SSB Barracks damaged in massive fire at Batamaloo

Srinagar: At least seven barracks of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) were gutted in a massive fire at Tatto Ground Batamaloo overnight, officials said on Thursday. They said that the fire started at around 0300 hours from a barrack of 10th battalion SSB and spread in the vicinity. While at least seven barracks were damaged, no […]

300 Individual bunkers to be constructed at Karnah

SDM asks for identification of bunker sites

KUPWARA: Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Karnah, Dr. Bilal Mohi-u-din Bhat Thursday convened a meeting of concerned officers and elected public representatives to review the proposal for construction of individual bunkers in the border areas of Karnah subdivision. The meeting was informed that the Government envisages a proposal for construction of Individual bunkers in border areas […]

Huge cache of arms, ammunition seized in Reasi

Jammu: Security forces have recovered a huge cache of weapons from a remote forest in Reasi district, a defence spokesman said on Thursday. The recovery included an AK 47 rifle with one sealed box of ammunition, one Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), one 303 bolt rifle and two Chinese pistols with magazines and ammunition, the spokesman said. […]

NIA arrests ‘militant associate’ in Kishtwar

Srinagar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday said that it arrested a militant supporter of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit who was providing logistic support to militants in Kishtwar area of Jammu region. In a statement issued, an NIA spokesman said that “Yesterday (17.02.2021) it arrested a militant harbourer and logistics provider of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen namely Taraq Hussain Giri […]

Govt to provide android tablets to all ANMs: Official

JAMMU: As a step towards digitizing the health records in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the government is going to provide android tablets to all ANMs working at Sub-centres besides Health and Wellness Centres for implementation of ANMOL, ANM Online software application to register and update service delivery data of beneficiaries on real-time basis. […]

Hizb Militant associates arrested in Tral, explosives recovered

Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Awantipora. In a statement police said that, acting on specific information of militant movement, Awantipora Police along with 42 RR and 180 BN CRPF launched search operation in village Batagund and Dadsara Tral. […]

Two Armymen hospitalized after getting injured

Jammu: Two Army personnel were injured on Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in fell down from a bridge in Kathua district of Jammu division, officials said. The Army vehicle broke the bridge’s railing after its driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into the dry river bed at Sahar Khad along […]

Cops book two Muslim Youth League leaders

Duo had misappropriated funds for kin of Kathua rape victim

Kozhikode: Police on Wednesday registered a cheating case against the state and national leaders ofMuslim Youth League, youth wing of the Indian Union Muslim League, on a complaint alleging misappropriation of funds collected for the family of the victim in the Kathua rape and murder case. Police said P K Firoz, state general secretary of […]

Major tragedy averted as IED diffused on busy highway

Jammu: A major tragedy was averted on Wednesday with the timely detection of a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a pressure cooker on a busy highway in Rajouri district, officials said. The suspected IED was found on the roadside at Manjakote on Jammu-Poonch highway and was subsequently destroyed by the Army’s Bomb Disposal […]