Gang involved in vehicle thefts busted
Four men who stole vehicles in Delhi-NCR were selling them in JK held
Prime state land freed of encroachment in Rajouri
Jammu: Encroachment on 20 acre of prime state land in Rajouri district have been removed, officials said Saturday. A team of officers retrieved 20 acre of encroached state land in Siot and Berripattan tehsils during an anti-encroachment drive conducted on Friday, they said. A team of officials comprising tehsildar of Siot Dhruv Gupta, police personnel […]
LoC residents get 2500 more bunkers
Jammu: Over 2,500 bunkers have been constructed along the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu region this year so far, official said Saturday. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma held a meeting with deputy commissioners of border districts to review progress of the construction of bunkers along the IB in Jammu […]
Power cuts in Jammu region worsen as temp soars
Jammu: There was no respite from the heatwave in Jammu on Saturday, with the city recording a maximum temperature of 40.8 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. The heatwave conditions triggered power cuts and water shortages in different parts of the region. The Santra Morh-Hazuribagh-Anandnagar-Bohri belt is the worst-affected region in the Jammu division, with […]
Development work of BJP govt got it re-elected: Jitendra
Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday that the BJP’s victory in the recent parliamentary election was because of the development work and various pro-poor schemes initiated by the Narendra Modi government. “There are many lessons to be learnt from the results of the recently held Lok Sabha election, particularly from the record victory […]
Two SPOs among four JeM militants killed in Pulwama

Pulwama: Two Special Police Officers, who went missing on Wednesday night, were among four JeM militants killed Friday in an encounter with government forces in Panjran village of Litter tehsil of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The encounter, an official said, started after a cordon-and-search operation was launched by a joint team of Army’s 44 RR […]
SPOs to remain under tight vigil of officers, movement to be tracked: Officials
‘No SPO can leave his place of posting before depositing personal weapon’
Srinagar: Top officials in the Security Grid of Kashmir Friday revealed that all the Special Police Officers (SPOs) will remain under the “constant monitoring of their respective unit heads and their movement will be tracked round the clock to ensure that they don’t leave their units along with their weapons”. The fresh directions come in […]
Deadly month: Forty killed in May in valley

Srinagar: The onset of summer season this year has yet again repeated the bloodbath in Kashmir as the month of May has claimed the lives of 40 persons including 26 militants and 11 civilians. The month witnessed many encounters and individual killings, leaving at least 40 persons dead. Top militant commander Zakir Musa who was […]
Home Minister to visit Kashmir next week

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is all set to arrive in Kashmir next week to take stock of the situation prevailing on various security related fronts and to get feedback from the security agencies on the preparations put in place for the smooth conduct of Amarnath Yatra commencing from July 1. Soon after he […]
Home Ministry official discusses Amarnath Yatra arrangements with Governor Malik

Srinagar: Union Home Ministry Additional Secretary Gyanesh Kumar Friday called on Jammu and Kashmir Governor S P Malik here and discussed about the arrangements for the smooth conduct of the Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to begin next month. Kumar, who was accompanied by senior intelligence officers, briefed the governor regarding the foolproof arrangements being made for […]