Mine explodes along LoC in Poonch

Jammu: A mine blast took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. No casualties were reported in the incident. Officials said the mine exploded due to movement of an animal near the border.  

Srinagar sizzles at 33.5 degrees Celsius

Srinagar: The mercury maintained an upward trend across Jammu and Kashmir with Srinagar recording season’s hottest day on Tuesday at 33.2°C. The summer capital of the J&K was second hottest places in the Valley after Kupwara town which recorded maximum of 33.5°C, a meteorological department official said. Today’s temperature was 2.6°C above normal and third […]

Ensure people joining mass gatherings, pilgrimage are asymptomatic: Centre to States

Directs for full vaccinations against Covid

New Delhi: The Centre has asked states and Union territories to ensure that people taking part in mass gatherings and undertaking pilgrimage are asymptomatic and preferably fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a letter to states and UTs on Tuesday, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said mass gatherings in context of various festivities as well as […]

No resignation letter of suspended IPS officer Basant Rath received: Officials

Say letter available only on social media

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration or Director General of Police Dilbag Singh’s office has not received any resignation letter of suspended IPS officer Basant Rath, a copy of which was posted on his unverified Twitter handle, officials said on Tuesday. Senior officials in the Jammu and Kashmir administration said it was possible that Rath, […]

JK reports 68 new Covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 68 new infections in the last 24 hours that pushed overall tally to 454933 while the death toll remained at 4756 with no fatality due to the virus during the time, officials said on Tuesday. They said that 53 cases were reported from Jammu division and 15 from Kashmir division. […]

Two suspected OGW’s killed in Kupwara: Police

Srinagar: Two suspected overground workers (OGWs) of terrorists were on Tuesday shot dead by the Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said. The deceased were identified as Majid Chechi and Shamsudin Beigh. They are believed to have come to receive a cache of arms and narcotics and […]

Pak-based LeT behind series of explosions in Rajouri, two held

Jammu: Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was behind the recent series of explosions in Rajouri district, police said on Tuesday, claiming to have solved the case with the arrest of two of its operatives while the search is on for the main accused. A huge cache of explosive material, including five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), was […]

Amarnath Yatra: Hundreds of pilgrims arrive in Jammu

Jammu: Chants of ‘Bam Bam Bhole’ and ‘Jai Barfani Baba ki’ rented the air as hundreds of enthusiastic pilgrims unperturbed by the looming terror threat arrived at the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here amid tight security on Tuesday to set out on a journey to cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas on Wednesday. The devotees […]