JAMMU: J&K Police on Friday arrested two persons and seized 6 kg heroin worth an estimated Rs 30 crore, smuggled from Pakistan, from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu’s Rajouri district.The two suspects, Ashok Kumar and Sanjay Kumar, both residents of Sair Bhawani village in Nowshera, were arrested…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha member from Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who is out on parole from Tihar jail to attend the budget session, on Tuesday demanded a “full investigation” into the recent death of two civilians in Jammu and Kashmir.Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, an Independent member from…
JAMMU: To stop terrorists and subversive persons from misusing flying objects, the district administration of Doda, J&K, banned the use, storage and transportation of drones in the district for two months from February 10, officials said Tuesday.As per an order issued by the office of Doda additional district magistrate Sudershan Kumar Monday, defence forces, police…
NEW DELHI: Security forces on Thursday foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of heavily armed terrorists along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch.According to officials, two terrorists were shot as they tried to sneak across LoC in Khari Karmara area.However, it was not immediately known whether they were dead or injured.The…
Farooq Abdullah (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Thursday joined a group of singers to perform the devotional song, “Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye, Main Aaya Main Aaya Sherawaliye.”The NC leader was attending a religious event at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Jammu’s Katra. He…
JAMMU: Alert Army personnel opened fire at a Pakistani drone spotted hovering in Indian airspace along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Wednesday, forcing it to return. A search operation was launched in the area later in the day to trace drone-dropped narcotics or weapons, if any.“Army troops noticed…
JAMMU: Kishtwar Police have released posters featuring four active terrorists in the district, offering a reward of Rs 5 lakh for any information leading to their arrest.A police spokesperson urged residents to come forward in case they had any credible information about the four ultras — Saifullah, Farman, Adil and an unidentified terrorist (probably Basha)…
JAMMU: Test reports have dispelled the suspicion that a mysterious viral, bacterial, or microbial infection caused 14 deaths in three families in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district since Dec 7.“All the test reports, including from Pune’s ICMR, Delhi’s National Centre for Disease Control, Defence Research and Development Establishment in Gwalior, and…
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The unusual bonhomie stood out in the numbing cold of Sonamarg. J&K CM Omar Abdullah lauded PM Narendra Modi saying he enjoyed high trust among people for keeping his word to hold free and fair elections in the state even as he urged the PM to make good his commitment to restore the…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with his father and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah. (PTI) JAMMU: Amid the rumblings in INDIA bloc over AAP and Congress contesting Delhi assembly elections separately, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and his son and J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah are speaking in different voices over the issue.While…
