JAMMU — Probe into the rape and subsequent death of a 15-year-old girl in Kishtwar district has been handed over to the Crime Branch, officials said on Saturday. The teenager had been allegedly raped by her school teacher over several months. She died on August 20 during a pregnancy termination procedure. A Special Investigation Team […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday formed a five-member committee to inquire into circumstances that led to the malfunctioning of Gulmarg cable car services last month. The General Administration Department (GAD) appointed the Managing Director of Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Mahmood Shah, as chairman of the committee, which has been asked to […]
KUPWARA/BIJNOR — A case each was filed in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber in Kupwara district of the Union territory, officials said. According to a complaint by the father of the teenager, Krishna Kumar, his son Vishal had gone to work at a […]
JAMMU — Three labourers were killed and two persons including a fire officer were injured after a portion of an old bridge collapsed during repair work in the Thuther area of Bantalab on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said on Saturday. They were trapped under debris on Friday when labourers were carrying out retaining wall […]