JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Man, woman found hanging from tree in Jammu, suicide suspected

2:18 pm April 2, 2021

Jammu: A 19-year-old man and a woman were found hanging from a tree in the outskirts of Jammu on Friday, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide. The bodies of Som Nath and Usha Devi (20), both residents of Makwal, were recovered from Phalain Mandal and sent for post-mortem, a police official said. He said preliminary probe […]

Ancient shrine's portals thrown open for all devotees

Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams to build temple in J-K

7:35 pm April 1, 2021

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday approved a proposal to allot nearly 25 hectares of land on lease basis for a period of 40 years to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) to build a temple and its allied infrastructures in the union territory. The proposal was approved by the Administrative Council (AC), which […]

100 booked for violating Covid guidelines in J-K's Samba

COVID: 172 new cases in Jammu and Kashmir

8:35 pm March 25, 2021

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 172 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the infection count to 1,29,203, officials said. No fresh coronavirus-related death was reported in the past 24 hours, they said. Of the new cases which included 46 travellers, 41 were from the Jammu division and 131 were from the Kashmir division, officials said. […]

1 held with ammunition in Anantnag

8:28 pm March 24, 2021

Srinagar: Security forces arrested a man in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Anantnag district on Wednesday after recovering a grenade and some ammunition from his possession, police said. During patrolling at a checkpoint in Kokernag area, security forces searched a vehicle driven by Waseem Ahmad, a resident of the area, a police official said. A hand grenade […]

Cop dies after his car falls in gorge in J&K

6:25 pm March 23, 2021

Bhaderwah/Jammu: A 35-year-old policeman was killed on Tuesday after his private car skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Constable Amjad Hussain, a resident of Bhalla village, was on way to Doda district headquarters when he met with the accident while negotiating a […]