Jammu

Cop, wife found dead at home in Jammu

11:19 pm January 11, 2021

Jammu: A policeman and his wife were found hanging at their home in Jammu city on Monday night, officials said. The duo was identified as Tarvinder Singh alias Raja (38) and his wife Harmeet Kaur (35). Singh was a selection grade head constable, they said. The bodies were found at around 7 pm inside their home in Upper Gadigarh area and were sent to GMC hospital […]

Minor boy killed in accidental firing in J-K’s Kishtwar

11:07 pm January 6, 2021

Jammu: An eight-year-old boy was killed when a teenager accidentally pulled the trigger of a rifle inside a house in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The boys were playing when Ravi Kumar (13) started fiddling with the .303 rifle of his father, who is a village defence committee (VDC) member, […]

J-K: 58.55 pc, 52.90 pc voter turnout in 6th phase of panch, sarpanch bypolls

10:48 pm December 14, 2020

Jammu: The sixth phase of panch and sarpanch by-elections in Jammu and Kashmir recorded 58.55 per cent and 52.90 per cent voter turnout respectively, poll officials said on Friday. Reasi district in the Jammu division had the highest poll percentage in the Union Territory at 85.41 in the sarpanch bypolls, while Ganderbal district had the […]

Man arrested for posing as NIA officer in Jammu

8:43 pm December 6, 2020

Jammu: A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly duping a person after posing as a National Investigation Agency (NIA) officer here, police said. Mainder Pal, a resident of Chattogram village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, was arrested following a written complaint lodged by Pritam Lal of Amb Gharota, a police spokesperson said. […]

Kashmir Valley receives season’s first snowfall

2:45 pm November 23, 2020

Srinagar: Most of the plain areas in Kashmir experienced the season’s first snowfall on Monday, even as the higher reaches witnessed heavy precipitation, leading to the closure of Srinagar-Leh road which connects the valley with Ladakh, officials said here. The MeT office has issued an ‘Orange Colour’ weather warning for the higher reaches of J-K […]