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  • Security forces fired at by militants in J&K's Anantnag; combat underway May 14, 2023 08:18 AM IST

    Security forces fired at by militants in J&K's Anantnag; combat underway

    The security forces had launched a search and cordon operation in Andan in Sangam area of the district following information about presence of militants there, a police officer said.

  • Opposition leaders meet EC, seek early polls in Jammu and Kashmir March 16, 2023 05:50 PM IST

    Opposition leaders meet EC, seek early polls in Jammu and Kashmir

    The political leaders also submitted a memorandum to the ECI, in which they have mentioned that union home minister has stated many times that the government is ready to facilitate assembly elections, but final call has to be taken by the Commission.

  • Seven injured in twin blasts amid heightened security in Jammu January 21, 2023 01:25 PM IST

    Seven injured in twin blasts amid heightened security in Jammu

    The blasts occurred in the Narwal area of Jammu City, Additional Director General of Police (Jammu) Mukesh Singh said.

  • Sterlite Power secures Rs 305 crore funds January 11, 2023 04:05 PM IST

    Sterlite Power secures Rs 305 crore funds

    The project involves construction of a transmission system comprising a 400/132kV GIS sub-station at Kishtwar and a 400 kV transmission line from Kishenpur to Dulhasti.

  • Centre bans Lashkar arm The Resistance Front January 07, 2023 01:53 PM IST

    Centre bans Lashkar arm The Resistance Front

    The home ministry has also designated TRF’s commander Sheikh Sajjad Gul as a terrorist under the fourth schedule of UAPA Act, 1967

  • Sargam Koushal, Navy officer's wife, brings Mrs India crown to India after 21 years December 19, 2022 04:52 PM IST

    Sargam Koushal, Navy officer's wife, brings Mrs India crown to India after 21 years

    Mrs India 2022: Born and brought up in Jammu’s Bahu Fort area, Sargam Koushal is married to Aditya Manohar Sharma, a Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy.

  • Who is Sargam Koushal, the 32-year-old from Jammu crowned Mrs World 2022 December 19, 2022 10:34 AM IST

    Who is Sargam Koushal, the 32-year-old from Jammu crowned Mrs World 2022

    Sargam Koushal has brought the coveted crown back to India, 21 years after Aditi Govitrikar.

  • Shah Rukh Khan visits Vaishno Devi temple ahead of 'Pathaan' release | Watch December 12, 2022 01:41 PM IST

    Shah Rukh Khan visits Vaishno Devi temple ahead of 'Pathaan' release | Watch

    Shah Rukh Khan had also visited Mecca earlier this month after filming for his next movie 'Dunki' in Saudi Arabia.

  • Salaries of J&K police personnel on hold due to 'non-availability of budget' December 01, 2022 08:58 AM IST

    Salaries of J&K police personnel on hold due to 'non-availability of budget'

    The police personnel including IPS officers from the Union Territory, who get their salaries under New Pension Scheme, have been informed that their salaries have been withheld because of “non-availability of budget”.

  • Satisfactory security situation in Kashmir to hold polls: Amit Shah November 15, 2022 05:38 PM IST

    Satisfactory security situation in Kashmir to hold polls: Amit Shah

    In the last 70 years, J&K had seen investment of only Rs 12,000 crore. That amount has risen to Rs 56,000 crore in the last four years. Central education institutes, such as AIIMS, IIT and IIM, have opened their branches /campuses in J&K, Shah said.

  • Drone-dropped weapons recovered along IB in Jammu; 2 arrested October 30, 2022 08:30 PM IST

    Drone-dropped weapons recovered along IB in Jammu; 2 arrested

    The police noticed the drone's movement in Baspur Bangla area in the early hours of Sunday, following which all police stations in the region were put on alert.

  • Terminal at Srinagar airport to be expanded three times its present size at Rs 1,500 cr: Jyotiradiatya Scindia October 10, 2022 08:46 PM IST

    Terminal at Srinagar airport to be expanded three times its present size at Rs 1,500 cr: Jyotiradiatya Scindia

    He said the decrease in VAT on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from 26.5 per cent to one per cent by the J-K administration has set a new dawn for air connectivity in the Union Territory.

  • Amit Shah promises reservation to Pahari, Gujjar and Bakerwal communities in J&K October 04, 2022 04:30 PM IST

    Amit Shah promises reservation to Pahari, Gujjar and Bakerwal communities in J&K

    Political observers say that with this assurance the BJP has set its electoral arithmetic ahead of Assembly elections in the UT.

