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Cop, others booked for duping people in Rajouri

Cop, others booked for duping people in Rajouri

Rajouri: Several persons including a cop has been booked by police for duping people by promising them of doubling their money.  According to KNO correspondent in Manjakote police station, complaints were lodged in Rajouri that their money was taken on the pretext of doubling the investment.  “During the investigation, it was found that a number of […]

Short circuit kills two in J&K’s Poonch

Short circuit kills two in J&K’s Poonch

Poonch: A police constable and a civilian died due to short circuit of 33 KV transformer at Chungan Chroon area of Mendhar in Poonch district on Tuesday early morning. Reports said that a constable in J&K police identified as Faiz son of Mohd Sharif, 40 years old and a civilian Muhammad Shabir son of Abdul Rahim, 38 […]

Landslide damages dozen houses in Doda

Landslide damages dozen houses in Doda

Doda: A dozen houses were damaged in a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday, officials said. No casualty was reported in the the incident, which took place in Dogrun-Bathri village of Kahara tehsil, about 60 km from here, Superintendent of Police, Bhadarwah, Raj Singh Gouria said. Based on preliminary information, Gouria said […]

Two drug peddlers held in Jammu

Two drug peddlers held in Jammu

Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested here after contraband substance was recovered from their possession, police said Monday. Gurvinder Singh, hailing from Punjab’s Jalandhar, was arrested Sunday evening after a police team recovered 7.4 kg of poppy straw from his possession at Manda area of Jammu city, a police spokesperson said.  Later in the […]

Highway reopens, closed again after fresh shooting stones; 2000 vehicles stranded

Highway reopens, closed again after fresh shooting stones; 2000 vehicles stranded

Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway, only surface link connecting Kashmir with rest of the world, was closed on Friday afternoon, several hours after it was reopened for stranded traffic following clearance landslide mass in Ramban district. Around 2500 Kashmir-bound vehicles were stranded at several places on the thoroughfare following landslides and shooting stones at Anokhifall and Monkey Morh […]

Man found hanging in house in J&K’s Rajouri

Man found hanging in house in J&K’s Rajouri

Rajouri: A man in his mid 30s was on Friday morning found dead inside his house in Rajouri district of Jammu.  Reports said that the deceased has been identified as Ram Lal son of Krishan Lal resident of ward 06 Siot village of Rajouri.   The body of the deceased was found hanging with kacha house roof […]

Establish new SOG camps, Nakas and bunkers in Kishtwar: DGP

Establish new SOG camps, Nakas and bunkers in Kishtwar: DGP

Srinagar: The Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh on Tuesday stressed upon the establishment of new Special Operation Group (SOG)amps, Nakas and bunkers in Kishtwar. He also advised the forces deployed in the district to work in coordination in order to kill the militants. He further said that noose must be tightened against the […]

Army vehicle crushes 13-yr-old boy in Poonch

Army vehicle crushes 13-yr-old boy in Poonch

Srinagar: A 13-year-old boy was crushed by an army vehicle at Gulpora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Tuesday afternoon. An official said that the boy, Sajad Ahmad, son of Mohd Taj, a resident of Gulpore was injured critically after being hit by an army vehicle. He was immediately rushed to district hospital Poonch where […]