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Man, sister arrested with heroin worth Rs 70 lakh in Jammu

Jammu: A brother-sister duo were arrested with 550 grams of heroin worth Rs 70 lakh on the outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday, police said. They said the accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh and his sister Navneet Kour from Tanda village in R S Pura. During routine checking at the Balol checkpost in […]

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Goods train derails amid heavy rains in Kathua

Jammu: Two bogies of a goods train derailed on Thursday due to flooding on the railway track in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, disrupting train traffic on the Jammu-Pathankot route, officials said. No loss of life was reported in the incident. The incident took place in Lakhanpur area of the district, when the train was […]

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Two pistols, 6 hand-grenades among consignment recovered in Poonch

Mendhar/Jammu: Two pistols and six hand-grenades were among a cache of arms and ammunition recovered by a joint team of security forces during a search operation in Poonch district on Thursday, official sources said. A joint search operation was launched by the police, Special Operations Group, and the Army in the general area of Khanetar […]

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Revenue official arrested for bribery in Ramban

Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested a revenue official for allegedly taking a bribe to facilitate corrections in land records in Ramban district. Muzamil Salam, posted at Patwar Halqa in Pogal Paristan, was allegedly caught red-handed by an ACB team while taking a bribe of Rs 2,500 from the complainant for correcting his […]

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Landslide triggered by rains hits Poonch, girl killed

Mendhar/Jammu: A girl was killed after a landslide triggered by rains hit a mountainous area of Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place in the Chak Bonalla area of Mendhar tehsil. The deceased was identified as 12-year-old Afiya Kousar, they added.

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Mehbooba seeks EAM’s intervention to save Indian nurse on death row in Yemen

Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday sought External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s intervention to save the Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen. The former chief minister of J-K also appealed to people to donate generously for raising blood money needed for getting clemency for Nimisha Priya. Priya, 38, a nurse from Palakkad district of […]

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Police invoke new criminal laws to attach property in job scam

Compensates 17 victims Jammu: In a landmark action under the BNSS, Jammu and Kashmir Police successfully executed a property attachment in a Rs 2.39 crore job scam here, resulting in the recovery and refund of Rs 75 lakh among 17 victims, a senior officer said on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Joginder Singh, said […]

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Fresh batch of over 7,500 pilgrims leaves for Amarnath shrine

Nearly 17,000 more pilgrims offer prayers at Amarnath cave shrine Jammu/Srinagar: Amid tight security, a fresh bath of over 7,500 pilgrims left here early Wednesday for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the cave shine has crossed one lakh. The 38-day […]

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Amarnath Yatra: Top police officer directs for maintaining high level of vigilance

Jammu: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Shiv Kumar Sharma on Wednesday conducted a thorough security review of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and stressed the significance of maintaining a high level of vigilance throughout the duration of the pilgrimage. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high shrine commenced on July 3 from the Valley via the twin tracks […]

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Ahmedabad plane crash: Initial report to be made public in two days: AAIB to Par panel

New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that it will make public its preliminary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash in a couple of days, sources said. AAIB Director General G V G Yugandhar told the panel that it will upload the report within 30 days of one […]