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At Supinder Kaur’s home Thursday. She was living in Srinagar for the past 10 years. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)

Jammu teacher who loved Srinagar, a principal’s first day at school in new carSubscriber Only

October 8, 2021 09:45 IST

Just last week, Chand had come to Jammu to drop his wife and daughter home before returning to work in the Valley.

The cache included four pistols, eight magazines, and 232 rounds of ammunition. 

BSF recovers weapons near India-Pak border in Jammu

October 7, 2021 12:26 IST

Earlier on Saturday night, the Jammu and Kashmir Police had seized a packet containing an AK and a night vision device from Mandal phallian area on the outskirts of Jammu city.

According to a retired police officer, one needs 13 years service after induction into IPS for getting promoted to the rank of DIG.

After 13-yr gap, Centre inducts 28 J&K Police Service officers into IPSSubscriber Only

October 5, 2021 04:29 IST

Fifteen of them have already retired from service. The induction of state services officers into the IPS, an annual exercise across the country, had not been carried out in Jammu and Kashmir since 2008. This had led to several senior officers not getting promoted to the DIG rank.

During the last one-and-a-half years, police have seized a large number of arms, ammunition and explosives that have been dropped using drones. (Representational)

Police recover packet dropped by drone in Jammu village near Pakistan border

October 3, 2021 15:33 IST

Drone sightings along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir have increased following the attack on the Air Force Station in Jammu in June this year.

The Education Department had ordered closure of the institution in question from September 28 to October 2. (Representational)

J&K students who didn’t have Covid ‘test positive’; doctor suspendedSubscriber Only

September 30, 2021 23:59 IST

As the test reports came in Thursday, the Union Territory Administration suspended Dr Shabab Ahmed, a dental surgeon who had been made the nodal officer for Covid-19 in Thanamandi area.

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TRF terrorist nabbed near Jammu railway station, pistol seized

September 26, 2021 15:13 IST

The Special Operations Group had set up nakas across Jammu on the basis of inputs regarding the movement of a Kashmir-based terrorist for a specific task.

Despite court order, ex-J&K Dy CM moves to new house near Army ammunition depot

Former J&K Dy CM’s Nagrota house built illegally: UT admin in RTI replySubscriber Only

September 26, 2021 07:31 IST

Two cases of illegal constructions reported, including that of Nirmal Singh's bungalow, says UT official in RTI reply.

The deceased pilots have been identified as Major Rohit Kumar and Major Anuj Rajput.

Army helicopter crashes in Udhampur, both pilots killed

September 22, 2021 04:04 IST

The chopper, according to Army PRO Lt Colonel Devender Anand, was on a training sortie over the area.

PDP president and former CM Mehbooba Mufti

BJP put J&K on sale to outsiders, says Mehbooba

September 22, 2021 03:48 IST

Talking to the media after a visit to Rajouri and Poonch districts, former CM Mehbooba Mufti said Jammu’s economy is being choked from all sides.

NIA conducted raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday | Representational image

Drone attack: Ex-soldier among those raided, NIA claims plot from Bihar to J&KSubscriber Only

September 22, 2021 05:48 IST

The NIA is trying to find a link between a suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba plot to plant an IED in Jammu and the drone attack on the IAF station in the city a few hours later, on June 27.

Mangled remains of the helicopter.

Army helicopter makes forced landing in J&K, pilots dead

September 21, 2021 17:34 IST

The deceased officers have been identified as Major Rohit Kumar and Major Anuj Rajput.

Lt General M K Das awards the Sher-e-Kashmir Sword of Honour to Peer Sartaj Ahmed Wani, at Dansal in Jammu on Saturday. (Express)

Army recruits being trained to tackle emerging challenges: Lt Gen DasSubscriber Only

September 19, 2021 07:46 IST

Due to the pandemic, the ceremony was conducted without the parents of the recruits following all the norms.

The Jammu traders body also expressed resentment over the “proposal of big companies like Reliance to open stores in Jammu in the retail sector”.

J&K trade group calls Jammu bandh on September 22

September 19, 2021 05:39 IST

It raised a range of issues, including closure of wine shops, restrictions on banquet halls, opening of Reliance stores and the ending of the annual darbar move, among others.

The protesters threatened to intensify their agitation if their monthly relief was not immediately released.

