Srinagar: Army Chief General Bikram Singh met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday evening. The meeting comes amidst reports of increased Chinese incursions in Ladakh. General Singh is on a two-day visit to the state to review the security situation. Earlier, he reviewed counter-infiltration and security measures in the state and visited forward areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The Army chief, who is on...
08:27 PM, Apr 23, 2013
India has said it will resolve differences with China over the recent incursions in Ladakh in a peaceful way. ...
08:11 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Three people, including the promoter of the Saradha group, Sudipta Sen, were arrested in Sonmarg, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. ...
06:59 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Three accused in the West Bengal chit fund scam were arrested from Sonmarg in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. ...
06:54 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Jammu: Army chief General Bikram Singh on Tuesday reviewed counter-infiltration and security measures in Jammu and Kashmir and visited forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC). The Army chief, who is on a two-day visit to the state, chaired a meeting at the 16 Corps headquarters in Nagrota, where he was briefed by field commanders about security and counter-infiltration measures in J&K, a defence spokesman said. General Singh later...
06:03 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Jammu: In the backdrop of the Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief General Bikram Singh will arrive on a two-day visit of the state, starting from Tuesday. Defence sources say that the security situation of the region is top of his agenda, following the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Field commanders are expected to brief the Army Chief on the...
07:30 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Jammu: A 17-year-old girl was brutally assaulted for resisting an alleged rape attempt by two men, who crushed her under their motorcycle and dumped her in a drain assuming her to be dead in RS Pura sector of Jammu district. The minor was on her way to a nearby school on April 19, 2013, in Arnia village of Jammu when she was intercepted by a local youth, Nitin, who asked...
02:18 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Jammu: Protests against the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi continued in Jammu for the second day with various organisations condemning the incident and demanding action against all those involved in the case. The Jammu unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) said it was shocked by the horrific rape. "The inaction by the police when the father went to report her missing once again highlights the...
02:15 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered separate probes by the Crime Branch and the Vigilance Department into the purchase and supply of spurious drugs in the state. These spurious drugs were being administered to patients over the last three years according to reports. A shutdown was observed in the Valley on Saturday in protest. "A detailed probe into the spurious drug 'Amoxicillin Trihydrate', IP batch No PBT-1583, supplied...
09:36 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Srinagar: A top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was apprehended in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening by a joint team of the Indian Army and the police. According to the police, Fahdullah is the chief operating officer of LeT in north Kashmir and belongs to Multan. The security forces also recovered two AK rifles, five AK magazines, two pistols, five grenades and 150 live ammunition from the terrorist. Officials said...
07:51 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Srinagar: A helicopter carrying Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made an emergency landing in Kishtwar district of the state on Thursday afternoon. The helicopter made the landing shortly after take off due to a technical problem, but no one was injured. "The chopper carrying Omar Abdullah landed shortly after taking off from Kishtwar for Srinagar today. It had developed some technical problem," a senior police officer told PTI....
04:36 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Srinagar: In a shocking incident in Jammu and Kashmir, the state Home Minister Sajjad Kitchloo has allegedly slapped a senior government officer, Riaz Ahmed, in Kishtwar. The incident happened just hours before Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's visit to the area. Ahmed alleged he was slapped thrice by the minister. "When he slapped me for the third time, I asked him what was he doing. Then his people, security people and...
01:51 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Jammu: After asking his partymen to switch to election gear, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also working president of his National Conference (NC), reiterated on Wednesday his government's commitment to filling vacancies on a fast-track basis. Addressing a public meeting in the border town of Mendhar in mountainous Poonch district, 220 km north-west of Jammu, Abdullah said: "More than 70,000 vacancies in government departments will be...
07:05 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday accused both PDP and BJP of dividing people in the name of religion and asked them to remain aware of conspiracies aimed at creating a wedge between communities. "Dividing people in the name of region or religion can be the handiwork of 'pen and ink pot' (PDP's symbol) or 'Kamal' (BJP's symbol), but the bearers of 'red flag with plough' (NC's symbol) has...
08:55 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Jammu: A girl allegedly committed suicide in Rajouri district after she was caught cheating during her BA first year examination at Degree College Thanamandi, police said. Rubina (19) committed suicide by consuming poison on Tuesday after a case of unfair means was registered against her, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri, Mubassir Latifi, said on Wednesday. The girl was reportedly caught copying during the English paper of her BA examination...
02:33 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Jammu: An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. The body of Naik Bhagwan Singh, a jawan of 23 Grenadiers, was found hanging from a tree near his official quarters at Bari Brahmana area of the district last evening, SHO Bari Brahmana, Arun Jamwal said. A case has been registered in this regard while...
06:21 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Islamabad: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's party has acknowledged "Kashmiri jihadi forces" active in Pakistan as one of key factors driving "terror and lawlessness" within the country. The 'Naya Pakistan Plan', a document posted on the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf's special website created for the May 11 polls, lists six factors in its section on internal security that "drive terror and lawlessness in varying degrees". These factors are "Taliban resistance movement in Afghanistan; Pakistani...
02:31 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recorded the statements of two wives of suspected Hizbul militant Liaqat Shah and family members of his associate Ashraf Mir in Jammu and Kashmir. A team of NIA officials recorded the statement of his wives in Kupwara while the family members of Mir were contacted in Bandipore, both areas in North Kashmir, sources said. They said the NIA also talked to and recorded the...
10:09 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a resident of Baramulla in Kashmir, was executed inside Tihar jail on February 9 this year. Kashmir saw a series of protests and demonstrations in its aftermath. Watch the show on Saturday at 10.30 pm and repeat telecast on Sunday at 12 noon and 9.30 pm. ...
05:41 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a resident of Baramulla in Kashmir, was executed inside Tihar jail on February 9 this year. Kashmir saw a series of protests and demonstrations in its aftermath. Watch the show on Saturday at 10.30 pm and repeat telecast on Sunday at 12 noon and 9.30 pm. ...
03:07 PM, Apr 13, 2013
