JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that over 16,000 kanals of land under the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) are currently being encroached upon, and that eviction drives are being carried out in a phased and time-bound manner. In response to a question from BJP MLA Dr Narinder Singh Raina […]
JAMMU — A man on run for nearly seven years after he allegedly abducted and raped a minor girl was arrested, police said on Tuesday. He had been evading arrest since a case was registered against him at Police Station Janipur in Jammu in 2019. Sunil Bhagat was arrested in Jammu after police received specific […]
JAMMU — Rescuers on Tuesday recovered the body of a boy, who had drowned along with two others after being swept away by a strong current in the Tawi river near Nagrota Sainik school on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said. While the bodies of two boys were recovered on Monday, the third body was […]
JAMMU — The bodies of two teenage boys, who drowned in the Tawi River here on Sunday, were retrieved by rescuers on Monday, while a search was underway to trace a third boy who also drowned with them, officials said. The three boys – Bavish Koul (15), Sonam Dutt (16) and Aditya Pandit (15), all […]
JAMMU — Three boys reportedly drowned in the Tawi River here on Sunday, prompting the authorities to launch a large-scale rescue operation, officials said. The three boys – Bavish Koul, Sonam Dutt and Aditya Pandit, all belonging ot the Kashmiri Pandit community – were swept away by a strong current near the Nagrota Sainik School […]
JAMMU — A man was found murdered with his throat slit on a road in Jammu, officials said on Tuesday. The body of Balvir Singh, 47, was seen in a pool of blood near his Chatha Form residence late Monday, they said. A police party rushed to the scene on getting information about the incident […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday unveiled the bust of 19th-century ruler Ranbir Singh and renamed the Central Sanskrit University’s Jammu campus after him. “Shri Maharaja Ranbir Singh saw Jammu and Kashmir as a living entity — not merely land, but a vibrant structure where culture breathed life and reforms channelled energy. For […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Several political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday condemned the attack on National Conference president Farooq Abdullah during a function in Jammu and called for strict action against those responsible. National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi strongly condemned the incident in which fire was opened on Dr Farooq Abdullah and […]
JAMMU — National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah had a miraculous escape when a gunman opened fire on him after coming from behind while Abdullah was leaving a marriage function here on Wednesday night, officials said. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and advisor to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Nasir […]
NEW DELHI — A man accused of killing his 10-year-old daughter in Jammu, over the suspicion that she was not his biological child, was apprehended from southeast Delhi, police said on Saturday. The accused, Ramesh Kumar, a native of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, was wanted in a 2016 murder case registered at Gandhi Nagar Police […]