JAMMU — A 60-year-old man was injured in a firing incident in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. The firing took place near the J&K Bank ATM in Bari Brahmana market along the Jammu-Pathankot highway around 9 pm, the officials said. They said Bishan Dass, a resident of Channi Kartholi village, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a revenue official for graft and seized Rs 35 lakh in cash from his private vehicle in Samba district, an official said on Tuesday. The ACB received a complaint against Sunil Kumar, posted as Patwari in Dadui Block, alleging that he had demanded a […]
JAMMU — A special police officer (SPO) was crushed to death by a speeding truck along the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Sunday. SPO Rahul Singh was on duty at a checkpoint in the Vijaypur area when he was hit around Saturday midnight. He died on the […]
JAMMU — Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. Manjit Singh alias Billa, a resident of Koulpur village in Ramgarh, reportedly used some inflammable oil to set ablaze the holy text late Tuesday night, sparking widespread protests by the Sikh community, […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Monday launched a search operation following reports that three persons were seen moving suspiciously on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. Some villagers saw the three people, who appeared to be outsiders, carrying bags and sitting near a field in Sandi village of the Purmandal belt, […]
JAMMU — Seven alleged hardcore criminals were arrested and sharp-edged weapons were seized in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The criminals were roaming in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) when they were intercepted and arrested by police near AIIMS Vijaypur, a police spokesman said. He identified the arrested accused as […]
JAMMU — Security forces detained a man after he was found roaming “suspiciously” in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Thursday. Mohammad Farooq, a resident of Salunian village in Poonch district, was detained near Nandini Hills along the National Highway in Samba on Wednesday evening, officials said. According to reports, he got a […]
JAMMU — A 24-year-old soldier was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire after climbing on top of a passenger train in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Tuesday. Ramchandra Choudhary, a native of Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, met with the accident near Bari Brahmana station late Monday night, the officials said. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau registered a case FIR No. 03/2025 u/s 5(1)(d) r/w Section 5(2) of J&K PC Act, Svt. 2006 & 120-B, RPC at Police Station ACB Jammu against revenue officer/official namely Tarsem Lal, then Tehsildar Vijaypur and Zassin Malik then Patwari, Patwar Halqa Gurha Slathia as well as beneficiary […]
JAMMU — Three policemen, including a station house officer, were injured after members of a narcotics gang attacked them during an anti-drug operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The incident occurred in the Balol Khad area of the district. A police team led by SHO Pushpinder Singh had arrived to crack down […]