Alertness key to deal with sticky bombs: CRPF
Says jawans being sensitised ahead of Amarnath Yatra
Jammu: CRPF personnel, who will be deployed for the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, are being sensitised about the threat posed by “sticky bombs”, a senior officer said on Wednesday, asserting that alertness is the best way to deal with the problem. In a first of its kind seizure in February last year, the […]
Growth in locals joining terror ranks in JK: Officials
New Delhi: The “exponential growth” in local youngsters joining terrorist ranks in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two years is a cause of concern for the security establishment with officials saying such operatives constitute about 60 per cent of the total active strength, CRPF sources said on Wednesday. At the same time, as per […]
Woman drug peddler held
Jammu: A notorious woman peddler was arrested along with Rs 6.7 lakh and banned drugs in Reasi district on Wednesday, police said. Rekha Devi, a resident of Didi Phangal village, was nabbed during checking in the Agar Jeeto area of Katra, a police spokesman said. He said banned drugs including 400 Tramadol capsules and 471 […]
J&K Bank building purchase irregularities: CBI searches eight locations in JK, Mumbai
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at the premises of former J&K Bank chairman Haseeb Drabu and some other former top officials in connection with the purchase of the bank’s office building in Mumbai in 2010, and claimed to have recovered “incriminating documents”. The searches were conducted at eight locations in Mumbai, Srinagar […]
Selling Pak MBBS seats in JK: Charges framed against Hurriyat leader, seven others
Srinagar: A special court here on Monday framed charges against eight persons, including a prominent Hurriyat leader, for selling Pakistani MBBS seats in Jammu and Kashmir to fund terror activities. Special judge NIA court, Srinagar, Manjeet Singh Manhas, framed the charges against Hurriyat leader and chairman Salvation Movement Mohammad Akbar Bhat alias ‘Zaffar Akbar Bhat’ […]
Man held for sharing sensitive social media post
Jammu: Police have arrested a man for sharing a sensitive photograph on a social media platform in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said here on Tuesday. An information was received through reliable sources that a person named Prem, a resident of Budhal area, has uploaded a sensitive photograph on a social media platform Monday […]
Lt Gen Aujla assumes charge as Chinar Corps Commander
Srinagar: Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla on Tuesday assumed command of the strategic Kashmir-based Chinar Corps. Lt Gen Aujla took over from Lt Gen D P Pandey who relinquished charge of the Chinar Corps on Monday, a defence spokesman said here. On taking over the command, the new corps commander paid homage at the Chinar […]
Pak returns body of minor Indian boy
Jammu: Pakistani authorities on Tuesday handed over the body of a 12-year-old Indian boy who drowned in a river in his home town in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir last week and swept away across the Line of Control (LoC) by the strong current, officials said. Zamin Rasool, a resident of Surankote, drowned while […]
One arrested for accepting bribe in Jammu
Revenue official absconding
Jammu: One person was arrested on Tuesday after he was caught taking bribe money allegedly on behalf of a Patwari’ (revenue official) here, a spokesman of the Anti-Corruption Bureau said. A trap was laid following a complaint that the official Arish Parvaiz, Patwari halqa Digiana in Jammu, through his associate Jatinder Kumar is demanding bribe […]
Two LeT terrorists, civilian killed, soldier injured in separate encounters
Srinagar: Two terrorists and a civilian were killed while two others, including a soldier, injured in separate gunfights in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Giving details, a police spokesman said a cordon and search operation was launched on Monday evening by security forces in the Pandoshan area of Shopian district following information about […]
