JAMMU

Suspicious object creates panic at Jammu Airport, flight Ops normal

Suspicious object creates panic at Jammu Airport, flight Ops normal

Jammu: Panic created at the airport and among passengers when a suspicious object was found inside the luggage of one of the air passengers during scanning on Friday morning at the Jammu Airport. However, Bomb Disposal Squad was immediately pressed into service. “Some electronic gadget was found from the luggage of a passengers and it was […]

Fire breaks out in J&K Bank’s branch in Rajouri

Fire breaks out in J&K Bank’s branch in Rajouri

Jammu: A major fire broke out in a J&K Bank branch in Rajouri town of Jammu and Kashmir. “Major fire broke out during wee hours in J&K Bank branch of Rajouri,” police here said on Friday. They said that the fire broke out inside the record room of the branch in which many files were destroyed. […]

J&K Police arrest one person behind Jammu grenade blast

J&K Police arrest one person behind Jammu grenade blast

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said it has arrested the person who threw the grenade at Bus Stand in Jammu earlier today. DGP J&K Dilbagh Singh told news gathering agency ANI that the person been arrested. One person was killed and 29 others injured, 5 of them critically, after the grenade exploded in […]

NIA team visits Jammu grenade blast site

NIA team visits Jammu grenade blast site

Jammu: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Thursday reached Jammu’s main bus stand where a grenade attack left one man dead and left 30 others injured. Reports quoting sources in the agency said the team rushed to the spot soon after getting information about the blast that occurred around 11.30 a.m. when a grenade rolled […]

Uttrakhand resident injured in Jammu blast succumbs

Uttrakhand resident injured in Jammu blast succumbs

Srinagar: One of the civilians injured in Jammu blast Thursday morning has succumbed to injuries, reports said. The slain has been identified as Shariq, son of Intisar, a resident of Haridwar in Uttrakhand. He was 20. At least 26 people were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants at the crowded general bus stand in […]

18 injured in grenade attack in Jammu bus stand

18 injured in grenade attack in Jammu bus stand

Jammu: At least 18 people were injured Thursday in a grenade attack by suspected terrorists at the crowded general bus stand in the heart of the city, a senior police officer said. This is the third grenade attack by terrorists in the bus stand area of the city since May last year. The scene of the […]

Div Com Jammu inspects construction of bunkers along IB

Div Com Jammu inspects construction of bunkers along IB

JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu took an extensive tour of various border villages of Sub-Division, Marh to inspect the construction of bunkers along International Border. During his tour, he visited the villages of Deorey, Nappu, Kalyanpur, Kanachak, Dub Ditta to inspect the progress of under construction, individual and community bunkers. He gave on spot directions to […]

India, Pak armies exchange heavy fire along LoC in Rajouri

India, Pak armies exchange heavy fire along LoC in Rajouri

Srinagar: Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged heavy fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district till early hours on Wednesday, Defence Ministry said. The Pakistan Army used mortar shelling and small arms in the Sunderbani sector from around 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday, officials said. “The firing continued till 4.30. a.m. […]

Rajouri resident booked for kidnapping minor girl

Rajouri resident booked for kidnapping minor girl

Phagwara: The police have booked a Rajouri resident on the charge of kidnapping a minor girl on the pretext of marrying her. Police on Tuesday registered a case under various sections of the IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by local resident Sewa Singh against Kaushal Kumar, a resident of Rajauri in Jammu and […]

Political parties in Jammu advocate simultaneous assembly, Lok Sabha polls

Political parties in Jammu advocate simultaneous assembly, Lok Sabha polls

Jammu:  Representatives of different political parties here met the visiting team of Election Commission of India on Tuesday and advocated holding state assembly polls simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. The team, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, reached Jammu on the second leg of the two-day tour and held discussions with the representatives […]