JAMMU — Police on Sunday arrested the woman kingpin of a narcotic trafficking racket here, officials said. Geeta Devi, originally from Phagwara in Punjab, was arrested from her rented accommodation in Rajiv Nagar by a team from the Udhampur police station, the officials said. They said Devi was identified as the “narco kingpin” during the […]
JAMMU — More than 1,600 passengers travelled on two reserved trains operated by Northern Railway’s Jammu Division between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and New Delhi over the past two days, railway officials said. The special train, numbered 04082/04081, was introduced to manage increased passenger demand. On the first day of operation on Saturday, over […]
JAMMU — Strenuous efforts are being made by the administration to sort out the issues and concerns of the migrant population, a senior government official said on Saturday. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo urged the migrant youth to avail the benefits of self-employment schemes. Dulloo visited the mini-township Jagti, housing Kashmiri pandit migrants, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday ordered winter vacations for all Government and recognised private schools up to Higher Secondary level in the summer zones of Jammu Division. According to an order, pre-primary to Class 5 will observe vacation from December 22, 2025 to January 10, 2026, while Classes 6 […]
JAMMU — Eight illegal structures, including houses belonging to alleged drug peddlers, were demolished in a major drive here, while a person was arrested along with 6.64 grams of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday, officials said. In a major action against drug peddlers and land grabbers, the officials said district administration […]
JAMMU — A senior officer associated with the construction of the 850-MW Ratle Hydroelectric Power Project in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district has accused a local BJP MLA of interfering in the works, and warned that continued disruptions could force the company to pull out of the project. Repeated phone calls and messages to the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested five men linked to the recent firing incident in the Marh area on the outskirts of Jammu city, officials said. The action followed a complaint filed by Jatinder Singh alias Rajan of Marh that there was firing by some people in the area last month, […]
JAMMU — Police on Friday arrested five alleged members of a drug trafficking network from the outskirts of Jammu city and recovered 340 gm heroin from their possession, officials said. During a routine checking at a naka point at Purmandal Morh, a police team intercepted a Swift vehicle moving suspiciously and signalled it to stop. […]
JAMMU — The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled an alleged infiltration bid along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu district on Friday and arrested a “suspected person” with a modified AK-type rifle and ammunition, police officials said. The accused — identified as Abdul Khalik — was arrested over alleged suspicious movement near the International Border (IB) […]
JAMMU — In a major step to expand the security grid to hilly and remote hamlets, police have constituted 97 new groups of village defence guards (VDGs) with 1,164 new members in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Thursday. Hundreds of VDG members from far-flung villages of Arnas block of the district participated […]