JAMMU — A minor leakage of chlorine gas occurred at an MES filtration plant in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, prompting authorities to shift people close to it as a precautionary measure, officials said. There were no casualties reported in the incident and it has been brought under control, they said. Chlorine gas leaked from […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Indian Army on Tuesday foiled an infiltration attempt at Battal Sector in Krishna Ghati area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. During the exchange of fire between Indian Army and infiltrating militants at around 03:00 am, one Army personnel was injured. The Indian Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps said, “Alert […]
JAMMU — Prominent separatist and religious leader Moulvi Abdul Qayoom Mattoo on Sunday joined the PDP in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a party spokesman said. Mattoo, a former head of Hurriyat Conference for Chenab valley, joined the PDP in the presence of its senior leader and former MLC Firdous Tak at the […]
JAMMU — A cop died Sunday allegedly after his service rifle went off accidentally in Nagrota area of Jammu district. Officials said that one cop namely Jai Raj (46) son of Kaka Ram resident of Panj Grain Nagrota shot accidentally himself with his service. He was immediately shifted to GMC for treatment, where doctors declared […]
JAMMU — The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday chaired a high-level meeting with Army Chief, various heads of security and law enforcement agencies on the security situation in Jammu division. Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi; DG BSF, DG CRPF, DGP J&K, Heads of Intelligence Agencies and other senior officials of army, CAPFs […]
JAMMU — Several socio-political groups held a meeting here on Saturday over the Union Home Ministry’s recent order giving more powers to the lieutenant governor and threatened a chain hunger strike if the order was not revoked by the end of this month. The meeting also expressed serious concern over the deteriorating security situation and […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An earthquake of Magnitude 3.5 on the Richter Scale hits the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory on Saturday. However, there were no reports of any loss of life or damage to the property. The earthquake, with its epicentre in Kiar occurred at around 05:34 pm at a depth of […]
NEW DELHI — In view of the infiltration of highly trained Pakistani militants in the Jammu region, the Indian Army is readjusting its deployments in the area as per intelligence inputs and security requirements. The Indian Army has deployed around 500 Para Special Forces commandos in the area to hunt down the 50-55 militants from […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security – which also includes Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Thursday afternoon. The meeting took place amid a rush of militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir; hours before the meet two soldiers were injured in an […]
JAMMU — Owners of Shakuntla Theatre situated at B C Road Jammu have been booked by Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of Crime Branch (CB) Jammu for their alleged involvement in around Rs 10 Cr J&K Bank loan fraud and cheating with few Jammu based business establishments. The accused Rahul Mahajan, his father Romesh Chander Mahajan […]