Two killed, three others injured in separate incidents in Jammu
JAMMU: Two persons were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu division, police said Wednesday. A-three vehicle crash killed the driver of an oil tanker and injured three others near Railway bridge Nanak Chack in Samba Tuesday night, they said. The identity of the deceased driver […]
Two drug peddlers held in Jammu
JAMMU: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested in separate cases after a huge consignment of poppy straw, and charas were seized from their possession along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, police said on Wednesday. Nitin Sharma (30), a resident of R S Pura, was arrested after police seized 175 kg poppy straw from his truck at […]
Man wanted in rash driving case arrested after 12 years
Jammu: A man, wanted in a rash driving case, was arrested Wednesday after over a 12-year-long hunt in Jammu divisions Samba district, police said. Harmeet Singh, a resident of the Rajbagh area of Kathua district, was arrested by a police party from the Mansar Morh area in Samba, a police spokesman said. Singh was wanted […]
Report police, forces atrocities to me: Guv Malik tells Hurriyat leaders
Says Hurriyat should not consider him as an ‘alien’
Jammu: In a bid to build bridges between Raj Bhawan and Hurriyat Conference, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday reached out to the separatist leaders urging them to apprise him directly of the cases of “atrocity and injustice” to common people that they may come across. Malik made the offer with an appeal that the […]
Local militants are ‘sons of soil’, govt should talk to them: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Terming local militants as “sons of soil”, PDP chiefMehbooba Mufti Tuesday said efforts should be made to save them, adding the Centre should initiate dialogue with the militant leadership in Jammu and Kashmir to end the “gun culture”. “Right now, talks should be held with Pakistan and separatists. Similarly, the militant leadership should also […]
LoC flare up: BSF officer killed by sniper fire along IB
Jammu: An assistant commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) was killed in sniper firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu division’s Kathua district Monday morning, officials said. Pakistan troops also violated the ceasefire and resorted to firing and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, prompting the […]
Gen Bipin Rawat warns Pakistan
Says army will not hesitate in carrying out 'strong action'
New Delhi: Army chief Gen BipinRawat on Tuesday warned Pakistan that India will not hesitate in carrying out strong action against inimical moves, asserting that its forces were giving enemies along the Line of Control a “befitting reply” and inflicting heavy losses. Gen Rawat also said India’s neighbour on the western border continues to support […]
Pak SC asks govt to back population control measures
Islamabad: Describing Pakistan’s fast-growing population as a “ticking time bomb”, the Supreme Court Tuesday urged religious scholars, the civil society and the government to back population control measures, including a two children per family norm, in the Muslim-majority country. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice SaqibNisar made the observations during a hearing in a […]
Car bomb kills 4, injures 44 in Kabul
Kabul: A car bomb exploded near a heavily fortified foreign compound in Kabul on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding 44, officials said, in the latest attack to rock the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the huge blast, which shook the city, but it comes as diplomatic efforts […]