As a part of the ongoing four weeks-long National Campaign against gender-based-violence 2023, an awareness campaign and rally on the elimination of gender-based violence was organised by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Block Budhal at Panchayat Kewal Lower on Thursday. Block Programme Manager (BPM) NRLM Budhal Qamran Hanif, Mohida Choudhary from Special Cell for Women Rajouri, Community Health Officer Budhal Latief Dar and […]
J-K: LeT terrorist killed in Pulwama encounter; ammunition recovered
Security forces neutralised a terrorist associated with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district and recovered incriminating materials, along with arms and ammunition, an official press release said on Friday. As per the official press note, “In the ensuing exchange, the terrorist, […]
J-K: Life-size cut-out of PM Modi installed at banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar
A life-size cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar has become an attraction for tourists and locals as the visitors, particularly tourists, were seen seizing the opportunity to take photos and selfies with the cut-out. One of the tourists named Samrat, while speaking to ANI about the life-size cut-out, said, “We were passing […]
J-K: ED raids six locations in Srinagar in connection with money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at six places in Srinagar related to the Jammu-Kashmir Bank in the Rs 250 crore money laundering case, officials said. The fraud was in the name of fake River Jhelum Cooperative House Building Society. The raids were conducted by the ED’s office in Srinagar under […]
J-K: Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind terrorist associate held in Shopian, ammunition recovered
A terrorist associate of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) has been arrested along with incriminating material, arms and ammunition at the Habdipora crossing in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. “A terrorist associate of Ansar-Gazwatul-Hind (AGH) has been arrested along with incriminating material, arms and ammunition by a joint team of police, 44 RR and 14 BN CRPF, […]
J-K: One dead, one injured after house collapses in Udhampur district
One person was killed and another was injured after a kutcha house collapsed in ward number one of Pattangarh Panchayat of Udhampur District in Jammu and Kashmir, said police. Udhampur ASP Anwar Ul Haq confirmed the incident and said, “One person has been confirmed dead and another is injured.” He further mentioned that a police team rushed […]
J-K: One more terrorist killed in ongoing Rajouri encounter
One more Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was killed on Thursday by security forces in the ongoing counterterrorism operation in Rajouri, officials said. Weapons and ammunition have also been recovered from the encounter location. More details are awaited, security officials said. Earlier today, one terrorist was gunned down in the ongoing encounter between […]
J-K: Fire breaks out at scrapyard in Kulgam
A fire broke out at a scrapyard in Qazigund area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday, said Police. Upon receiving information, firefighters, aided by J-K Police and civilians, reached the spot to douse off the fire. Properties worth lakhs of rupees were damaged in the incident, they said. Officials […]
J-K: Fire breaks out at factory in Jammu’s Gangyal area
A fire broke out in a factory in the Gangyal area of Jammu on Tuesday. Fire tenders are engagated in efforts to douse the blaze. No casualties have been reported in the incident till the filing of this report. As of now, the cause of the fire is unknown. More details are awaited. […]
J-K: 5 Lashkar terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter, bodies being recovered, IGP Kashmir reports
Five terrorists believed to be belonging to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba have been killed in the ongoing encounter with security forces in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vidhi Kumar Birdi said on Friday. Sharing details about the operation, IGP Birdi stated that security forces had received inputs […]
J-K: IAF helicopters deployed at site of bus accident in Doda’ Assar
The Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters on Thursday were deployed at the site of a bus accident at Assar in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The helicopters evacuated critically injured survivors to Jammu. As many as 38 people were killed and 19 others injured after a bus fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda. The bus, carrying […]
J-K: Toll in Doda bus accident goes up to 38 killed, 17 injured
The toll in the Doda bus accident has gone up. Thirty-eight people were killed and 17 others injured after the bus fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda on Wednesday. The injured are being airlifted to Jammu by the district administration for treatment. Ashutosh Gupta, Principal GMCH Jammu, said, “Four injured from the Doda accident were brought to Jammu; two of them died of their injuries, […]
J-K: Bus plunges into gorge in Doda, 25 bodies retrieved
Bodies of as many as 25 people have been retrieved after a bus carrying them plunged into a gorge near the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The mishap took place as the bus travelling from Kishtwar to Jammu veered off the road and rolled down the steep […]
J-K: 5 killed as bus rolls down gorge in Doda village
Five people were killed when a bus rolled down a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda District, Kashmir police said on Wednesday. The mishap took place in Assar village of Doda. “A bus rolled down a gorge in the Assar area of Doda, 5 people have died, rescue operation is […]
J-K: Vehicular movement restored on Mughal road after snow clearance
Vehicular movement was restored on the Mughal road after snow clearance work was completed from the road in Pirpanjal Mountains Range by the PWD (Public Works Department) on Saturday. Mughal Road connects Rajouri and Poonch with Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley by a short route. The Mughal road was closed to movement of vehicles on Thursday evening due to fresh snowfall and slippery conditions […]