Two Armymen hospitalized after getting injured
Jammu: Two Army personnel were injured on Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in fell down from a bridge in Kathua district of Jammu division, officials said. The Army vehicle broke the bridge’s railing after its driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into the dry river bed at Sahar Khad along […]
Cops book two Muslim Youth League leaders
Duo had misappropriated funds for kin of Kathua rape victim
Kozhikode: Police on Wednesday registered a cheating case against the state and national leaders ofMuslim Youth League, youth wing of the Indian Union Muslim League, on a complaint alleging misappropriation of funds collected for the family of the victim in the Kathua rape and murder case. Police said P K Firoz, state general secretary of […]
Major tragedy averted as IED diffused on busy highway
Jammu: A major tragedy was averted on Wednesday with the timely detection of a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a pressure cooker on a busy highway in Rajouri district, officials said. The suspected IED was found on the roadside at Manjakote on Jammu-Poonch highway and was subsequently destroyed by the Army’s Bomb Disposal […]
Two drug peddlers arrested in Udhampur, Reasi
Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested on Wednesday after huge quantities of poppy straw and charas were recovered from their possession in Udhampur and Reasi districts, police said. Pawan Kumar, a resident of Hoshiarpur in Punjab, was arrested after 18 kg of poppy straw was recovered from his truck during checking at Motorshed in […]
Foreign envoys on two-day visit to JK
Will assess situation post-DDC polls: Officials
New Delhi: Envoys from Europe and Africa will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to assess the development work and the security situation in the union territory, especially after the successful completion of the District Development Council elections, officials said on Tuesday. They said during their two-day visit, the envoys would receive first-hand information on […]
46 cases accorded sanction for seizure of assets used for militancy: Police
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has accorded permission in 46 cases for seizure and attachment of various moveable and immovable assets used for militancy in the union territory, an official said on Tuesday. A total of 61 vehicles, five houses, six shops, besides land and cash were subsequently seized or attached under the Unlawful […]
PDP for restoration of pre-August 2019 status for JK: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party was not merely demanding statehood but the restoration of pre-August 2019 status for Jammu and Kashmir. She also called for resumption of dialogue for the resolution of the Kashmir issue and alleged that there was “jungle raj” in the country. “We are not demanding (the […]
