JAMMU — The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday said that a 50-year-old man, who was recently found wandering near the International Border (IB) in Akhnoor sector here, was reunited with his family. Venkata Rao, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was missing from home for the last three months and his safe return brought immense relief […]
MENDHAR — A 20-year-old student was allegedly stabbed to death during a birthday party in Poonch district on Saturday, police said. Four people — all of them the victim’s friends — were arrested, along with the weapon of the offence, they said. Israr Ali, a student of government degree college in Mendhar, suffered critical injuries […]
JAMMU — An alleged criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) here and subsequently lodged in Rajouri district jail, police on Saturday said. Mohd Kalu, a resident of Gujjar Basti, was taken into custody by a police party from Miran Sahib area on Friday evening following issuance of PSA warrant against him […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday paid their tributes to a junior commissioned officer (JCO) who laid down his life while leading a counter-infiltration operation against terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu. A solemn wreath-laying ceremony for Subedar Kuldeep Chand was […]
JAMMU — A Defence Security Corps (DSC) jawan, who was critically injured when an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Army on surveillance mission crashed at an airfield in Jammu two days ago, succumbed to injuries at a military hospital, officials on Saturday said. Naik Surender, a resident of Kathua district, was on duty at […]
JAMMU — A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed in an encounter with terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here, but their infiltration bid was thwarted, officials said on Saturday. They said alert army troops picked up the movement of a group of heavily armed terrorists near […]
JAMMU — In a major crackdown against drug trafficking, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday detained 35 drug peddlers in the Jammu district, officials said. With this, a total of 77 detentions have been made in the district during the anti-narcotics operation ”Cleanup” of the J&K Police in just two days, they said. This large-scale […]
JAMMU — An army personnel was injured in a gunfight after alert troops intercepted heavily armed terrorists attempting to sneak into this side from across the Line of Control near Jammu late Friday night, security officials said. The troops guarding the border picked up the movement of a group of terrorists in Keri Battal area […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference (NC) on Friday slammed Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma over his remarks that statehood should be restored only after terrorism and separatism are completely uprooted from the Union Territory. In a statement, NC’s state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said Sharma’s remarks “directly contradict the […]
JAMMU — Panic gripped the bus stand area after an unclaimed bag was found in front of a lodge in Jammu city, officials on Friday said. A red-coloured bag was found lying unclaimed in front of Jehangir Muslim hotel in the bus stand area and the information was passed on to the police, they said. […]