Kashmiri Pandits stage protest in Jammu over delay in relief paymentSubscriber Only

September 18, 2021 17:11 IST

The protesters came out from the Jagti migrant camp on the outskirts of the city and started marching towards the nearby highway, raising slogans in support of their demand for immediate release of relief payment for August, the officials said.

Passports to the citizens, including government employees, are issued on the basis of verification carried out by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the circular said. (File Photo)

J&K govt employees seeking passport now need vigilance clearance

September 16, 2021 21:04 IST

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has also brought into the notice of the government that the present mechanism for issuance of passport to government employees results in the issuance of passport to those employees against whom vigilance cases are pending

The Congress also shared on Twitter Sonia Gandhi's article and quoted her, "The PM likes to emphasise that vaccines are free, while conveniently forgetting that they have always been free.(Photo: Twitter/@INCIndia)

‘I am a Kashmiri Pandit, feel your pain’: Rahul Gandhi promises help to community

September 10, 2021 22:08 IST

The BJP hit back at Gandhi for accusing it and the RSS of "trying to break the composite culture of Jammu and Kashmir", alleging all the vexing issues of the region is the "legacy of the Gandhi family".

During preliminary questioning, Rehmani reportedly told the police that he was going to Kashmir for onward journey to Afghanistan as he had been feeling homesick.

Afghan teenager arrested in Jammu and KashmirSubscriber Only

August 31, 2021 12:53 IST

The 17-year-old was in India as an attendant to his brother, an Afghan Army soldier, who was undergoing treatment for a bullet injury in Delhi.

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Detained, stopped from entering Kishtwar: Congress leaders GA Mir, Abdul Majid Wani

August 27, 2021 21:03 IST

While Mir said he was stopped at a potato farm near Sinthon Top, Wani was detained at Thathri. Later, they were made to return to their respective native places

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha. (File)

J&K has always been a great centre of Sanskrit like Varanasi: LG Manoj Sinha

August 20, 2021 10:03 IST

The LG also laid the e-foundation of Water Sports Centre at Ranjit Sagar Dam, to be completed at a cost of Rs 3 crore by March, 2022 and launched 'Divyang Sahayak' - an initiative to provide prosthetic aid to the needy.

The assailants fired upon Javeed Ahmad Dar near his residence in Brazloo Jageer area of the south Kashmir district at around 4.30 pm.

J&K BJP worker shot; 2nd militant attack on party leader in 8 daysSubscriber Only

August 18, 2021 04:26 IST

This is the second militant attack on BJP activists in south Kashmir in just over a week. On August 9, BJP sarpanch Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife Jawahira Begum, who was a BJP panch, were killed in Anantnag.

More arrests are likely as police action against remaining members of the module is in progress. (File)

J&K Police foil terror bid on eve of Independence Day, arrest four Jaish men

August 14, 2021 17:55 IST

Members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad module were planning to plant a vehicle-based IED in Jammu, police said.

Dilbag Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police.

57 J&K youths who went to Pak in 2017-18 became militants: DGPSubscriber Only

August 11, 2021 07:20 IST

Speaking to reporters in Rajouri, Singh said a number of youth from J&K had gone to Pakistan in 2017 and 2018 on valid documents. “Fifty-seven cases have come to our notice that those who went across [the border] for studies or as tourists joined one or the other terror activity,” he said.

"Search operations continue unabated inspite of bad weather and rain. Expertise and equipment of the Army, Navy, IAF, NDRF, SDRF, NGOs, state police, dam authority and private firms from all over the country have also been into action," the army PRO said. (Representational )

Search ops for missing pilots in J&K enters 9th day, Army seeks international assistance

August 10, 2021 11:50 IST

The Army statement came after the younger brother of one of the missing pilots expressed anguish at the search and rescue operations progressing at a 'snail's pace'.

The blast occurred at M G Construction site at around 11.15 pm on Friday, the police said.

Two injured in mysterious blast in J&K’s Ramban

August 7, 2021 09:47 IST

The police said the blast took place under mysterious circumstances and an investigation is on to ascertain its cause.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad interacts with media in Jammu, Monday, Aug 2, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Ghulam Nabi Azad urges Centre to implement its assurance to J&K leaders on statehood in ‘short-term’

August 3, 2021 16:09 IST

Batting strongly for holding Assembly elections, he said for the past four years, there is “no representative” in J&K, which is the biggest cause of under development in the union territory.

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