RAJOURI — The Army on Friday ordered an inquiry after a university professor accused the troops of assaulting him during a checking of vehicles in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The professor, Liaqat Ali, suffered head injuries in the alleged assault near the border village Laam late Thursday night […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police on Friday apprehended another notorious criminal from Kathar, Arnia area of Jammu and booked him under the Public Safety Act (PSA). He has been identified as Raman Kumar S/o Bodh Raj Caste Brhaman R/o Kathar, Arnia. Raman is a notorious criminal with a history of violent and heinous offences. Despite multiple […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah released “The Land of Souls – A Tale of Adventure and Discovery”, a book authored by 15-year-old Laranya R Kumar, at an event here on Thursday. Congratulating Laranya, the chief minister praised her for starting the book at 13 years of age and for exploring deep […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police on Thursday recovered ten stolen two-wheelers and arrested four individuals involved in theft cases in Miran Sahib Jammu. The recovery includes three scooties and seven motorcycles, many of which had been missing from various locations. The operation was carried out under the leadership of PSI Ajesh Singh Jamwal, with the support […]
JAMMU — A portion of the civil secretariat’s boundary wall and dozens of vehicles and houses were damaged as gusty winds and thundershowers hit Jammu on Wednesday evening, also plunging the city into darkness, officials said. According to police, there was no report of any casualty due to the strong winds from anywhere in the […]
JAMMU — Police on Wednesday scuttled a protest march here by the Congress over the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet against party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in connection with the 2014 National Herald case. Hundreds of Congress activists and leaders led by party’s J&K unit president Tariq Hameed Karra assembled at the party headquarters at […]
JAMMU — Authorities razed a double-storey house of an alleged drug peddler here on Wednesday and detained several suspects in Samba, officials said. The newly constructed house of a wanted drug peddler, Lahu Gujjar, was razed by police in Bijru Chack village of the Bishnah area in the outskirts of Jammu, officials said. They said […]
JAMMU — The four recent encounters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district “exposed” the route used by terrorists to infiltrate into India from across the International Border (IB), a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Shobhit Saxena also said the successful recovery of huge quantities of arms and ammunition including […]
JAMMU — Days after two students were killed and 21 injured after their college bus turned turtle in Kupwara, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on picnics by schools and colleges on weekends and holidays in the Union Territory. Education Minister Sakeena Itoo also ordered installation of CCTV cameras and […]
JAMMU — In an effort to ensure cultivation of available land near the International Border with Pakistan, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Tuesday held a meeting with security agencies that focused on productive use of the patches to add to the local food basket. The meeting, chaired by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, was attended […]