Jammu
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COVID-19: Jammu school sealed for flouting closure order
India | Mar 16, 2020, 08:06 PM ISTA private higher secondary school in Samba district was sealed on Monday for allegedly flouting the government's order of closure of all educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir over the novel coronavirus pandemic, an official said.
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2 suspected Coronavirus patient in Jammu with travel history to Italy, South Korea being treated
India | Mar 07, 2020, 11:54 AM ISTCoronavirus: Two passengers with travel history to Italy and South Korea who were quarantined and kept at GMC Jammu have been tested positive for Coronavirus. Their treatment underway. With two more cases in India, the total number of COVID-19 positives have surged to 33.
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Landslides shut Jammu and Kashmir highway
India | Mar 04, 2020, 07:54 AM ISTThe Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides in Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said. Traffic on the highway has been suspended after the landslide hit the road near Peera on the highway.
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CISF to take over security of Jammu, Srinagar airports
India | Feb 26, 2020, 06:45 PM ISTThe process of induction of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the hyper sensitive and strategically important Srinagar and Jammu airports has been completed.
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Lawyer found murdered inside his house in Jammu
Crime | Feb 24, 2020, 06:15 PM ISTA senior, city-based lawyer was found murdered inside his house here on Monday, police said, suspecting the involvement of his domestic help, who is missing.
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Shah Faesal, JKPM chief, booked under PSA act
India | Feb 15, 2020, 10:51 AM ISTFormer civil servant and chief of Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM), Shah Faesal, has been booked under Public Safety Act which means that he can be detained without a trial.
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Building collapses in Jammu, rescue operation underway
News | Feb 12, 2020, 11:22 AM ISTA building in Jammu collapsed after fire broke out there around 3 am on February 12.
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Three-storey building collapses in Jammu, several trapped
India | Feb 12, 2020, 11:33 AM ISTA fire department official said they rushed firefighters after receiving a distress call at 4.48 am and were making efforts to put out the blaze when suddenly the building collapsed at 5.30 am.
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Explosion heard in Srinagar near Lal Bazar police station
India | Feb 06, 2020, 12:34 PM ISTAn explosion has taken place near Lal Bazar police station in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
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2,335 incidents of ceasefire violation along the LoC in Jammu region: Govt
India | Feb 04, 2020, 07:09 AM ISTA total of 2,335 incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC in the Jammu region have been recorded between May 30, 2019 and January 20, 2020, said Shripad Naik, Minister of State for Defence. A total of 17 Army personnel have died due to avalanches or snow slides in hilly areas, including Siachen, in 2019, he said.
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Army helicopter Cheetah crashes in Reasi, Jammu
India | Feb 03, 2020, 04:07 PM ISTAn army helicopter Cheetah crashed in Reasi, Jammu on Monday at 11:15 am. Reports say that both the pilots flying Cheetah helicopter have been ejected safely.
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NIA raids underway in Kashmir, suspended DSP Davinder's house searched again
India | Feb 03, 2020, 01:04 PM ISTThe NIA and Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out searches at residences of Over Ground Worker (OGW) of terrorists Farooq Ahmed Thokar and active Hizbul terrorist Omar Dhobi in Shopian of South Kashmir.
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BSF shoots down Pak drone along International Border in Jammu
India | Jan 27, 2020, 11:08 PM ISTThe Border Security Force on Monday night shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Jammu, officials said.
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Man found dead inside parked car in Jammu
Crime | Jan 15, 2020, 02:11 PM ISTA man was found dead on Wednesday in a car that was parked in the middle of the road in Diginia belt of Jammu city. Police said they rushed to the spot upon receiving information from some passersby that a body could be seen on the seat of a parked car.
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2G mobile internet in Jammu, broadband in 'essential institutions' in Kashmir restored
India | Jan 15, 2020, 10:49 AM IST2G mobile internet in five districts of Jammu and broadband facility in all essential institutions have been restored today. Internet services have been suspended ever since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.
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2G may be back in Jammu, broadband in Kashmir from January 15
India | Jan 14, 2020, 08:54 PM ISTIn a significant development, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory are mulling to restore the internet services, though partially in the UT from January 15 (Wednesday), wire service Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt from reliable sources in the J&K administration.
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41 trekkers rescued in Ladakh, Chadar trek suspended for two days
India | Jan 13, 2020, 07:16 AM IST"The trekkers who were stuck between Tibb and Neyraks camps due to overflowing of water over ice have been rescued and temporarily accommodated at Neraks village," Leh District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya said.
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Former J&K DGP, deputy CMs in attendance for pro-CAA rally in Jammu
India | Jan 12, 2020, 06:55 PM IST"We are all participating in this rally as common citizens...everyone here is supportive of the Centre's action to grant citizenship to the oppressed minorities fleeing Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan," senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh told reporters.
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Narcotic smuggler booked under PSA, two others arrested in J&K
Crime | Jan 12, 2020, 06:36 PM ISTShabeek Ahmad alias Shiku, a resident of Ladda-Kheri and the main supplier of narcotics to youth, was arrested and booked under PSA in Udhampur district on Saturday, a police spokesman said.
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J&K seeks scientific action plan for development, conservation of rare medicinal plant
India | Jan 11, 2020, 01:16 PM ISTAround 1,100 plants found in Jammu and Kashmir are reportedly used in different systems of medicine, out of which 22 species have a high trade volume with more than 100 million tonnes produced per year.