JAMMU — Two landlords in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district have been booked for allegedly failing to provide details of their tenants for verification, an official said. The verification process was initiated after reports emerged of anti-national elements residing in residential areas under the guise of tenants and domestic helpers. “Two FIRs have been registered […]
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BSF, Police launched joint search operation in border areas of Samba
JAMMU — The BSF and police on Friday launched a search operation to monitor suspicious activities in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The search operation comes in the backdrop of spate of terror attacks in the Kashmir valley. Officials said the joint search operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) […]
Rusted anti-tank mine, old mortar shell defused in separate places in Samba
JAMMU — A rusted anti-tank mine and an old mortar shell were defused after they were found by villagers at separate places in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The anti-tank mine was noticed by a farmer working in his fields near the Regal border outpost this morning, the officials said. […]
2 labourers died, 4 rescued after they came under debris during construction of bridge in Samba
JAMMU — Two labourers died and four others were rescued on Thursday after a group of construction workers came under heap of soil while they were working in a large pit dug for building a bridge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The six labourers were involved in the construction work on the […]
Congress, PDP and NC turned Jammu and Kashmir into ‘warehouse’ of terrorism: Yogi Adityanath
RAMGARH, SAMBA — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday accused the Congress, the National Conference and the PDP of turning Jammu and Kashmir into a “warehouse” of terrorism and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi permanently destroyed this “nursery of terrorism” with the abrogation of Article 370. He said once the BJP forms a […]
BSF destroys rusted mine in controlled explosion in Samba
JAMMU — The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday destroyed a rusted anti-tank mine found on the banks of a river in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The mine was detected by a BSF patrolling party on the banks of the Basantar river between Ballhar and Kamour border outposts around 11 am, […]
BSF destroyed rusted mortar shell in Samba
JAMMU — The Border Security Force on Tuesday destroyed a rusted mortar shell found in a border village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. BSF troops noticed the mortar shell in an open field during patrolling at Chachwal village in the Ghagwal sector around 8 am, they said. The mortar shell was […]
Security forces recover arms and ammunition in Samba
JAMMU — Security forces recovered arms and ammunition that were dropped by a drone in the border area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, officials said. Security personnel launched a search operation in the Ramgarh sector following intelligence reports of material being dropped by drone during the night, they said. During the search, […]
Punjab resident arrested in Samba; pistol, five live cartridges recovered
JAMMU — A criminal was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and an illegal pistol and five live cartridges were recovered from his possession on Friday, officials here said. The accused, Mohd Latief alias Latief Punjabi of Hoshiarpur in Punjab, was arrested during checking at Chak Dayala near Basantar bridge, the officials said. According […]
VDG’s will be equipped with weapons, night vision devices to shore up anti-infiltration grid along IB: DGP R R Swain
JAMMU — Village defence guards will be equipped with weapons and night vision devices, and “rewarded suitably” to shore up the anti-infiltration grid along the International Border (IB) by creating “a new level of difficulty for the enemy”, Jammu and Kashmir DGP R R Swain said on Sunday. He said that standard operating procedures will […]









