JAMMU — The crime branch unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a man wanted for duping a job seeker of Rs 4.20 lakh on the pretext of providing a government job here, an official said on Saturday. The accused, Fayz Ahmed from Chadoora in Budgam district, was evading arrest after a case was registered […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch have imposed a complete ban on the sale and use of firecrackers during the ongoing marriage season across the border district, citing security concerns. The order was issued by Poonch District Magistrate Ashok Kumar Sharma on Thursday following a report by the police, warning that bursting firecrackers […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Wednesday launched a search operation following suspicious movement in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The operation was launched by the Special Operations Group (SOG), army and the CRPF following reports of movement of suspected persons in the Balakote-Mendhar border areas, they said. The forces […]
JAMMU — A drone was recovered from a field in a village in Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. The drone was recovered by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of local police from village Sakhi Maidan, which is around six km aerial distance from the Line of Control (LoC), […]
JAMMU — An Army soldier was killed after his service rifle allegedly went off accidentally inside a camp in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Naik Amarjeet Singh was on sentry duty when he sustained a bullet injury following the accidental discharge of his service rifle at the camp in […]
JAMMU — An Agniveer jawan was injured after his service rifle accidentally went off following a practice session in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) after a firing practice in the district, they said. The rifle went off while […]
JAMMU — Maulana Iqbal was not a terrorist but a respected religious figure who lost his life along with 12 others in heavy Pakistani shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Thursday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police came out with a clarification on the 45-year-old Iqbal after certain media outlets and social […]
JAMMU — An alleged overground worker for terrorists was detained in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with police claiming that his presence and actions posed a serious threat to public order and tranquillity. Mohd Qayoom, a resident of Qasba village, has been nabbed under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), a […]
JAMMU — A 26-year-old Pakistani intruder was arrested along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. The arrest came amid a diplomatic flare-up between India and Pakistan and almost daily ceasefire violations on the borders in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people, mostly […]
JAMMU — Four passengers including a soldier were killed and 44 others injured when a private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed their grief over the accident. Abdullah rushed his […]