BANIHAL — Twelve people got injured when a bus hit the lining of the Navyug tunnel and overturned in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday night, officials said. The bus, on its way to Srinagar from Jammu, was trying to avoid a collision but hit the wall of the Qazigund-Banihal tunnel and turned turtle, […]
JAMMU — Taking a serious note of manipulation of dates of birth in Aadhaar updates, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of six operators found involved in cases of forgery in Rajouri district. The action followed a review meeting, chaired by Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma, which discussed violations by some […]
JAMMU — Three traffic policemen have been taken into custody after “suspicious substances’’ were recovered from their post near the Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Udhampur district, an official said on Wednesday. While the police did not elaborate on what the substances were, locals who protested outside the traffic post late on Tuesday night claimed that the […]
JAMMU — A massive multi-tier combing operation to track down a group of infiltrating terrorists continued for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday in forested areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. A local woman informed the police on Tuesday that two men in army uniform asked her for water while they were having food […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — J&K Police on Tuesday apprehended a husband-wife duo in Jammu and seized a substantial quantity of heroin-like substance from their possession. The arrests were made by Police Station Gangyal during routine checking led by SHO and SP city South Jammu. The police team intercepted the suspects at Purmandal Morh while they were […]
JAMMU — BJP MLA Mohan Lal Bhagat on Tuesday strongly advocated granting district status to the Akhnoor border belt in Jammu and staged a protest during the Assembly session, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to order his removal from the House. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was no proposal under consideration to grant a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the National Conference government is promise-bound to implement all its election promises including giving 200 units of free electricity to all households falling under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) category. Abdullah said this in the legislative assembly while replying to a clubbed question […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the proposed international cricket stadium in Jammu city was not a J&K government’s project. “The proposed international cricket stadium at Bajalta in Jammu was initiated by the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) but (it) did not materialise. It was not a […]
JAMMU — National Conference-led government wants all Kashmiri migrants, including Pandits, back in their homes in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Tuesday, adding that efforts are on, in collaboration with the Centre, in this direction. Replying to a question by CPI(M) legislator M Y Tarigami and subsequent supplementary […]
JAMMU — A massive search operation to track down a group of infiltrating terrorists continued for the third day in a forested area in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The operation, led by Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat, was launched on Sunday evening in the Hiranagar sector following an […]