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Terrorists infiltrating the mainstream political parties to carry out their activities surreptitiously is a new and dangerous trend in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley. Reports of alleged links of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Talib Hussain and Udaipur murder accused Riaz Akhtari with the BJP have laid bare this alarming trend. Hussain, who was overpowered by villagers in Reasi […]

Jammu: More than 11,000 pilgrims have performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra so far, as another batch of 6,113 worshippers on Saturday moved from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu towards the valley. “Over 11,000 yatris had darshan inside the holy cave shrine so far, while 23,214 others have moved towards the valley since the […]

Jammu: In the wake of targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandit and non-local government employees in the Valley, hundreds of government employees took out a march on Thursday to demand their immediate transfer to their respective home districts in J&K’s Jammu city. The protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees and others posted in the Valley carried placards with […]

Jammu: At least six workers are feared trapped in an under-construction tunnel along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway that collapsed on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police sources said. Several workers are feared to be trapped, inside an under construction tunnel that has collapsed in Ramban District, near Khoni Nalla on Srinagar Jammu National […]

New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday finalised the delimitation order and submitted it to the Election Commission of India wherein it has recommended 43 Assembly seats for Jammu division and 47 seats to the Kashmir region. For the first time, nine Assembly Constituencies (ACs) have been reserved for the Scheduled […]

Jammu: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was killed on Friday in a terror attack in J&K’s Jammu city. Police sources said terrorists attacked a bus of the CISF troopers near the Chaddha camp in Jammu city at around 4.25 a.m. The bus was carrying 15 troopers for morning shift […]

Jammu: A Hindu temple was vandalised by some unidentified miscreants here, prompting police to register a case and launch a probe to bring the culprits to book, officials said on Saturday. The idols of deities were found damaged at the decade-old temple in Sidhra on the city outskirts, they added. The priest noticed the damage […]

Defence ministry spokesman, Lt. Colonel Devender Anand said, "One terrorist has been neutralised. The operation is still on".

Police said JeM terrorists and their associates have been arrested by Jammu Police in a drive to root out presence of terrorists in Jammu.

The officials said the suspected drone returned to the Pakistani side when the border guards fired half a dozen rounds to bring it down.

The drone attack on IAF station, despite ceasefire with Pakistan, shows that the terror modules are very much active

The explosions happened at 2 a.m. Bomb disposal and forensic teams were at the Airport and cordoned off the entire area.

Pakistan is using drones to drop weapons and drugs with the latest attempt coming at a time when there is peace on the borders in Jammu and Kashmir.

The IED recovery comes close on the heels of the arrest of two top terrorists from Kunjwani in Jammu and Bari Brahmana area of Samba district.

In a series of tweets, the LG's office explained that the move will be useful for contingency planning and the response mechanism in flood situations.

The incident took place near the Chak Faquira border post (border pillar no 64) in the Samba sector around 9:45 am.

Among the big Independent wins is Taranjit Singh defeating BJP's two-time MLA and former minister Sham Lal Choudhary in Suchetgarh in Jammu region by a slender margin of 11 votes.

Similarly, in Jammu division, Kishtwar has recorded voting percentage of 34.15, Udhampur 24.56, Jammu 36.64, Kathua 34.45, Ramban 36.14, Doda 34.02, Samba 42.01, Poonch 43.88, Rajouri 40.68 and Reasi 41.87 till 11:00 a.m.

The 'Jab We Met' director who has earlier experience of shooting in Jammu and Kashmir has shown keen interest in making films casting local artists using local themes, music, art and locales.

Polling for 31 DDC seats -- 13 in Kashmir division and 18 in Jammu division -- began at 7 am.