JAMMU — An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Saturday following a major cordon-and-search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after reports of suspected movement, officials said. According to preliminary reports, the movement of two to three terrorists was suspected in the area. “Today at around 11.30 AM, contact was established […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said it has registered a disproportionate assets case against an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) posted in Kishtwar district. According to an ACB statement, FIR No. 01/2026 under Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was registered at […]
JAMMU — Police and civil administration said they demolished an alleged “illegal” commercial property of a drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district as part of an ongoing crackdown against narcotics trafficking, officials said. The drive targeted shops allegedly built on government land near Dewal bridge along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the Samroli […]
JAMMU — A 22-year-old woman allegedly set herself ablaze here after her boyfriend did not respond to her phone calls, police said on Friday. The incident occurred near the Tawi bridge area on Thursday when the woman allegedly poured an inflammable substance on herself and set herself on fire in a fit of rage, they […]
JAMMU — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday accused the NC govt of failing to protect the families affected by an anti-encroachment drive on forest land in Jammu and alleged that the ‘Yogi model’ of demolition was being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir. Police and Forest Department teams on Tuesday conducted an anti-encroachment drive in […]
JAMMU — Police on Thursday attached properties worth approximately Rs 7 crore belonging to a detained drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The move comes amid police’s intensified campaign against drug trafficking networks and their financial infrastructure. The attached properties comprises 6 kanal and 18 marlas of land and a single-storey […]
MENDHAR — The Indian Army has recovered two bags containing suspected narcotics and a Chinese-origin pistol during a domination operation near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu officials said on Thursday. Official sources said the recovery was made by troops of the Hamirpur Battalion in the forward area of Balakote in […]
REASI — District authorities have issued a public advisory ahead of the scheduled opening of spillway gates at Salal Dam on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jyotipuram for silt flushing. Salal Power Station’s group general manager has intimated that the gates will be opened on May 21 at 9 am and the operation […]
JAMMU — One person died while seven others, mostly children, were hospitalised after allegedly consuming a wild vegetable in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Saturday. The incident was reported from Mohra village in the Kotranka subdivision, where members of two families consumed a wild vegetable following which they started showing symptoms of […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested two individuals for allegedly providing logistical support and shelter to foreign members of terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad’s Saifullah group in Kishtwar district, officials said. The arrested persons were Mashkoor Ahmed, a resident of Beighpora Singhpora who worked as a government school teacher, and Maneer Ahmed, a resident […]