  • DGP Prisons found murdered under suspicious circumstances in Jammu: Police October 04, 2022 06:34 AM IST

    DGP Prisons found murdered under suspicious circumstances in Jammu: Police

    Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said the domestic help is absconding and a search for him has started.

  • Home minister’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir: Paharis anticipate ST status October 03, 2022 06:56 PM IST

    Home minister’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir: Paharis anticipate ST status

    Political observers say the venues chosen by the BJP to kick-start its election campaign in the UT are of strategic importance as these areas have a high Pahari vote count.

  • J&K’s Gujjar Rajya Sabha MP says BJP misrepresented as an anti-Muslim party September 29, 2022 04:48 PM IST

    J&K’s Gujjar Rajya Sabha MP says BJP misrepresented as an anti-Muslim party

    The successive regimes in Jammu and Kashmir have only used the tribals, non-Kashmiri speaking population as a vote bank and never tried to alleviate their situation on the ground, alleges Ghulam Ali Khatana.

  • Not ready to accept India is communal; fight for Article 370 will continue: Farooq Abdullah September 21, 2022 05:32 PM IST

    Not ready to accept India is communal; fight for Article 370 will continue: Farooq Abdullah

    He said the next assembly polls will provide the first opportunity to fight the battle politically for the special status of J&K under the provisions of constitution.

  • Ghulam Nabi Azad to address maiden rally after quitting Congress on September 4 August 30, 2022 10:56 PM IST

    Ghulam Nabi Azad to address maiden rally after quitting Congress on September 4

    With the timing of Ghulam Nabi Azad's launch event in Jammu and Kashmir coinciding with Rahul Gandhi's rally, it will be seen if there are more fireworks on the day the former Congress chief addresses the mega event at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.

  • In pics: Heaviest rainfall in 26 years triggers flash floods in Jammu August 11, 2022 08:59 PM IST

    In pics: Heaviest rainfall in 26 years triggers flash floods in Jammu

    Jammu city recorded 189.6 mm of rain in 24 hours, the highest downpour in a day in almost 26 years, causing landslides and flash floods, meteorological department officials said on Thursday.

  • Amarnath Yatra resumes; 4,026 pilgrims leave Jammu for base camps July 11, 2022 10:47 AM IST

    Amarnath Yatra resumes; 4,026 pilgrims leave Jammu for base camps

    The Yatra was suspended from Jammu due to bad weather conditions and no batch was allowed to proceed to the base camps in the Valley on Sunday.

  • One security force personnel killed, 3 injured in encounter with terrorists in Jammu April 22, 2022 06:35 AM IST

    One security force personnel killed, 3 injured in encounter with terrorists in Jammu

    The encounter in Sunjwan took place amid heightened security arrangements in Jammu and Kashmir, two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Samba district.

  • Fire at Jammu building leaves at least 4 dead, 15 injured; Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for deceased March 14, 2022 10:40 PM IST

    Fire at Jammu building leaves at least 4 dead, 15 injured; Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for deceased

    "An ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to be given to the families of the deceased in Jammu LPG Cylinder blast incident. Ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh to be given to the seriously injured and Rs 25,000 to those with minor injuries," the office of J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha tweeted.

  • Jammu to get free WiFi service at 20 more locations under smart city mission November 25, 2021 07:41 AM IST

    Jammu to get free WiFi service at 20 more locations under smart city mission

    Jammu Smart City Limited (JSCL) has signed an agreement with service provider LMES to install WiFi hotspots at 20 locations. The agreement was signed and exchanged between the Chief Executive officer of JSCL Avny Lavasa and the director of LMES.

  • Army chief carries out aerial reconnaissance of forward areas in Jammu November 03, 2021 09:06 PM IST

    Army chief carries out aerial reconnaissance of forward areas in Jammu

    This is his second visit to Jammu division in the past over two weeks amid an ongoing operation against terrorists in a forest belt in twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri, which is the longest in the recent past that has entered 24th day on Wednesday.

  • J&K govt to handover 122 acres of land to AAI to build new airport terminal at Jammu November 03, 2021 01:02 PM IST

    J&K govt to handover 122 acres of land to AAI to build new airport terminal at Jammu

    Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Raghav Langer informed about the development during a meeting to review the progress on demarcation of land for the new terminal, they said.