JAMMU — A fire broke out in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Monday, prompting the authorities and local volunteers to swing into action, officials said. The blaze erupted in the Gangra forest area and rapidly spread over a large expanse of land, they said. The Forest department and the Jammu […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday released the sketches of six militants, who infiltrated from Pakistan into Basantgarh area of Udhampur district and killed a village defence guard in a gunfight before fleeing deep into the forest, officials said. Udhampur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Joginder Singh announced the first breakthrough in the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police RR Swain on Monday stressed the need to enhance security in vulnerable areas and keep suspicious elements providing support to militant activities under surveillance. DGP Swain visited the home of Village Defence Guard (VDG) Mohammed Sharif who was killed in a militant attack in Udhampur district […]
JAMMU — A Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed in a gunfight with militants in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district early Sunday, officials said. A massive search operation is underway to flush out the militants, who are believed to have recently infiltrated from Pakistan, they said. The exchange of fire […]
JAMMU — An estimated 65 per cent of the total 16.23 lakh registered voters cast their ballot by 5 pm on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Udhampur, officials said, as Jammu and Kashmir witnessed an incident-free polling in what was its first major electoral battle since the abrogation of Article […]
JAMMU — Scores of activists from the Scheduled Tribes (ST) community joined the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Saturday. They joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Udhampur district party chief Arun Gupta and former MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia. The joining witnessed key figures from the Gujjar and Bakerwal […]
UDHAMPUR — One person died on spot while another was injured after two vehicles crashed into each other in Udhampur district. Quoting officials, news agency KNO reported that a Dumper crashed into a Truck inside Chenani-Nashri Tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district last night, resulting in on spot death to the conductor of […]
JAMMU — A local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur has awarded a death sentence to a man who brutally killed his mother for two kanals of land, and termed the crime as the gravest case of breach of trust. As per case details, Principal Sessions Judge Udhampur Haq Nawaz Zargar awarded the death sentence […]
JAMMU — At least 40 people, including several children, were injured when a footbridge collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Friday, officials said. The incident took place at Beni Sangam in the Bain village of Chenani block during Baisakhi celebrations, they said. Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Ramesh Kumar said the bridge collapsed due to […]