Gunfight breaks out in Rajouri: Police
Rajouri: Encounter has started between militants and security forces in Behrote Budhal area of Rajouri district in Jammu division on Friday. A senior police officer told GNS that a team of Police and security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area on a very specific input. As the joint team approached the […]
101 Visiting Officers visit Samba during Back to Village 5
Samba: The fifth phase of the government’s flagship programme Back to Village concluded today in the district with a series of activities aimed at strengthening the grassroots governance and ensuring the delivery of public services to the people. The programme, which started from November 7 and lasted till November 16, covered all 101 panchayats in […]
Banihal will be developed as economic power house of J&K: Azad
“Promises tehsil, college in Neel if elected to power” Banihal: Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said that Banihal will be developed as an economic power house of Jammu and Kashmir and its people will reap the dividends of tourism and agriculture sectors once he forms the […]
Royal Bengal Tiger pair to roar in Jambu Zoo
Jammu: A pair of Royal Bengal Tiger, the National Animal, aged 9 years, is reaching Jambu Zoo today from Aringar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Pertinently, the tiger pair has been brought here in exchange of a pair of Himalayan Black Bear from Jambu Zoo to Aringar Anna Zoological Park as part of an […]
Police unearth pilferage of LPG, seizes tankers, arrest two persons in Samba
Jammu, Nov 16 : Police on Thursday unearthed pilferage of essential commodity and seized two tankers of Indane Gas Agency and gas cylinders by arresting two persons red-handed in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The accused were arrested while extracting gas from tankers using pipes and filling the same in the commercial gas cylinders […]
Several Structures Damaged in Massive Fire in JK
Doda: A massive fire engulfed several houses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Thursday, officials said. “We received information around 4:30 in the morning that a few houses in the Bhaderwah area of Doda district had caught fire and firefighters were rushed to the spot,” Abdul Qayoom, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Doda said. […]
Azad expresses grief over Doda accident, demand relief for victims’ kin
“The govt should probe the reasons behind the frequent road accidents in Chenab Valley” Jammu: The DPAP chairman & former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today expressed grief on the death of 39 passengers who lost their lives in a tragic road accident in Doda district. Azad also prayed for speedy recovery of the injured […]
Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra begins in Jammu and Kashmir
Massive outreach initiative aims to ensure saturation of flagship government schemes Srinagar/Jammu: In a major step towards attaining saturation of welfare schemes of the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra from Khunti, Jharkhand, the birth place of Birsa Munda, today on the occasion of the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas. Specially designed IEC […]
Police attaches property of drug peddlers in J&K’s Poonch
Jammu:Police on Wednesday attached the property of drug peddlers in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police spokesman here said that, continuing its action against drug peddlers, Poonch Police attached one double -storied, residential house valuing in lakhs and motor vehicles jointly belonging to notorious drug peddlers namely Mehmood Hussain, Zaffer Iqbal, Javid Iqbal, all […]
Bus falls into gorge in Doda, 33 people dead, 22 injured
Jammu: Thirty three people died and at least 22 others injured when a bus they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Assar Doda. Official sources told GNS that so far 33 fatalities have been confirmed and 22 others are injured in the accident involving bus bearing number Jk02CN-6555. […]