Army cannot afford to lower guard along LoC: Gen Singh

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Aug 11: Stressing that soldiers must remain vigilant along the Line of Control (LoC), Army Chief General V K Singh today said the country cannot afford to lower guard along the borders. "Soldiers should remain vigilant and alert (along the LoC in JK)," General Singh told Army personnel More

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Parents of missing `mystic’ approach Police

Surankote Fake Encounter

NASIR HUSSAIN MALIK

Rajouri, Aug 10: Police may conduct DNA test of a villager, who claimed that the youth killed in fake encounter at Surankote area of Poonch district resembled his missing son. Official sources said that a family of village Saaj in Rajouri district has approached the police saying that they More

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Rains, flood ravage Jammu

9 die, 20 injured as bus capsize, house collapses

30 structures damaged, 24 vehicles buried under landslides

RAJEEV SHARMA/SYED AMJAD SHAHJammu, Aug 11: At least nine persons were killed and 20 others injured—three of them critically due to heavy rains which wreaked havoc across Jammu on Thursday. About 30 houses were collapsed while two dozen vehicles were buried in separate incidents More

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6 dead, 10 injured in Kathua accident

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 11: At least six persons died and ten others sustained critical injuries in a road accident in Jammu’s Kathua district on Thursday. “A bus (No. JK02P-5071) on way from Jammu to Kathua skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge near Mohanpur this morning. Six passengers died More

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Pak Rangers return woman

ISHRAT BHAT

Poonch, Aug 11: Pak Rangers Thursday handed over to Indian army a woman, who had crossed over to the other side of Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. Officials said that the woman, Parveen Akhtar wife of Zahoor Ahmed of Chakan-da-Bagh had crossed over to the other side after a heated More

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Cops thrash student leader

Jammu, Aug 11:  Protest rocked Jammu University late this evening after a student was allegedly thrashed by the policemen deployed in the campus. Eyewitnesses said that National Conference Student Union (NCSU) leader Nasib Ali was allegedly abused and thrashed by the policemen near the More

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Prone to natural calamities, JK yet to have vital Doppler Weather Radar

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Aug 11: Even as weather related calamities are becoming a major threat to the infrastructure and people in the state with every passing year, Jammu and Kashmir is yet to have the vital Doppler Weather Radars, which can help in sounding advance warnings about snowstorms and brewing conditions More

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BJP takes on Omar for helicopter trips

Jammu, Aug 11: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for Rs 12 “wasteful incurred” on “futile” helicopter sorties undertaken by him and his close associates in last two years. Taking a strong exception to the disclosure, the BJP state More

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Rehbar-e-Zirats felicitate G H Mir

Jammu, Aug 11: Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir has impressed upon the Rehbar-e-Zirats to work with zeal and dedication to improve the socio-economic condition of the farming community. Agriculture profession being directly related to the welfare of about 70% population of the state who need More

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