JAMMU — Two persons, including a juvenile, were detained for their alleged involvement in an obscene act near the shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi atop Trikuta hills in Reasi district, police said on Sunday. A police spokesperson said the action against the accused followed a viral video showing two couples engaged in obscene and inappropriate […]
JAMMU — A man was arrested for allegedly vandalising a mosque and assaulting a person on the premises in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said on Saturday. Pyar Singh, a resident of Patian village, had been evading arrest since the incident at Sukhcha village a few days ago, they said. An FIR was registered […]
JAMMU — Eight Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and a civilian driver were injured as a bus carrying them overturned near Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred along the Tarakote route to the shrine, and the condition of three injured CISF personnel — head constables Sammy […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they arrested a couple wanted in a murder case registered in Uttarakhand in Katra area of Reasi district and handed them over to the concerned police after completing the required legal formalities. According to a police statement, Police Station Katra received information from Police Station […]
JAMMU — The Security Wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday traced and returned a lost bag containing Rs 72,220 and some important documents to a pilgrim visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district, an official said. Vipin Sonkar had reported the loss of his bag, suspected to have been misplaced at either […]
JAMMU — Two notorious drug peddlers were detained under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. Suresh Kumar alias Bantu and Hussain Mohd, both residents of Katra, have been detained pursuant to formal detention orders issued by […]
JAMMU — Several houses were damaged after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the hilly Bathoi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Thursday evening, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident, they said. This is fifth cloudburst in Jammu region in past three days. Four cloudbursts were reported in three districts […]
REASI — District authorities have issued a public advisory ahead of the scheduled opening of spillway gates at Salal Dam on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jyotipuram for silt flushing. Salal Power Station’s group general manager has intimated that the gates will be opened on May 21 at 9 am and the operation […]
JAMMU — A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor girl on the outskirts of Jammu on Saturday, police said. The girl was safely recovered and provided necessary medical assistance as per legal protocol, a police spokesperson said. The accused was identified as Arjun Lakhotra, a resident of Bishnah. A […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Monday said a ropeway in Reasi cannot not be pushed through in a “dictatorial manner” when a large section of stakeholders was opposing the project. Choudhary’s remark came in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, where BJP MLA Baldev Raj Sharma, who represents Shri […]