JAMMU — Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday visited the families of Jaswant Singh and Balwinder Singh, two policemen who were killed during an encounter in Kathua district, and announced government jobs for their next of kin. Singh also announced financial aid up to Rs 70 lakh per family and a memorial gate each […]
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LG visits hospital, enquires about health of cops injured in Kathua encounter
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday visited the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu and enquired about the health of the police personnel injured in an encounter with terrorists in Kathua district earlier this week. Four police personnel and two terrorists — believed to be affiliated with Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad — were killed in […]
Amid multi-tier security, pilgrims pay obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine
REASI — Thousands of pilgrims flocked the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Trikuta hills of Jammu and Kashmir as the nine-day Chaitra Navratri festival began on Sunday. Heavy security arrangements, including AI-enabled CCTV cameras and drones, have been deployed at the base camp of the bhawan and along the route to avert any untoward incident, […]
No weapon snatched by terrorists during Kathua encounter: Police
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said there was no snatching of weapons by terrorists during the two-day-long gunfight in a remote forested area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. All unaccounted weapons and other belongings of the four slain policemen have been recovered, a police spokesperson said. Four policemen and […]
Conspiracies hatched from across border are ‘killing our children’: Deputy CM
JAMMU — Conspiracies hatched from across the border are “killing our children”, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Saturday, advising Pakistan to give up its “terrorism” as violence can achieve nothing. Talking to reporters after the wreath laying ceremony of head constable Jagbir Singh in the lawns of police headquarters at […]
Kathua Encounter: Bodies of 3 policemen retrieved; only 2 terrorists killed, says DGP
JAMMU — The bodies of three of the four Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel killed in an encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were retrieved on Friday as the fierce gunfight between security forces and the ultras entered its second day in the remote forested region of Jammu’s Kathua, officials said here. Director General of Police […]
Ahead of Navratri, AI-enabled cameras, drones, security personnel tighten security in Katra
JAMMU — Heavy security arrangements, including AI-enabled CCTV cameras and drones, are being put in place to avert any untoward incident at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine during the Navratri festival. Chaitra (spring) Navratra will commence on March 30 and authorities are anticipating a large crowd of devotees thronging the cave shrine during the nine-day festival. […]
Body of fourth policeman sighted near Kathua encounter site, operation on
JAMMU — The body of another policeman was sighted using a drone on Friday near the spot where a gunfight took place earlier in a remote forested area in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. This is the fourth cop to be have died in the gunfight in which three terrorists are also […]
Search operation launched in Reasi following suspicious movement
JAMMU — Security forces on Friday launched a search operation following reports of movement of suspected individuals in a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said. A joint team comprising police, Army, and CRPF began the operation in the forested area of Reasi this morning, they added. Backed by surveillance equipment, the operation […]
After night halt, anti-terrorist operation resumed in Kathua
JAMMU — Security forces on Friday resumed an anti-terrorist operation in a remote forested area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, a day after three terrorists and an equal number of policemen were killed in an encounter there, officials said. Seven others, including an officer, were injured in a gunbattle on Thursday. After […]








