JAMMU — As many as 1,156 aspirants received placement letters at a mega job fair in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Friday, an official said. Organised by the local administration with the aim of bridging the gap between job aspirants and industries, the event brought together leading businesses and a diverse pool of talent, […]
KATHUA — A six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a superintendent of police was constituted Wednesday to probe the recent murder of two men in a remote village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Bodies of Roshan Lal, 45, and Shamsher, 37, were retrieved from the banks of a stream in […]
KATHUA — Two people were taken into custody after Rs 3.36 crore were recovered from their vehicle in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police officials said. The Kashmir-bound vehicle was coming from Delhi and was intercepted at Lakhanpur, the gateway to Jammu and Kashmir bordering Punjab, the officials said. They said a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over the mysterious deaths of two men in a remote village in Kathua district and said he has asked the concerned officers to probe the matter. Bodies of Roshan Lal, 45, and Shamsher, 37, were retrieved from the banks of a stream […]
JAMMU — Two people were found dead in a remote village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a police officer said. Bodies of Roshan Lal, 45, and Shamsher, 37, were retrieved from the banks of a stream at village Batheri, station house officer of Billawar police station Jitender Singh told PTI. He […]
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Sunday demanded a judicial inquiry into two alleged incidents of human rights violations in Kathua and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Iltija, daughter of PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, visited the family of a youth who recently committed suicide in Kathua […]
KATHUA — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Sunday met the family of a youth who recently committed suicide after alleged torture by police over his suspected links with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, party leaders said. This comes a day after Iltija claimed that she and her mother Mehbooba Mufti had been placed […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday condemned the killings of two civilians in Kathua and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir. This cycle will continue until accountability is fixed, he said in a post on X. Makhan Din (26), a resident of Batodi village in Kathua accused of being involved in […]
HYDERABAD — AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday demanded suspension of police officers who were responsible for the alleged suicide of a man due to reported harassment by local police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district. Since Jammu and Kashmir was made a Union Territory, it is the responsibility of the Centre to prevent such […]
JAMMU — Asserting that recent deaths in Kathua and Baramulla “risk alienating” local population, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday that he has taken up these incidents with the Centre. He insisted that both cases be investigated in a time-bound and transparent manner. In Billawar area of Kathua district, a 26-year-old […]