Category: Jammu

Jammu

Encounter underway between rebels and security forces in Kishtwar, 2 LeT rebels feared trapped
June 22, 2019 No Responses

Encounter underway between rebels and security forces in Kishtwar, 2 LeT rebels feared trapped

Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants are believed to be trapped in a cordon laid by troops in the forest area of Kishwan in mountainous district. Sources told Kashmir Post that forces launched cordon and search operation (CASO) in dense forests of...
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BJP told to clear stand on Articles 35A, 370: PIL
June 21, 2019 No Responses

BJP told to clear stand on Articles 35A, 370: PIL

Dilly-dallying on the abrogation of Articles 35A and 370 amounts to “murdering people’s mandate and negating Preamble of the Indian Constitution”. “The abrogation of these Articles, constitution of a Delimitation Commission to give the Jammu province d...
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Infamous Kathua rape & murder case verdict likely today, security stepped up near the court
June 10, 2019 No Responses

Infamous Kathua rape & murder case verdict likely today, security stepped up near the court

With the verdict in the Kathua rape and murder case to be delivered on Monday, tight security has been put in place near the district and sessions court in Pathankot. The incident, wherein an 8-year-old girl from the Bakarwal community...
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Regular power, Water supply still a distant dream for seven lakh Jammu residents
June 8, 2019 No Responses

Regular power, Water supply still a distant dream for seven lakh Jammu residents

Grappling with drinking water shortage and regular power outages, Jammu is a living nightmare for its 7 lakh residents in the blistering heat. About 45 years after the first Master Plan (1974) was framed for Jammu, crores of rupees have...
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Jammu continues to reel under heat wave, sizzling at 42.5 degrees, light rain likely on Monday
June 3, 2019 No Responses

Jammu continues to reel under heat wave, sizzling at 42.5 degrees, light rain likely on Monday

The heat-wave conditions continued in Jammu as the city recorded 42.5 degrees Celsius today, three degrees above normal. The temperature was three notches below yesterday’s 45.5 degrees Celsius, season’s highest so far. Earlier, from Tuesday to Wednesday J...
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At 42.8°C Jammu sizzles witnesses season’s hottest day
May 30, 2019 No Responses

At 42.8°C Jammu sizzles witnesses season’s hottest day

A blistering heat wave swept across the Jammu region on Wednesday as the day temperature soared to season’s highest so far. At 42.8°C, the city recorded 3.7 degrees above the normal temperature. According to the meteorological department, Jammu record the.....
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Construction work continues by Nirmal Singh’s family against Army, HC order
May 20, 2019 No Responses

Construction work continues by Nirmal Singh’s family against Army, HC order

Construction of a building by senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh’s family near an Army depot in the city’s outskirts is near completion, despite the High Court directing them last year to maintain status quo at...
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Man killed over allegation of cow smuggling in Bhaderwah
May 17, 2019 No Responses

Man killed over allegation of cow smuggling in Bhaderwah

A Muslim man was fatally shot and another was injured by Hindu vigilantes in Bhaderwah, Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday over allegations of cow smuggling. A group of Hindu men intercepted the two Muslims in the outskirts of southeastern Bhaderwah...
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BJP leader Vikram Randhawa ‘Roughed Up’ in Chatta Jammu
April 9, 2019 No Responses

BJP leader Vikram Randhawa ‘Roughed Up’ in Chatta Jammu

In an embarrassment for the BJP, a senior party leader and MLC Vikram Randhawa was virtually roughed up by an unruly crowd in the Chatta area of Jammu district on Sunday evening when he along with party workers was canvassing...
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Battle of nerves for Jammu LS seat, Modi to hold rally in Kathua on April 11
April 6, 2019 No Responses

Battle of nerves for Jammu LS seat, Modi to hold rally in Kathua on April 11

With just days left for polling in the Jammu-Poonch parliamentary seat, arch-rivals BJP and Congress are leaving no stone unturned to reach out to voters in this politically significant Lok Sabha seat in the state. It will witness polling on...
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