JAMMU — The Border Security Force on Tuesday destroyed a rusted mortar shell found in a border village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. BSF troops noticed the mortar shell in an open field during patrolling at Chachwal village in the Ghagwal sector around 8 am, they said. The mortar shell was […]
JAMMU — The District Magistrate, Poonch has ordered an immediate suspension on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) under Section-163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in the district. In an official order by the district administration, it was informed that the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Poonch, has informed that there has been a significant […]
JAMMU — Security forces recovered arms and ammunition that were dropped by a drone in the border area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, officials said. Security personnel launched a search operation in the Ramgarh sector following intelligence reports of material being dropped by drone during the night, they said. During the search, […]
JAMMU — Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu and Kashmir unit President, Ravinder Raina, said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the fortune and picture (political landscape) of Jammu and Kashmir in the last ten years. This comes as the party is gearing up for the Assembly polls in the Union Territory of Jammu and […]
JAMMU — On the eight seats of Chenab valley going to polls in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir elections, the NC-Congress alliance is hoping to tip the scales in its favour after DPAP leaders withdrew from contest in four seats, while the BJP and PDP are going all out to checkmate their rivals. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that a public servant namely Farooq Ahmed Girdwar Sanasar, District Ramban for demanding bribe of ₹ 60,000 as bribe for processing the Fard case of the complainant required by him for sale of his land . However, after negotiation the deal […]
JAMMU — Two more BJP leaders, including a district president, submitted their resignations from the primary membership of the party on Saturday, citing their resentment against the choice of candidates in their constituencies for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. In a related development, hundreds of BJP workers took out a rally in the […]
JAMMU — A top Army officer on Saturday reviewed the security situation in the Doda and Kishtwar districts of Chenab valley, which is going to polls along with south Kashmir districts in the first phase on September 18, officials said. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps Lt General Navin Sachdeva also assessed […]
JAMMU — Two persons were killed and nine injured in separate road accidents in Jammu and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. A student, Surbhi Kumari (18), was killed and eight other passengers, including six girls, were injured when a minibus turned turtle after colliding with a car at the Kunjwani […]
JAMMU — The State Disaster Response Force has started a search operation after a young boy drowned in the overflowing river at Manjakote in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The search operation is currently underway, said the officials. There has been heavy rainfall in the region. The officials said that the […]