SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said he is leaving Delhi for Jammu to personally monitor the situation on the ground in view of the weather warning issued by the Meteorological Department and the heavy rainfall affecting parts of the Jammu division. In a post on X, Omar Abdullah […]
JAMMU — Rajouri town was hit by flash floods following incessant overnight rainfall, forcing hundreds of residents to move to safer locations as floodwaters inundated low-lying areas, including the new bus stand early Sunday, officials said. Dozens of vehicles were swept away or submerged after overflowing rivers breached their banks, causing widespread disruption, the officials […]
JAMMU — Army troops opened fire after noticing a suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The small arms firing was reported from the Tarkundi forward area around 10 pm on Friday and continued for nearly one-and-a-half hours. However, there were no […]
JAMMU — A massive search operation was launched on Tuesday across some villages in Thanamandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after CCTV footage purportedly captured the movement of two suspected terrorists, officials said. The suspected terrorists were caught on CCTV crossing a road late on Sunday night, prompting the Special Operations Group (SOG) […]
JAMMU — Six children and a woman of a family were hospitalised after allegedly consuming poisonous wild mushrooms in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Friday. The incident took place in Gadyog village near Kotranka subdivision on Thursday evening, they said. According to officials, the seven members of the family developed symptoms of […]
JAMMU — An elderly man succumbed to injuries suffered in a bear attack in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place at Dhok Jangwala, a high-altitude grazing area of remote Darhal area, where the man was staying with his family, they said. The deceased was […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday destroyed over 11 kilograms of heroin seized in a narcotics case registered in Rajouri district. According to a police statement, 11.689 kilograms of heroin seized in FIR No. 178/2024 registered at Police Station Nowshera under Sections 8/21/22/27-A/29 of the NDPS Act and Sections 111/238 of the […]
JAMMU — A search operation was launched early Monday after a suspected Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The drone-like object, fitted with a blinking light, was observed over the forward villages of Meenka and Beripattan in the Sunderbani […]
JAMMU — A Special Police Officer (SPO), his sister, and two more were killed in separate road accidents in Rajouri and Kishtwar districts, officials said on Saturday. SPO Shubam Kumar and his sister Rainu Choudhary were travelling in a car which had a head-on collision with a bus at Bagnoti along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway […]
JAMMU — Four Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were injured in an explosion near the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The blast was caused by accidental activation of a landmine during area domination patrol by Army personnel in forward Kalal area of Nowshera sector, […]