JAMMU — Six Army personnel were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred near Chopra market in the town, 65 km away from Jammu, when a bus carrying the soldiers was on its way to […]
UDHAMPUR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday apprehended three interstate narco smugglers in Udhampur and recovered heroin like substance from their possession. Police Station Rehambal while performing routine vehicle checking at Phalata naka point recovered 22 grams of heroin like substance from three narco smugglers who were travelling in a vehicle bearing Registeration […]
UDHAMPUR (KIMS) — A cattle smuggler on Friday was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Udhampur district. Lakhit Ali alias Liaqat, a resident of Sira Manjla village in Ramnagar and a cattle smuggler, was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on the orders of the Udhampur district magistrate. The accused stands […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday resumed search operations after night-long cordons in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur and Kishtwar districts, officials said. The night-long cordons were places after brief encounters between security forces and terrorists in Jopher-Marta belt of Udhampur district and Chatroo belt of Kishtwar district on Wednesday following the establishment of contact with […]
PATNITOP — India’s first climate change station was inaugurated by Union Minister Jitendra Singh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday. The Central University of Jammu’s Himalayan High Altitude Atmospheric and Climate Research Center aims to study atmospheric and climate phenomena in the Himalayan region. “This initiative will enhance our understanding of climate change […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A criminal who was wanted in many cases was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said on Sunday. A team of Police Station Majalta arrested a wanted criminal Amir Khan S/o Ghulam Rasool R/o Khoon, Tehsil Majalta District Udhampur. During a well-coordinated operation, based on reliable intelligence regarding the movement […]
JAMMU — Two suspected terrorists have been spotted in Majalta forest belt of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting security forces and police to launch a cordon and search operation to track them down, officials said on Thursday. According to sources, the two suspected terrorists took away food and a mobile phone from a […]
UDHAMPUR — A senior Army officer visited Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district to review the security situation, amid an ongoing operation against infiltrating terrorists in nearby Kathua district, officials said. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, visited the district’s Basantgarh area, which falls on the route used by […]
JAMMU — Three traffic policemen have been taken into custody after “suspicious substances’’ were recovered from their post near the Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Udhampur district, an official said on Wednesday. While the police did not elaborate on what the substances were, locals who protested outside the traffic post late on Tuesday night claimed that the […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — As part of the ongoing drive against drug abuse in District Udhampur, a joint team of officials from the Drug and Food Control Organisation Udhampur and the Police Department conducted regulatory inspections of medical shops. The inspection team was led by Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Assistant Drug Controller Udhampur/Ramban, along with Drug Control […]