JAMMU — Several mines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Thursday and blaze also erupted in the forest areas of Samba and Jammu districts, causing significant damage, officials said. In Samba, the fire started in the Purmandal area and soon spread to nearby villages threatening […]
JAMMU — Three persons, including two women, were injured when a rusted mortar shell exploded in a field due to a fire in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The condition of two of the injured is stated to be serious, they said. The explosion occurred when some farmers were burning […]
JAMMU — A rusted anti-tank mine was found on a river bank in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Saturday, police said. The lethal device was noticed by a villager on the banks of Basanter river near Bainglar village this afternoon, said a police official. The villager informed the concerned police post and a bomb […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Friday conducted search operations at many villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following reports of “suspicious movement” in the Bein-Lalachak forward area, officials said. Drones were also deployed for surveillance during the operation, launched as a precautionary measure, they said. Security forces conducted house-to-house verification […]
JAMMU — A total of 26 lodgement centres have been set up in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district for pilgrims who will undertake the annual Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Saturday. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine will commence from twin tracks –the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag […]
JAMMU — Several policemen were injured in clashes with anti-social elements as authorities retrieved more than 20 acres of prime land in a major anti-encroachment drive in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Samba SSP Vinay Sharma said the joint drive by the police and the civil […]
JAMMU — Three Special Police Officers (SPOs) were on Tuesday dismissed from service for dereliction of duty and involvement in the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The SPOs — Daljeet Singh, Bali Ram and Deepak Singh — have been disengaged from service while disposing off […]
JAMMU — Two alleged criminals were booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Saturday, police said. Radhey Sham alias “Shamu” of Ramgarh and Shiv Dayal alias “Sunny” of R S Pura, have been involved in multiple criminal cases, posing a serious threat to public peace and tranquillity, […]
JAMMU — The police have attached properties worth crores of rupees belonging to a gangster and drug peddlers in the Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. The police have seized properties valued at crores belonging to the notorious gangster Mukesh Kumar alias Gesha in the Akhnoor belt of the […]
JAMMU — A senior BSF official on Thursday said an intruder killed along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district might have been sent to carry out reconnaissance of the area and test the alertness of troops for a potential infiltration attempt. Border Security Force (BSF) troops thwarted an infiltration bid on […]
