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A Border Security force (BSF) jawan stands guard near the venue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming rally at Palli village of Samba district, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi to arrive in Palli hamlet of J-K amid tight security

A red alert has already been sounded in the Union Territory following the encounter on Friday near Sunjwan Army camp

24 Apr 2022 12:23 PM

Dilbag Singh, Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir, arrives at the site of an attack in Jammu, India, Friday, April. 22, 2022. Six suspected rebels and an Indian paramilitary officer were killed in two separate armed clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said on Friday, two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the disputed region.(AP Photo)

Major terror strike ahead of PM's Jammu visit foiled

The Prime Minister is scheduled to address a ‘grand function’ at Palli in Samba district to mark the Panchayat Raj Day, 2022

23 Apr 2022 12:53 AM

Devotees return without 'darshan' and prayers due to a stampede at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, in Reasi district, Saturday morning, Jan 1, 2022. (PTI Photo)

J-K Lt Governor Sinha orders probe into stampede at Vaishno Devi shrine

Lt Governor Sinha announced an ex gratia relief of Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 2 lakh to each injured

01 Jan 2022 11:38 AM

BSF troops fired and neutralized the intruder near BSF fencing inside the IB and thwarted the infiltration attempt. (Representational Image | PTI)

Pak intruder shot dead along IB in Jammu

Deputy Inspector General of BSF S P S Sandhu said alert troops neutralized the intruder in R S Pura sector on Sunday night

13 Dec 2021 12:06 PM

Amit shah while addressing a public meeting in Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar area. (Photo:Twitter)

Shah vows justice for Jammu region

Defends security in J&K under Modi regime

25 Oct 2021 12:47 AM

The terrorists are believed to have planted the IED during the intervening night under the cover of darkness, the officials said. (Representational image: PTI)

IED defused in J-K's Rajouri; search operations on to nab terrorists

The IED was found planted by suspected terrorists under a culvert at Bathooni-Dilogra on Jammu-Rajouri national highway

31 Jul 2021 10:55 AM

The IED material was attached with the flying object and was meant to be assembled into an IED before use. (ANI)

J&K police shoots down drone carrying 5 kg IED material in border belt of Jammu

The police had earlier received 'specific input' about Jaish-e-Muhammad’s plan to drop a payload through a drone near Akhnoor area of Jammu

23 Jul 2021 11:21 AM

The drone was seen by the sentry of an Army Garrison at Kalu Chack around 3 am. (Photo: AFP/File)

Jammu: Army sentry opens fire after seeing suspected drone over brigade headquarters

Nothing objectionable has been found on the ground so far

28 Jun 2021 12:24 PM

A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrives at Jammu Air Force Station after two low intensity explosions reported in the technical area of Jammu Air Force Station in the early hours of Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Twin explosions at IAF station in Jammu airport terror attack: Jammu and Kashmir DGP

Two IAF personnel were injured when two explosives-laden drones crashed into the station around 1.40 am

27 Jun 2021 1:27 PM

Lt Governor Manoj Sinha performs rituals during bhoomi pujan ceremony of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) at Majeen, Jammu. (PTI Photo)

Work on ₹33.22 crore TTD temple in Jammu begins

The TTD has been allotted this land on lease for a period of 40 years

14 Jun 2021 12:26 AM

The incident took place near the Chak Faquira border post (border pillar no 64) in the Samba sector around 9:45 am, they said. (Representational Image: PTI/file)

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

The spot where the body was found is around 40 metres from the International Border on the Indian side, the officials said

08 Feb 2021 1:02 PM

Hours after SSB jawan’s disappearance, a Special Police Officer (SPO) with J&K police deserted his unit located in Chadoora area of the same district along with two AK-47 rifles and four magazines. (AP File)

Two security forces jawans missing along with their service weapons in J&K

The officials did not rule out, at least, one of these being a conscious decision of decamping with service weapons to join militant ranks

15 Oct 2020 11:04 AM

Incessant rainfall continues for 3rd consecutive day in parts of Jammu and Kashmir

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir with India, remained closed for the third day

27 Aug 2020 5:57 PM

Vehicles move slowly during a traffic congestion on Jammu-Srinagar highway, in Jammu, Sunday. (PTI)

Following multiple landslides, Jammu-Srinagar highway remains closed for second day

The highway was blocked by a major landslide at Trishul Morh, Battery Cheshma and Pantiyal areas on Thursday, officials said.

21 Aug 2020 3:06 PM

File photo of a paramilitary soldier standing guard on a road in in Jammu last week. Tensions have been bubbling in Jammu over a social media video in which two men allegedly blasphemed Prophet Muhammad. (AP file photo)

Nervous Monday for Jammu after police crack down on social media video

Protests held in Muslim localities of Jammu and parts of Kashmir

17 Aug 2020 9:34 PM

District president of Budgam BJP Abdul Hamid Najar was shot at by terrorists on Sunday succumbed to his injuries. (PTI Photo)

Another BJP leader killed by terrorists in J&K's Budgam, party leaders tender resignations

Hours after Abdul Hamid Najar was shot by militants, four BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam resigned from the party on Sunday

10 Aug 2020 10:53 AM

Pakistan Army resorts to heavy shelling along Line of Control

The ceasefire was violated by Pakistan for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday

28 Jul 2020 12:54 PM

Amid coronavirus crisis, Amarnath Yatra to be held in staggered manner this time

However, a final decision on the pilgrimage to the shrine in Himalayas will be taken later next week.

08 Jul 2020 7:00 PM

NIA chargesheet names suspended cop Davinder Singh, says he was involved in unleashing terror

Singh, then a Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Anti-Hijacking Squad at the Srinagar International Airport, was arrested on January 11.

07 Jul 2020 11:05 AM

Army personnel was killed, two others were injured as Pakistani troops opened fire along the Line of Control in Poonch district. (PTI Photo)

Indian soldier killed, two injured in Pakistani firing in J&K's Poonch

This is the third fatality in Pakistani firing and shelling on forward posts and villages in twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri this month

14 Jun 2020 11:41 AM

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