JAMMU — Authorities on Monday attached assets worth more than Rs 2.22 crore of a man who allegedly impersonated a lieutenant colonel in the Army and defrauded people by promising to secure jobs for them in various central government departments in Jammu and Kashmir. Harpreet Singh, the accused, allegedly posed as a lieutenant colonel to […]
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70 lakh eligible to vote in panchayat polls in J&K after electoral rolls update
JAMMU — More than 70 lakh voters, including over 34 lakh women, are eligible to vote in the panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the annual revision of electoral rolls, officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Monday concluded annual revision of panchayat electoral rolls that were published with January 1, 2025, […]
Central team spends six hours in Rajouri village hit by mysterious deaths
RAJOURI — A high-level inter-ministerial team on Monday conducted an investigation for nearly six hours in the Badhaal village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to ascertain the causes of deaths of 17 members of three families under mysterious circumstances, officials said. The village also witnessed the burial of a 15-year-old girl who died in […]
J&K Bank reports 26% jump in profit to Rs 531 crore for October-December quarter
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday reported a 26.2 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 531 crore for the October-December quarter of FY2024-25 compared to Rs 421.08 crore in the year-ago period. A bank spokesman said that the financial institution is well on course to meet the annual profitability target. “The […]
Crime branch booked three employees of Jammu flour mill for embezzlement
JAMMU — Three employees of a flour mill here were booked on Monday for embezzlement of more than Rs 2 crore, police said. The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police registered a case on the basis of a complaint by Jammu Flour Mills owner Arun Mahajan alleging financial irregularities and embezzlement of Rs 2 […]
Senior BJP leader and ex-MP Shamsher Singh Manhas dies in Jammu
JAMMU — Senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Shamsher Singh Manhas died after a prolonged illness at his residence here on Monday, his party colleagues said. Manhas, 65, is survived by his wife, son and a daughter. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over Manhas’s death. “Saddened by the demise […]
IED found during search operation in Poonch, defused
JAMMU — A ready-to-use IED was found during an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, security officials said. The improvised explosive device (IED), weighing a kilogramme, was found hidden at a secluded place in Dalan village of Degwar sector by army troops. It was subsequently defused by experts, the officials said. […]
Inter-ministerial team visits Rajouri village witnessing mysterious deaths
RAJOURI — A high level inter-ministerial team on Monday visited Badhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to ascertain the cause of death of 17 members of three families under mysterious circumstances, officials said. The central team headed by a director-rank officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs reached Rajouri district headquarters on Sunday […]
Ahead of Republic Day celebrations security beefed up in Jammu region
JAMMU — Security has been beefed up in Jammu ahead of Republic Day celebrations, with the police making the M A Stadium, the main venue of the function, out of bounds for public as a precautionary measure. The security wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police has taken control of the stadium, where Lieutenant Governor […]
Rajouri mysterious deaths: Spring sealed after contamination detected in water
RAJOURI — Amid an ongoing probe into the mysterious deaths of 17 members of three families in a remote Jammu and Kashmir village, authorities have sealed a spring in the affected area after its water tested positive for “some pesticides or insecticides”. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Kotranka subdivision) Dil Mir ordered the spring to be sealed […]








