Srinagar (ANI):Indian Army on Sunday ordered a high-level enquiry into the alleged fake encounter in which three youths were killed on April 30 at Machali sector of Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel J S Brar said that proceedings would be judiciously expedited. Lieutenant Colonel Brar further said based on [...]
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Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir): Girls from Sunderbani, quite close to the Line of Control (LoC) between Indian and Pakistan, appeared in large numbers for the three-day long police recruitment drive in Jammu and Kashmir”s Rajouri District. Over 450 girls appeared in the recruitment drive that began on Friday. The young girls were judged on the [...]
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Srinagar (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has demanded that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should take action against the recent fake killings at Machil sector in Jammu and Kashmir”s Kupwara District, asserting that the killings should be an eye opener. “So it is our main plan, I think government of [...]
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Srinagar (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the alleged fake encounter in Machil sector of the state. The J and K Police has filed a case of abduction and murder against a few security personnel for an encounter in which three people were killed on April [...]
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Jammu (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust (GDCT) here today. Expressing hope that the newly-inaugurated centre will help in preserving and promoting the culture of the community, Gandhi promised to provide help to the members of the trust in such ventures. She assured them that the Centre would initiate schemes [...]
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Srinagar (ANI): Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for a shutdown in Kashmir on Saturday ahead of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi”s visit to the state. Gandhi is due to visit Jammu today. She will meet Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Congress party leaders. “Syed Geelani has called for a shutdown because Sonia Gandhi is [...]
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Srinagar (ANI): The proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to Jammu and Kashmir has evoked a mixed response from different sections of society, particularly from political and separatist factions. Dr. Singh is expected to undertake a visit to the State on June 7. The high-profile visit by the prime minister has become the [...]
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New Delhi: At least eleven people were feared dead in three separate road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban and Samba Districts on Thursday. Six people were killed on the spot and another critically injured, when a vehicle carrying seven persons skidded off the road and rolled down into a 700-feet deep gorge at Battery [...]
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Jammu: A border Security Force (BSF) personnel was injured in a firing from across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The firing took place at around 5:45 a.m. near Bobiyan post in Kathua District of the State. According to the BSF sources, Head Constable Anchal Singh was injured when a bullet hit [...]
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Mahore (Jammu and Kashmir): The security personnel burst a militant hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and explosives during a combing operation in Jammu and Kashmir”s Mahore region on Friday. Acting on a tip off, the army and state police conducted this joint operation in the Bassa forest of Mahore. According to official [...]
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Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir): At least ten people were killed and over 35 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir”s Reasi District on Friday. The incident took place in Bidda, around 95 kilometers from Jammu. It has been reported that the bus en route [...]
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Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir): Girls in Jammu and Kashmir”s Rajouri District are being imparted special arms training by the police to counter militancy in the State. The Rajouri police personnel gave training to these young girls, who generally lead sheltered lives at a special camp here on Thursday, so that they are able to defend [...]
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Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir): Movement of persons along the International Border has been restricted between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. The order issued by the Jammu”s District Magistrate M.K. Dwivedi. Dwivedi said that only in exceptional circumstances would residents be issued curfew passes to allow them to move out during curfew hours, especially to seek [...]
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Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) (ANI): Batote-Kishtwar Highway in Jammu and Kashmir”s Doda District remained closed for vehicular traffic for the second consecutive day on Thursday due to a landslide at Raggi Nullah. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the highway following a landslide, triggered during widening of the road at Raggi Nullah, around 155 kilometers [...]
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