Category: Jammu

Defence sources said that so far, 30 people have been detained for questioning in connection with the Bhata Dhurian attack in Poonch district in which 5 soldiers were killed and one was critically injured.

General officer commanding in chief (GoC-n-C) of army's northern command, Lt General Upendra Dwivedi, on Sunday assured that the Poonch terror attack perpetrators would soon face consequences.

Five Indian Army soldiers were charred to death on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district after the vehicle in which they were travelling caught fire, a Defence spokesperson said.

Union Minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that once the ongoing work is completed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, travel time will be reduced to just three hours.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju escaped unhurt on Saturday after a truck hit his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. "No one was injured in this incident," the police said.

Officials said that a letter addressed to all the 10 deputy commissioners in the Valley has directed them to probe the illegal lease of temple properties and the nexus involved therein.

"The Lt. Governor expressed heartfelt sympathies with the family members of the Martyr and assured every possible assistance and support to the family by the administration," an official statement said.

A few days back, while announcing the schedule for Karnataka Assembly elections, CEC Rajiv Kumar had said that there is a vacuum in Jammu and Kashmir which needs to be filled.

As per the sources, Assistant Sub-KInspector Sukhnandan Prasad, of Madhya Pradesh, died of a bullet injury from his service rifle on the international border in Kathua.

The Kishtwar district administration has cancelled Varinder Singh's licence, and decided to probe as to how the former army jawan, who was sacked in 2015, obtained the licence and then kept renewing it from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

The soldier was arrested on Saturday. Police sources said that the body of 21-year old Sepoy Pawar Prathamsh, resident of Maharashtra, was found with a bullet injury on May 20 last year following which inquest proceedings were initiated.

Sources said that the incident came to light after a relative of the accused informed the police that Johar had posted on Facebook that he was going to end his life due to some personal issues.

J&K Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday that colonies in which displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) are living would be regularised.

Police is trying to ascertain the source of cash and the persons for whom it was meant. A case has been registered at Mandi police station in Poonch district and further investigation is going on, Singh said.

People of Kotli Salal in Jammu and Kashmirs Reasi district, 75 kilometres from Jammu, are excited at the news of the discovery of vast deposits of lithium, hoping that this will change their fortunes and open new vistas for employment and prosperity.

Till the beginning of 2023, Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir was known only for the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine situated on the Trikuta Hills, where millions of devotees pay obeisance each year.

Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed surprise at the criticism against the minimal property tax being imposed in the union territory when people here buy iPhones, use Internet data and play video games.

J&K state health agency (SHA) has suspended the empanelment of 13 hospitals and imposed heavy penalties on 17 others for their involvement in fraud while implementing the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

Sinha said that the salaries of those Kashmiri Pandit employees, working under the Prime Minister's package in Kashmir and have rejoined their duties, have been released. "The Relief and Rehabilitation Department ensured that these employees are properly rehabilitated," he added.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved Rs 176 crore project to boost fish production and to overcome challenges like outdated infrastructure, inbreeding depression and limited variety of aquaculture species, an official said on Tuesday.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has a real Herculean task to perform as it starts one of its most challenging field exercises to free encroached state and 'Kahcharie' (grazing land) lands from encroachers.

The officials said that several houses at Nai Basti village in the Thathri area of Doda district started developing cracks due to a land sink. The situation was accentuated by a landslide triggered by recent rains.

Official parades and other celebrations connected with the country's 74th Republic Day passed off peacefully throughout J&K on Thursday without any untoward incident being reported from anywhere so far.

Despite these arrangements, people moved freely in markets and on streets and the ubiquitous presence of the security forces did not evoke any fear among the pedestrians in Srinagar and other places.

Six people were injured in two explosions in Jammu on Saturday. Mukesh Singh, ADGP (Jammu Zone) said six people were injured in two blasts that occurred in two vehicles in Narwal area of Jammu city.