JAMMU — Police have arrested a man in Jammu for issuing fake appointment orders to gullible youth looking for government jobs, officials said on Monday. Multiple fake appointment orders, bogus stamps, electronic gadgets, including a computer, and Rs 2.5 lakh in cash were recovered from Tej Bushan Sharma, a resident of Lower Gadi Garh, who […]
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Amid fears of war, border dwellers in Jammu demand urgent repair of bunkers
R S PURA — With tensions escalating along the Indo-Pak border and fears of a war looming large, border villagers of Jammu are urgently appealing for the repair and completion of pending construction work of border bunkers that serve as their only shield during cross-border shelling. The recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 […]
USBRL: Northern Railway flags delay in tunnel communication work
NEW DELHI — The communication system inside the escape tunnels between two sections of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Rail Link Project (USBRL) is incomplete and yet to be fine-tuned, the Northern Railway complained in a written communication to the Konkan Railway Communication Limited, its service provider. The final Katra-Sangaldan section of the 272-km USBRL project was to be […]
BJP holds rally in Jammu, seeks deportation of Pakistani nationals
JAMMU — The BJP on Monday held a rally in Jammu, seeking the immediate deportation of illegally settled Rohingya and Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals. The rally was led by the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Sat Sharma, MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, and former minister Sham Lal Sharma. Hundreds of party workers marched to the […]
Security forces unearthed hideout in Poonch; 5 IEDs, wireless sets seized
JAMMU — Security forces unearthed a terrorist hideout in a forest area in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two wireless sets, officials said on Monday. All the ready-to-use IEDs, weighing between half-a-kg and five kg, were destroyed in a controlled explosion on-the-spot, thwarting […]
Wall collapsed during marriage function in Rajouri, 22 injured
JAMMU — At least 22 persons, including 12 women and eight children, were injured when the wall of a house collapsed during a marriage function at Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. The incident took place at Dhani Dhar village soon after the bride reached the house in the evening, they said. […]
Medical shop sealed for illegal drug possession in Jammu
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a swift and coordinated action, District Police Jammu sealed a medical shop at Naugran Bishnah for violation of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, following the recovery of an illicit drugs. A telephonic message received by SHO Police Station Bishnah alerted police about a suspected consignment of illict drugs. Acting promptly on […]
Dismissed trooper appeals for justice, says married Pak cousin after getting nod from CRPF
JAMMU — A day after being dismissed from service for allegedly concealing his marriage with a Pakistani woman, CRPF trooper Munir Ahmed on Sunday said he married his cousin nearly a month after getting permission from the force’s headquarters last year. Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Ahmed, a resident of Jammu’s Gharotra area, said […]
Army vehicle plunges into gorge in Ramban, three soldiers killed
RAMBAN — Three Army personnel were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. The army truck was part of a convoy moving from Jammu to Srinagar along national highway 44 when the accident occurred near Battery Chashma […]
CRPF dismisses jawan for hiding marriage with Pakistani woman
NEW DELHI — The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has dismissed from service its jawan Munir Ahmed for “concealing” his marriage with a Pakistani woman as his action was found to be detrimental to national security, official sources said Saturday. The jawan was last posted with the 41st battalion of paramilitary CRPF, the lead internal […]