JAMMU — The train service between Budgam in central Kashmir and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) in the Jammu division resumed on Saturday after being suspended for nearly two months due to the Amarnath Yatra, bringing relief to commuters, an official said. The train service from both sides had been suspended from June 29, […]
JAMMU — A drone suspected to be from Pakistan was spotted hovering over forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting security forces to launch a search operation in the area early Saturday, officials said. The drone was noticed at Balakote area’s Behrooti village in Mendhar sector late […]
JAMMU — Kishtwar observed a complete bandh on Thursday following a joint call by the Majlis-e-Shura and Sanatan Dharam Sabha over the alleged rape and death of a 15-year-old tribal girl in the district. Shops and business establishments remained closed across the district, while public transport was also affected, officials said. Security forces and police […]
JAMMU — The Special Investigation Team probing the rape and death of a 15-year-old tribal girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar has arrested three more persons, including a health department daily-wager, for their alleged role in a conspiracy to conceal the sexual assault and terminate the minor’s pregnancy, taking the total number of arrests to […]
JAMMU — Six people, including two women, were killed, and three others injured, when a vehicle veered off the road and fell into a ditch in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The vehicle, a Maruti Eeco, was heading for Seri Chouhana village when its driver lost control and the vehicle […]
JAMMU — Two labourers were killed in separate accidents in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with one crushed to death after a concrete bridge pier collapsed in Samba district and another dying after falling from a bridge under construction in Jammu, officials said. A pier of a bridge under construction collapsed at Jakh Morh in […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Municipal Corporation on Tuesday sealed 46 shops at the vegetable market in Indira Chowk for failing to pay rent for more than four years, officials said. A JMC team pasted notices and put locks and seals on the shops after they failed to clear their outstanding dues despite repeated notices, including […]
CHANDIGARH/JAMMU — Holding that excessive force cannot be used against citizens, the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has upheld a “severe displeasure” censure awarded to a former Rashtriya Rifles sector commander over the December 2023 custodial deaths of three civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Dismissing the plea of Brigadier Padmasambhava Acharya, the tribunal has […]
JAMMU — A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by a teacher in her school for the last few months, resulting in pregnancy and her death following an abortion bid in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, prompting police to arrest the accused and his brother on Friday. The girl’s death late on Thursday evening triggered […]
JAMMU — Three members of a family were killed, and two others injured after a vehicle skidded off a hilly road and plunged into a gorge in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. The accident occurred near Panasa village late Tuesday night when the driver of a an SUV lost control […]