JAMMU — A suspected Pakistani militant was killed by security forces after the ultras attacked a village near the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening and injured a civilian, police said. A massive operation is on to flush out the remaining holed-up militants who are believed to have […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday released a sketch of a militant involved in the attack on a passenger bus in Reasi district and announced a Rs 20 lakh reward for information about him. On Sunday, militants opened fire at the 53-seater bus carrying pilgrims when it was en route from the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said Monday the militant attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district was part of nefarious designs to spread turmoil in the Jammu region, and asserted that such an attempt would be thwarted. Nine people were killed and 41 injured as militants opened fire at […]
JAMMU — An NIA team has reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district and is coordinating with local police probing into the militant attack on a passenger bus that left nine people dead and several injured, officials said on Monday. Meanwhile, security forces have also launched a massive cordon and search operation to track down the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has approved an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh each for the next of kin of those killed in the militant attack on a bus in Reasi district, an official spokesman said on Monday. Sinha has also approved Rs 50,000 each for those injured, the spokesman said. […]
JAMMU — Nine people including three women were killed and 33 injured as a bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi plunged into a deep gorge after an ambush by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday evening, police said. The militants opened fire at the bus when it was en route […]
JAMMU — Army troops on Wednesday carried a man to a hospital on their shoulders after he fell critically ill in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, saving his life, a defence spokesperson said. Salamudden S Shahbudeen, a Gujjar nomad hailing from Paghthali village of Kathua, had come to the Bhalpadri meadow […]
JAMMU — Devotees visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine will now get a plant as a “prasad”, the shrine board said on Wednesday. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) launched a new initiative under which they will offer plants to pilgrims from a newly established nursery ‘Vaishnavi Vatika’. The nursery was launched by Board’s […]
JAMMU — Fire engulfed two forest areas in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu region on Wednesday, causing damage to vast tracts of land, officials said. In Poonch, the fire erupted in Bhatadurian area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar belt and spread to nearby areas, they said. The […]
JAMMU — An alleged woman drug peddler was detained under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kishtwar, Abdul Qayoom said the detention of Mahfooza Begum, a resident of Sarkoot village, is […]