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Mysterious fire guts three shops in Rajouri

Mysterious fire guts three shops in Rajouri

Rajouri: Three shops were gutted in a mysterious blaze in Palma market of Rajouri during wee hours on Wednesday. Reports said that the three shops owned by one Anil son of Subash Kumar resident of Palma caught fire in the wee hours on Wednesday and fire flames engulfed all the three shops and commodities lying inside […]

J&K police arrest 7 drug peddlers in Jammu, Reasi

J&K police arrest 7 drug peddlers in Jammu, Reasi

Jammu: Seven alleged drug peddlers have been arrested in three separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Monday. The accused were arrested from Jammu and Reasi districts, they said. A police team Sunday intercepted two persons at Waliabad area of Sidhra in Jammu city and recovered intoxicant capsules and injections from their possession, they […]

Trucker dies under mysterious circumstances on Mughal road 

Trucker dies under mysterious circumstances on Mughal road 

Poonch: A truck driver was found dead under mysterious circumstances on late Sunday night near Peer Ki Gali along the Mughal road. Reports reaching GNS said that the driver Balvinder Kumar son of Kartar Chand resident of Heera Nagar Kathua. The vehicle got stuck in a traffic jam at Mansar near Peer Ki Gali while it […]

16 injured in Udhampur road accident

16 injured in Udhampur road accident

Jammu : Around 16 passengers sustained injuries, after a vehicle met with an accident on highway at Jaggar Kotli, Udhampur. A police official said that five passengers have sustained serious injuries. “Accident took place at 11:50 am when a passenger vehicle bearing registration number (JK02AP 0039) was on way from Udhampur to Jammu and hit […]

60-year-old man killed in attack by wild bear in Poonch

60-year-old man killed in attack by wild bear in Poonch

Jammu: A 60-year-old man was killed in an attack by a bear in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Friday night, officials said. Fayaz Ahmed Chounhan was attacked by the wild animal in Gali Kalaban village which came out of a nearby forest, they said. His body was recovered from the spot later, officials said.

5 bovine smugglers arrested in Poonch

5 bovine smugglers arrested in Poonch

Jammu: Five bovine smugglers were arrested as police foiled their bids to smuggle bovines to the Kashmir Valley from Poonch district of the this region Friday evening, officials said. Based on a credible information regarding illegal transportation of bovines, a police party intercepted five vehicles at different places, which were on their way towards the […]

Jammu faces 11 mn gallons of water shortage per day

Jammu faces 11 mn gallons of water shortage per day

Jammu: While the temperature have started soaring in the winter capital here, the Jammu district is facing a water shortage of 11 million gallons per day. As per sources, the Jammu Urban Sector earlier used to face crunch of 50 million gallons of water per day but with various water schemes set into motion and made […]

Three absconders arrested in Jammu, Poonch

Three absconders arrested in Jammu, Poonch

Jammu: Three absconders wanted in separate cases were arrested in Jammu and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Thursday. A police team raided a place in Poonch on Wednesday and arrested Mohd Azam, who had been evading arrest for the past 10 years, they said. He was wanted in a case of house-trespass, […]