JAMMU — A suspected drug peddler escaped from the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Jammu, triggering an alert and intensified search and checking operations across the region, officials said on Monday. Aqib Bashir, a resident of Pulwama district’s Kakapora, was arrested by the NCB along with 522 grams of heroin from a […]
JAMMU — Search operations have been intensified to trace the bodies of a man and a woman believed to have drowned in the Chenab river in separate incidents in Doda and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. A 21-year-old woman jumped into the river in Doda on Saturday afternoon, while the […]
SRINAGAR — A terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces during a joint search operation in the Ashdar Gali area of Budgam district on Friday, the Army said. According to Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, the operation was launched by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF based on specific intelligence […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday unearthed a weapons cache during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, recovering a pistol, a grenade and 184 rounds of ammunition, officials said. Acting on specific inputs from the local Army intelligence unit, a search operation was conducted by security forces in the dense forests of […]
JAMMU — A drone suspected to be from Pakistan was spotted hovering over forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting security forces to launch a search operation in the area early Saturday, officials said. The drone was noticed at Balakote area’s Behrooti village in Mendhar sector late […]
SRINAGAR — Two inmates booked in separate cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from the Central Jail here on Sunday after scaling the front-side wall of the high-security prison, officials said. The escaped inmates have been identified as Farman Khan, a resident of Sadanpora, Rajasthan, and Mukhtar Ahmed Gujar, […]
JAMMU — Security forces launched search operations at several locations following reports of the movement of suspected persons in Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The police, in collaboration with the CRPF, began a cordon-and-search operation after receiving information about the movement of two suspected individuals. These individuals […]
JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched a joint cordon-and-search operation in the Ramnagar forest area of Udhampur district after receiving inputs about the suspicious movement of two unidentified persons there, officials said. A joint team comprising the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), Army and other security agencies […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Tuesday launched a massive joint search operation in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district after noticing suspicious movement near a tunnel under construction, officials said. A security guard, who was on duty at the construction site, noticed the suspicious movement and fired three to four rounds of […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Tuesday launched a massive search operation after receiving inputs about the suspected movement of terrorists at two locations in the remote Surankote area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Acting on the information, personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, assisted by […]