JAMMU — A notorious criminal was detained under stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district on Wednesday, police said. Shiv Dayal alias “Sunny”, a resident of Chohala Kothey, is named in various criminal cases registered at seven police stations in Samba and Jammu districts, a police spokesperson said. “His criminal activities have posed a […]
JAMMU — The authorities on Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of VPN services till the end of the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. The decision to suspend virtual private networks (VPNs) was taken as a preventive measure to protect information on the Lok Sabha elections and other sensitive data from cyber […]
JAMMU — As many as 67 suspected people were detained for questioning in connection with the killing of a civilian by two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. During investigations, credible evidence was obtained and the police identified one of the two militants involved […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi is campaigning from street to street in South India to compensate for the BJP’s “losses” in northern states, All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba said on Tuesday. Addressing an election rally here, she targeted the BJP saying those “day-dreaming of a Congress-free India have been uprooted from south […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Tuesday forecast cloudy weather with rain and thunder at most places in Jammu and Kashmir from April 26-30. According to an official from the Meteorological Department (MeT), “Expect generally dry weather with a chance of afternoon or evening thundershowers and the possibility of hailstorm activity at isolated […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Suspected militants on Monday evening shot dead a man in Rajouri district of Jammu region. Reports said, suspected militants shot at and critically injured a man identified as Mohammad Razaq, son of Mohammad Akbar when he was coming out of a mosque at his native village Kunda in Rajouri district. He was […]
JAMMU — Home voting for senior citizens and PWDs was conducted in four segments of the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to the polls in the second phase on April 26, officials said on Sunday. The Election Commission, while announcing the Lok Sabha polls schedule, unveiled the ‘Vote From Home’ scheme, designed to facilitate […]
JAMMU — Police have arrested a woman and her partner for allegedly killing her 33-year-old husband and trying to portray the murder as a road accident, an official said on Sunday. Naresh Chander of Bhaderwah in Doda was brought to Jammu’s Gandhi Nagar hospital by his wife Shallu Devi in the early hours of April […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said 25 ‘chronic’ narcotic smugglers in Poonch were detained and jailed for a month amid intelligence reports that they pose a threat to the peaceful holding of Lok Sabha polls in the border district. Poonch is part of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency, which is going to polls in […]
JAMMU — To ensure the democratic participation of all eligible voters, postal ballot voting was on Saturday successfully conducted in a segment of the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls in the second phase on April 26, an official spokesman said. As many as 48 employees from different departments, who opted for […]