Jammu

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

Decline in COVID-19 positivity rate in Jammu: Admin

11:31 pm May 21, 2021

Jammu: Jammu district has seen a decline in overall COVID-19 positive cases below 7 percent from the 10 percent in the beginning of May, an official said on Friday. After new containment strategy and other measures being taken by the district administration, overall coronavirus positivity rate which was above 10 percent in the first week […]

J-K Lt Governor greets people on eve of Ram Navami

11:03 pm April 20, 2021

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday extended his warm greetings to the people on the eve of Ram Navami. In his message, the Lt Governor observed that “Lord Ram, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu is an embodiment of compassion, dutifulness, tolerance, Justice, and great virtues”. People, especially the youth, must […]

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 […]

J-K highway shut for second day

4:09 pm March 24, 2021

Banihal/Jammu: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as landslides triggered by incessant rains blocked the arterial road at over a dozen places in Ramban district, officials said. Road clearance agencies have pressed their men and machinery and efforts are on to ensure early restoration of the […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K’s Samba

4:35 pm March 22, 2021

Jammu: A 12-year-old boy was charred to death in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district when a temporary wooden shed he lived in caught fire apparently due to an electrical short circuit, officials said. Khalid got trapped inside the “Kulla (temporary shed mostly made of wood)” in Chak Manga Gujra village on Sunday after it was […]