Added on February 22, 2026
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Jammu: The Special Crime Wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch on Saturday conducted searches at the house a person involved in duping many job seekers on the pretext of arranging working visas to travel abroad, an official said. The house of Kartik Choudhary at Purana Pind in R S Pura was searched after […]
Added on February 22, 2026
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Heroin, weapons also seized Jammu: Seven alleged drug peddlers were arrested at different places in Jammu and Udhampur districts, police said on Saturday. Balvinder Kumar and Sunny Kumar, both residents of R S Pura, were arrested from the Gandhi Nagar area of Jammu city and one pistol, one magazine and 21 grams of heroin were […]
Added on February 22, 2026
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Srinagar: Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured when their vehicle lost control and fell into a river here on Saturday, officials said. The accident took place on Dagpora-Umerhair Road at Ahmadnagar locality on the outskirts of Srinagar. When the driver lost control, the vehicle turned turtle and fell into the river nearby, […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called for political maturity on Friday, urging lawmakers to “desist from doing politics on everything”, after a government order regarding “Zakat” (alms) collection was painted as interference in religious matters. Immediately after the Question Hour ended in the Assembly, Abdullah raised a point of order as he wanted to respond […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Over 7.85 crore visitors recorded between 2023–25: Govt Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government said that the Union Territory has witnessed a sharp surge in tourist arrivals in the post-2019 period, with over 7.85 crore tourists visiting between 2023 and 2025, compared to 4.76 crore visitors during 2016–18. Replying to a question by NC MLA […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Srinagar: IGP Kashmir V K Birdi on Friday reviewed the security measures in the Valley ahead of Vice President C P Radhakrishnan’s visit to attend the 21st convocation of the University of Kashmir on February 26. Senior officers from various security and intelligence agencies attended the security review meeting chaired by Birdi, a police spokesman […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said the India Meteorological Department is planning to introduce a hyper-local weather forecasting system for Himalayan states and has identified seven districts for this, with special focus on early warnings for cloudburst-induced rainfall. The IMD plans to install four additional doppler weather radars and 34 automatic weather […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Jammu: Security forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in Rajouri district on Friday after troops foiled an infiltration bid in the area a day before, officials said. The recovery was made during a comprehensive search operation conducted in the Nathua Tibba area of Sundarbani sector along the Line of […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Srinagar: Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday, officials said. “Ceasefire violation took place around noon at TMG (Toot Mar Gali) in Nowgam Sector of Kupwara (in north Kashmir) when PoK posts fired through small arms on Indian posts,” the officials said. The firing stopped […]
Added on February 21, 2026
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Jammu: A total of 41,944 claims have been received across Jammu and Kashmir under the Forest Rights Act, with 28,925 individual forest rights claims and 13,019 community forest rights claims, the Union Territory government informed the assembly on Friday. The Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, also known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest […]
