New Delhi: A major accident has occurred in Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Friday morning. A vehicle carrying around eight devotees fell into a ditch after visiting Mata Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra. One person died in the accident while 7 people were injured.
In a sudden turn if events, Former Jammu and Kashmir minister and chairman of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan party Chaudhary Lal Singh was detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday. Choudhary served as a minister in the BJP-PDP regime. He was arrested in the Money Laundering case following the dismissal of his anticipatory bail application by the Anti-Corruption Court in Jammu.
Srinagar: An official said that terrorists shot dead a Jammu and Kashmir Police Head Constable near his residence in Wailoo Kralpora in Baramulla district, on Tuesday. Head Constable Ghulam Mohammad Dar was shot at by the terrorists outside his residence at Kralpora in Pattan area of the district, the officials added.
A migrant worker was killed by suspected terrorists in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir Police said. The area has been cordoned off and security has been heightened following the incident. The non-local worker has been identified as Mukesh who hailed from Uttar Pradesh, was shot at in the Rajpora area of Pulwama district at around 12:45 pm on Monday, police said.
One 30-year-old BSF jawan injured in the firing. He was safely evacuated and the Karnataka-based soldier was posted at Bikram Post of Arnia. According to sources, the jawan was brought to a government medical college in Jammu for treatment.
In an sudden turn of events, an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale strikes Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed. Tremors were reportedly felt in surrounding areas as well. According to the NCS, the earthquake struck at 22:56:52 IST, on Sunday, at a depth of 5 kilometres.
Jammu and Kashmir: A official said that a rape accused died in police custody in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The incident happened in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. He added that a magisterial probe has been ordered into the matter.
Tragic strikes in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, when a vehicle went uncontrollable and rolled off the road and plunged into a deep ditch, due to which three people killed and five people were seriously injured. This accident unfolds at Humbal in Doda Marmat road in Doda district, officials said on Saturday.
Rajouri: On Tuesday, A official said that two army soldiers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the information received by police, an encounter between security forces and terrorists started on Monday evening after a cordon and search operation in a forest area of the district.
New Delhi: On Sunday, in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police recovered about 30 kg of heroin worth crores of rupees from a vehicle going to Punjab. Officials said two suspected drug smugglers were arrested after the seizure from Banihal area on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
