JAMMU — The vegetable market at Parade in the heart of Jammu is set for a comprehensive makeover under a Rs 5.88 crore redevelopment project that will upgrade the infrastructure with better accessibility and an efficient shopping experience, an official said on Monday. Senior BJP leader and MLA Jammu East Yudhvir Sethi, laying the foundation […]
JAMMU — A soldier allegedly committed suicide inside a camp here early Monday, officials said. Lance Naik Abhijeet Nandan was found hanging in his room at the Nagrota camp on the outskirts of Jammu, the officials said. They said a police party visited the scene and shifted the body to hospital for postmortem. — (PTI)
NEW DELHI — The Union government is set to deploy CISF security personnel to secure five more prisons of Jammu and Kashmir after the two central jails in Jammu and Srinagar. A force spokesperson said on Sunday that “plans are under consideration” for extending the security cover of the paramilitary to the high security prison […]
JAMMU — Police have arrested seven drug peddlers and recovered over 38 grams of heroin in separate operations across Samba, Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted an SUV at Barian-Supwal along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in Samba district and seized 22.28 grams […]
JAMMU — The Crime Branch’s Special Crime Wing has registered two separate FIRs here against three people, including a retired Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) of police, for their alleged involvement in job fraud, cheating and use of forged documents, officials said. Retired ASI Hamid-ullah, a resident of Ramnagar, was booked following a complaint regarding alleged use […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested two suspected terror associates in Kishtwar district as part of an ongoing crackdown on anti-national elements and support networks aiding local terrorists, officials said on Friday. With two more arrests, the total number of the arrests in the case has gone up four, they said. The arrests […]
JAMMU — Three women sustained injuries after being attacked by bears in two villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The attack took place in the Shamer and Gadar hamlets in the Mandi belt of the border district. A medical officer at the Poonch district hospital said that two of the […]
JAMMU — A commercial property belonging to an alleged drug peddler was demolished and another property attached in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Five drug peddlers, including a woman, were also arrested with narcotic substances amid an intensified anti-drug campaign across the Jammu region, a police spokesperson said. He said […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police have successfully dismantled nearly 80 per cent of the drug supply chain feeding narcotics into the Union Territory, while simultaneously uncovering a narco-terror nexus with links extending to Punjab and across the border, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Joginder Singh said […]
JAMMU — Jammu Police Crime Branch on Tuesday booked three directors of a Greater Noida-based company for allegedly duping people by promising high returns on investment. Acting on a written complaint from two individuals, the Special Crime Wing registered a formal case against Sanjay Bhati, Pawan Bhati and Sachin Bhati, all sons of Rattan Singh […]