Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today reviewed the situation and progress of relief and restoration efforts in the flood-affected areas of Ramban district. Touring the severely impacted Dharmkund area and chairing a high-level review meeting in Ramban, the Chief Minister assessed...
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Jammu and Kashmir lodged a disproportionate assets case against a police personnel on Saturday and conducted searches at his residential and commercial premises here, an official said. The case against Selection Grade constable Dushant Sharma...
In the wake of India putting the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan in abeyance, security at hydropower projects built or under construction on the Chenab river in Kishtwar district has been significantly strengthened. At one of the major hydroelectric dams...
In a move to ensure the safety of Kashmiris across the country following the Pahalgam attack, all cabinet ministers from Jammu and Kashmir are visiting various states and urging local authorities to closely monitor institutions where students from the Union...
The Centre is planning to undertake a study to look into ways to maximise the use of the quantum of water from the three rivers that Pakistan had earlier used under the Indus Water Treaty, now that the agreement has...
A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized as security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Kupwara district on Saturday, police said. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a search operation was launched by the security forces in the forested...
Security forces raid more than 60 places in Srinagar, including Safakadal, Soura, Pandach Bemina, Shalteng, Lal Bazar and Zadibal areas
Thousands of underground safe shelters have been built by the government over the years for the protection of residents from firing by Pakistani troops
Pakistan, which has distanced itself from the incident, may pin the responsibility on local residents
Sources say the CRPF unit was not deployed in Baisaran itself, as it operates under the jurisdiction of Jammu and Kashmir Police
On Friday night, Indian security forces destroyed the houses in Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama
Highway was initially cleared on Wednesday to facilitate movement of vehicles stranded on the damaged Ramban stretch
Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General Guterres, rejected a comment that India and Pakistan might go to war, and the situation is meriting such little attention
Army officials say 'unprovoked small firing was carried out by multiple Pakistan Army posts all across the Line of Control'
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered rusted and old ammunition on Friday while patrolling along the India-Pakistan border in Samba district, officials said. The recovery was made close to Kamore village when BSF personnel detected an old box filled with...
Amid heightened tensions over the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan on Friday morning violated ceasefire at multiple locations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, prompting an “effective” response from the Army. Sources said Pakistan used small arms...
A terrorist associate was killed while two policemen were injured in an encounter which broke out in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday, said officials. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Kulnar Bazipora in Bandipora district following...
In the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, authorities in the Valley are likely to temporarily restrict tourist access to remote destinations lacking adequate security, sources said on Friday. The attack took place at Baisaran, located approximately 6 km from...
The residential houses of two local militants, whom Jammu and Kashmir Police allege were involved in this week’s Pahalgam attack, were destroyed in South Kashmir’s Anantnag and Pulwama districts during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. According to the...
After assessing the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces are learnt to be strategising to launch anti-terror operations focusing on Baramulla and Pulwama, the heavily forested districts where the highest number of Pakistan-trained terrorists are suspected to...
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned a one-day special session of the assembly on April 28 to discuss the Pahalgam attack, officials said on Friday. “I, Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and...
Over 2,000 persons detained across Valley for questioning
Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Anshul Garg, today presided over a joint security review meeting with security agencies and other stakeholders at Katra to assess the security and operational preparedness of the Shrine area...
The Pahalgam terror attack will not affect the annual Amarnath pilgrimage which passes through the south Kashmir tourist resort, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Friday. Pahalgam is one of the key base camps for the annual Amarnath yatra...
Jammu: The body of a man was found under suspicious circumstances at a bus stand in Poonch district on Friday, police said. Some locals spotted the lifeless body of the man — who was later identified as Mohammad Arif, a...
Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Friday said he has deputed cabinet ministers to various cities across the country to reassure students and businessmen from Jammu & Kashmir following reports of targeted harassment in the wake of the recent Pahalgam...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan that has been put in abeyance by the Centre in the wake of the Pahalgam attack was the "most unfair document" to the people...
The Army, CRPF, BSF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday paid tributes to paratrooper Jhantu Ali Sheikh, who laid down his life while fighting terrorists in Udhampur district. 36 –year-old Havaldar Sheikh, a trooper of the special forces (6...
The NHRC on Friday condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and said the time has come to act against those indulging in terrorism, “directly or indirectly”. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it was “deeply disturbed” by the news of...
The security forces have launched multiple search operations in Jammu region, including one in Kishtwar district, to neutralise the terrorists believed to be hiding in the forest area. Three Pakistani terrorists were killed in Chatroo forests of the district nearly...