JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police intensified its crackdown on the illegal sale and transportation of liquor during the dry-day enforcement drive around Independence Day, registering multiple cases and recovering more than 2,700 bottles and quarters of liquor in separate actions in Jammu. According to a police statement, police intensified naka checking after all […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday detained a habitual drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988, in Jammu district and lodged her in District Jail Ambphalla. According to a police statement, a joint team of Police Station Bahu Fort and Police Post […]
JAMMU — The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Sub-Inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with a bribery case here, officials said on Monday. “The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Sub-Inspector of Police Station Janipur in Jammu, identified as SI Danish Habib, a 2024-batch officer, in a bribery […]
JAMMU — The annual pilgrimage to the ancient Budha Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district commenced on Monday, with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagging off the first batch of pilgrims from Jammu amid religious fervour and tight security arrangements. After performing a pooja, Sinha flagged off the pilgrims from Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas […]
JAMMU — Two people were killed and five others injured when an Eeco vehicle plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday evening, officials said. The condition of the injured remained critical, with one of them reported to be in a very critical condition. The accident occurred when the vehicle […]
JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched a joint cordon-and-search operation in the Ramnagar forest area of Udhampur district after receiving inputs about the suspicious movement of two unidentified persons there, officials said. A joint team comprising the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), Army and other security agencies […]
JAMMU — Five people were killed after their Mahindra Scorpio skidded off the road and plunged into the Chenab River in the Dachhan area in Yaivan of Kishtwar district on Saturday, officials said. Five bodies have been recovered so far, officials said. Rescue teams are ascertaining the identities of the deceased and the exact number […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday expressed concern over the functioning of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), alleging that the institution was being “systematically destroyed.” In a post on X, Mufti said the university, which she described as the only major university serving the Pir Panjal region, had faced a decade […]
JAMMU — One Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed and another critically injured after a fellow VDG member allegedly opened fire on them following a scuffle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur on Friday, officials said. The incident took place in remote Pancheri area when the VDG members were heading for Damnot police post, the […]
JAMMU — The Railway Police has arrested an absconding terrorist accused in a 1991 bomb blast case at Jammu railway station after a manhunt spanning nearly 35 years, officials said. The accused was identified as Altaf Hussain Sheikh, son of Nazir Ahmed Sheikh and a resident of Marhama-Bijbehara in Anantnag district, they said. He had […]