Govt orders transfers, postings in police; Amit Kumar is new DIG CKR
Srinagar: Home Department of J&K on Tuesday ordered several transfers and postings in the police administration with immediate effect. According to an order (No. 203- Home of 2020 dated 06.10.2020) issued in this regard, Amit Kumar, IPS (JK:2006) in-charge DIG Armed Jammu, is transferred and posted as in-charge DIG Central Kashmir Range, against an available […]
Bi-Annual Durbar Move: Move Offices to close in Srinagar on Oct 30, reopen in Jammu on Nov 9
SRINAGAR: As part of bi-annual Darbar move, the Civil Secretariat, seat of Jammu and Kashmir government, along with other offices will close here on October 30 and reopen in the winter capital Jammu on November 09. According to an order issued by General Administration Department, the Government offices observing five days week shall close at […]
LG pays tributes to soldier killed in Pak shelling
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday paid tributes to a junior commissioned officer of the Indian Army who was killed in Monday’s mortar shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, an official spokesperson said. “Saluting the courage and valour of the valiant soldiers, the Lt Governor said the […]
Encounter on in Shopian
Srinagar: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. Security forces launched a search operation at Sugan village in Zainapora area following information about the presence of militants there, a police spokesman said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter after militants […]
Forest fire triggers landmine blasts along LoC in Poonch
Jammu: A forest fire triggered several landmine explosions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said here. The fire started in a forest area across the border and rapidly spread to this side in Mendhar sector, the officials said. They said several landmines planted by the Army to prevent infiltration […]
Soldier commits suicide in Ganderbal
Srinagar: A soldier committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at Chattergul army camp in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials said on Tuesday. The deceased soldier was identified as Jagmeet Singh, son of Makhan Singh, a resident of Haryana (service ID number 15514259), who was posted with the 24 RR Delta Company-D, reported […]
3 drug-peddlers held in Jammu
Jammu: Three suspected drug-peddlers were arrested here on Tuesday and contraband substances seized from them, police said. Deepak Gupta and Jivitesh Sayal were arrested at Purmandal Morh and Bahu Plaza after 50 grams heroin and 70 grams ‘charas’ (cannabis) respectively were found in their possession, a police spokesperson said. Ranjeet Kumar was arrested at Nadal […]
J&K Cong condemns Pak for ‘frequent ceasefire violations’; calls for ‘befitting response’
Jammu: A day after an Army JCO was killed in firing from across the Line of Control in Rajouri district, the Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Tuesday condemned Pakistan for “frequent ceasefire violations” and demanded a “befitting response” to send a clear message to Islamabad. It also condemned the attack on a CRPF […]
2 CRPF men killed, 3 injured; LG condemns attack
Attack was carried out by two LeT militants: IGP
Srinagar: Two motorcycle-borne Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants opened indiscriminate fire on a security forces party in Nowgam area of the city here on Monday, killing two paramilitary CRPF personnel and injuring three others, police said. The injured include an assistant sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), they said. Militants fired upon a security forces […]
Day 2: Fresh Covid-19 cases in three digits – 632
With 10 deaths, toll reaches 1252
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 632 fresh cases and 10 more fatalities in a day which took the caseload to 79,738 and death toll to 1,252 on Monday, officials said. Of the new cases, 346 were reported from Jammu region and 286 from the Kashmir Valley, they said. Jammu district reported the highest number of […]
