JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandits on Wednesday held protests in Jammu, demanding a two-fold increase in monthly relief from the existing ceiling of Rs 13,000 per family. They accused the authorities of failing to revise the assistance for the past eight years. Led by the community leader Ravinder Koul, scores of protestors gathered at the Press […]
JAMMU — A motorcycle collided with a truck near Jammu here on Tuesday, killing a couple and injuring their 12-year-old son, officials said. Bal Krishan (45) and his wife Anita (40), natives of Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur, along with their son were travelling on a motorcycle when they were hit by a truck at the Gangyal […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday detained a “suspicious” person at an Army formation in Jammu and a probe into his activities has been launched, official sources said. “A suspicious individual has been detained. The matter is under investigation,” a source said. The sources added that further details are awaited. Reports, however, claimed that a […]
JAMMU — A man allegedly involved in anti-national activities has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police officials said. The accused has been identified as Romelu Singh. Police said the accused is a history-sheeter and involved in anti-national activities. Singh has been lodged in the Jammu district […]
JAMMU — Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored on Thursday after clearance of landslides that had left roads blocked in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir for the past two days. The strategic 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked by multiple landslides early […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Kumar Khajuria, pending an inquiry into alleged misappropriation of general provident fund and income tax deductions of police personnel. According to an order issued on behalf of the L-G by Principal Secretary (Home) Chandraker Bharti, Khajuria will remain attached to the […]
JAMMU — A man accused of raping a minor from Himachal Pradesh has been arrested by a police team from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district after evading arrest for nearly five years, officials said on Saturday. The accused, Avtar Singh, a resident of Thakrai village, was wanted in connection with an FIR registered at the […]
JAMMU — Police on Thursday arrested a hardcore criminal in the RS Pura area of Jammu district and recovered a sharp-edged weapon from his possession, officials said. Acting on inputs, a police team arrested Davinder Kumar alias Rahul, a resident of Chak Mohd Yar in Jammu, they said. On seeing the police, the accused attempted […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said that a total of 233 illegal commercial and residential structures have been identified in Jammu city in the last 13 months. In reply to a question of BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa in the assembly, the government said the violations pertain to 122 residential structures, 107 […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that over 16,000 kanals of land under the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) are currently being encroached upon, and that eviction drives are being carried out in a phased and time-bound manner. In response to a question from BJP MLA Dr Narinder Singh Raina […]