Criminal detained under PSA in Reasi
Jammu, May 6 (PTI) A notorious criminal was detained under the Public Safety Act in Reasi district, officials said. The 30-year old, identified as Somraj alais Shamu, was sent to the district jail in Amphalla in Jammu, they said. He was facing scores of criminal cases in different police stations in the district. However, in […]
Rajouri Gunfight: Army again establishes contact with hiding terrorists
Rajouri, May 06: After a brief lull, the encounter between hiding terrorists and security forces has been reestablished in Kandi Forest area of Rajouri district on Saturday. Official sources said that after a lull, contact was again established with the terrorists during wee hours on Saturday. On Friday five soldiers were killed and an officer […]
Terrorist killed in ongoing encounter at Kunzer, Baramulla
Srinagar, May 06: One terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Karahama Kunzer area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Official sources said that a terrorist has been killed in an ongoing encounter, however identity of the slain ultra is yet to be ascertained. Earlier, reports said that a joint team of […]
India, Pakistan take veiled swipe at each other at SCO conclave
Benaulim (Goa), May 5 (PTI) India and Pakistan on Friday took a veiled swipe at each other at a SCO meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar demanding tough action against cross-border terrorism and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari calling for not getting caught up in “weaponising terrorism for diplomatic point-scoring”. In his address […]
Rajouri encounter: Three soldiers succumb, death count reaches 5
Srinagar, May 05: Three soldiers, who were injured during the ongoing encounter in Kandi forest area of Rajouri district, have succumbed to their injuries, taking the death count to five. An official said that three soldiers, who were injured in the ongoing operation today morning, succumbed to their injuries at Command hospital Udhampur. Earlier in […]
Arms, ammunition seized from house in Pulwama; 1 arrested
Srinagar, May 5 (PTI) Security forces have arrested a person after seizing arms and ammunition from his house during a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Friday. A search operation was carried out in the Lurgam area of Tral on Thursday, they said. During the searches, a Kalashnikov rifle, two […]
Special police officer arrested, dismissed from service for drug peddling
Bhaderwah/Jammu, May 5 (PTI) A special police officer in Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Friday after he was dismissed from service for alleged involvement in drug peddling in Doda district, officials said. The SPO, identified as Javed Ahmed, was attached with the district police lines in Doda. He was apprehended with cannabis in his […]
2 Army personnel killed in blast triggered by terrorists during operation in Rajouri
Rajouri, May 5 (PTI) Two army personnel belonging to Special Forces were killed and four others, including a Major-rank officer, were injured in an explosion triggered by terrorists in a thickly vegetated area in Kandi forest of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. A statement from the Army’s Northern Command said its […]
Active Covid cases in country decrease to 33, 232
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI) India has recorded 3,611 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have dipped to 33,232 from 36,244, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has increased to 5,31,642 with 36 deaths, which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
Clear weather forecast today, rains till May 8 from tomorrow
Srinagar, May 5: Amid forecast for “mainly clear” weather with chances of “brief spell” of rain and thunderstorm in the evening, the night temperatures continued to hover below normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A meteorological department official here said that rain was expected at “many places” from May 6-8. Thereafter from May 9-12, […]