Two drug peddlers held in Udhampur
Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested with contraband substance in Udhampur district on Wednesday, police said. The accused have been identified as Rajesh Kumar alias Kali and Rajesh Verma, they said. A police party intercepted a vehicle in Tikri area of Udhampur and recovered some heroin from it, the police said. Kumar and Verma […]
Man wanted in 26 criminal cases arrested in Reasi
Jammu: A man allegedly involved in 26 criminal cases was arrested in Reasi district on Tuesday, 14 years after being booked in a first case, officials said. Based on specific information, a police team arrested Parvaiz Ahmed from Reasi, they said. He was evading arrest since 1991 in cases under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities […]
Girl rescued days after abduction in Jammu
Jammu: A girl, who was abducted three days ago from Jammu city, was rescued from Punjab and her kidnapper was arrested, officials said. The minor was kidnapped from the Bakshi Nagar area of the city allegedly by Mukul Kalotra, following which a complaint was lodged by her father, they said. After this, special teams were […]
Police nabs absconding rape accused from HP’s Kangra
Jammu: A man involved in a case of rape in 2017 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district was arrested from Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, officials said. A team of Arnas-Reasi police station arrested Manish Thakur, originally hailing from Chassana Mahore, who had gone absconding after teh alleged rape of a 17- year-old girl in June […]
BCCI forms sub-committee to look into functioning of JKCA
New Delhi: The BCCI on Wednesday formed a three-member sub-committee, comprising former Ranji cricketer Mithun Manhas, to handle the day-to-day functioning of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). Besides Manhas, a former Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir captain, the other members of the sub-committee are Brigadier Anil Gupta and Sunil Sethi, a Jammu-based advocate. […]
India, China, Pakistan expanding nuclear arsenals: SIPRI Study
New Delhi: China, Pakistan and India have 350, 165 and 156 nuclear warheads respectively as of January this year and the three countries appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, a study by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has said. It also said as per its assessment, Russia and the US together possess over […]
LAC Row: Retired Chinese military official moots ‘buffer zones’
Beijing: A retired senior Chinese military official has proposed that China and India should implement the existing confidence building measures and follow up by taking the “boldest step” of establishing “buffer zones” in the “most dangerous areas” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to prevent the border dispute spilling over into a conflict. In […]
Covid Delta variant: Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines offer protection, say Lancet study
London: The Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the Alpha variant first found in the UK, but Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against the strain, says a study published in The Lancet journal. Researchers at Public Health Scotland and the University of Edinburgh, UK, […]