JAMMU — A massive search operation is underway in Kandi area near the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district after local villagers reported suspicious movement, officials said on Sunday. The joint search operation by police, Army and CRPF was launched in several forward villages of Hiranagar sector late Saturday night, the officials said. […]
JAMMU — A policeman allegedly shot dead his colleague with an AK-47 assault rifle before turning the weapon on himself to commit suicide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district early Sunday, officials said. The two policemen along with another colleague were travelling from north Kashmir’s Sopore to the Subsidary Training Centre (STC) Talwara in Reasi […]
JAMMU — Authorities here have declared areas near installations of Indian Oil Corporation ”no-fly zone”, prohibiting the use of drones there, an official said on Saturday. The additional district magistrate of Jammu passed the order in exercise of powers vested under section 163 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), a spokesperson said. Section 163 of […]
JAMMU — Amid an ongoing drive against Rohingya Muslims here, Jammu and Kashmir Jal Shakti Minister Javed Ahmed Rana on Saturday said the water supply will not be snapped to the slums housing the illegal immigrants, pending a call from the Centre on their deportation. Rana’s statement came after Rohingyas living on three plots of […]
JAMMU — A shop selling guns was sealed for not renewing its trade license here on Saturday while authorities set a deadline for all firearms license holders to surrender their excess weapons within a week, officials said. The owner of the gun shop in the Shiv Nagar area, Amarnath Bhargav, claimed that the district administration […]
JAMMU — One person was killed and another injured when a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Reasi district on Saturday. Official sources told GNS that an Eeco vehicle (JK20B 2493), on way from Tharal towards Shikari, skidded off the road and rolled about 200-feet off the road/embankment in Mahore area […]
NEW DELHI — The residents of border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are reaping the benefits of Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PM-BJP). The Jan Aushadhi Kendras launched under the scheme have been instrumental in helping people save money on medicines and life-saving drugs, across the country. Poonch is no exception. The […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Border Security Force on Friday conducted a joint patrolling exercise near the International Border in Samba district to strengthen the border grid, an official said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba, Virinder Singh Manhas and the commandants of BSF’s 65th and 159th battalions participated in the intensive […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district ordered a probe after some individuals were allegedly found handling official documents during a surprise inspection of a government office on Thursday, an official said. Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma conducted the inspection at the assistant regional transport officer’s (ARTO) office and found some individuals inside […]
JAMMU — Police carried out searches at the residences of four suspected over-ground workers of militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Poonch on Thursday as part of its efforts to curb anti-national activities, an official said. According to a police spokesperson, the searches were conducted at the houses of Mohd Nasar of Sakhimadan, […]