU — A pencil factory was gutted in a fire along the Jammu-Poonch national highway here on Tuesday, an official said. No casualties have been reported in the incident. The fire broke out at Talab Tillo around 4.05 pm, an official of the fire and emergency services said. He said a total of 10 fire […]
JAMMU — As many as 60 persons, including 40 soldiers of a Rashtriya Rifles unit, were rescued by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) after they were stranded in a snowbound area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a defence spokesman said on Tuesday. The BRO successfully carried out the high-altitude rescue and road restoration operation […]
JAMMU — Four people, including a CRPF jawan, were killed and a woman injured when a bus hit a parked load carrier and a motorcycle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. The accident occurred near Jakhani-Chenani area on Jammu-Srinagar national highway around 11 am. The officials said the bus on its […]
