KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua has detained a habitual drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988, and lodged him in jail. According to police, a team from Police Station Hiranagar executed the detention warrant on October 14 against Ranja, son of Nashar […]
KATHUA — The District Administration Kathua on Wednesday demolished a residential structure belonging to an alleged drug peddler at Prithi Chak (Chack Drab Khan), citing illegal construction on government land. According to an official statement, the demolition drive was carried out under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan with the assistance of the Revenue Department and […]
JAMMU — A central team on Wednesday visited Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)-affected areas of Samba, Kathua and Jammu districts to assess the livestock health situation and review measures being undertaken to contain the disease, an official spokesman said. Dr Sudam Bagh, Deputy Commissioner (Livestock Health), Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Union Ministry of Fisheries, […]
JAMMU — A special police officer (SPO) was dismissed from service for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a truck driver in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. A departmental inquiry was also ordered against three policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, for alleged dereliction of duty and failure to report the […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua arrested two alleged inter-state drug suppliers and recovered 80 grams of heroin-like substance as part of an investigation into a case registered at Billawar Police Station, officials said on Thursday. The arrests were made during the investigation of FIR No. 89/2026 registered under Sections 8/21/22/29 of the […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered around 14 grams of heroin-like narcotics in two separate incidents in Lakhanpur and Ghatti areas, officials said on Thursday. In the first incident, a police team from Lakhanpur Police Station, during patrolling near the National Highway, apprehended Hardeep Singh, a […]
JAMMU — Rail traffic on the Jammu-Kathua link was disrupted for several hours on Wednesday after a wagon of a goods train derailed at Chhan Arorian railway station in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The derailment occurred around 9:30 am. The vital route connects Jammu and Kashmir with other parts of the […]
JAMMU — Security agencies have drawn up a comprehensive plan to replace Army troops with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for counter-terrorist operations across select locations in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Under the proposal, about 21 locations in Udhampur and Kathua districts in Jammu region have been […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted an alleged inter-state narcotics smuggling network in Kathua, seizing 2.672 kg of opium and arresting four persons, officials said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of narcotics, a team from Police Station Lakhanpur intercepted a truck bearing registration number PB05 AK 9902 at a […]
JAMMU — The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Wednesday said the people of J-K were “sandwiched between two power centres” in the absence of full-fledged statehood and accused the BJP of “double standards”. Addressing a gathering of Congress workers at Kathua to felicitate newly appointed office-bearers, Karra said the BJP […]