Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Jammu and Kashmir Police has filed a chargesheet in the court against a man in the Cambodia job scam case, officials said on Saturday. The accused have been booked for luring youth with a fake overseas employment promise. The victims were lured with the promise of a job with Rs 90,000 monthly wages as computer operators.Officials said the victims were forced into online scamming after reaching Cambodia.A statement issued by the crime b…
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New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The annual pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi resumed on Saturday after remaining suspended for seven consecutive days, bringing relief and joy to thousands of devotees who had been waiting in Katra for the yatra to reopen. The resumption of the pilgrimage witnessed a massive influx of pilgrims, with more than 10,000 devotees gathering at Counter No. 2 to obtain their mandatory RFID cards before beginning the trek to the revered shrine. Long queues …
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) The Army on Sunday carried out a swift rescue operation in the flash flood-affected Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir and saved 11 civilians.A Defence Ministry statement said that in a remarkable display of courage, professionalism and commitment to humanitarian assistance, troops of the Indian Army under White Knight Corps, in close coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the civil administration, successfully rescued el…
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) A policeman of the Special Operations Group (SOG) was killed and another injured in a road accident on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district.Police said that the accident happened at the Bailey Bridge in the Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.Police said that the two SOG men were travelling in an official vehicle when it hit the steel girder of the Bailey Bridge, leaving both of them injured.He said the injured personnel were immediately rushe…
Jammu, July 17 (IANS) One person was killed, and three Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police were injured in firing after the man reportedly tried to snatch a service rifle in Doda district, officials said on Friday.A religious preacher has been detained in connection with the incident, which occurred late Thursday night, the police officials said.The detained person’s link to the incident was not immediately clear. An SOG team laid an ambush on Thursday along th…
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) J&K Police said on Monday that it has attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding drug peddler in the Sopore sub-division of Baramulla district.”In a major action against the narcotics ecosystem under the ongoing 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan, Sopore police have attached two immovable properties worth over Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding and notorious drug peddler under the provisions of Section 68F of the N…
Srinagar, July 6 (IANS) The search operation by the joint forces to trace two local terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit entered its third day on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district.The operation was started on Saturday after two local LeT terrorists were believed to be hiding in the fruit orchards in Saidpora village of the district.The searches were resumed on Monday with the first light after a nightlong suspension to track down the two terrorists who were spotted by su…
Jammu, July 5 (IANS) After the book controversy erupted in which eight officials were suspended, police said on Sunday that a case has been registered, and the Counter-Intelligence Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was carrying out raids.Officials said the Counter Intelligence Wing registered a first FIR on Saturday and launched raids in connection with the alleged glorification of separatists in two controversial publications.The books in contention are titled ‘Personalities and Legends of J…
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday rescued four children stranded in the Tawi River in Jammu.Officials said that in a swift and coordinated rescue operation, Jammu Police and the SDRF successfully rescued four children who became stranded in the river near Peer Kho Temple following a sudden rise in the water level.A distress call was received through the Police Control Room (PCR), informing the authorities that fou…
Srinagar, July 3 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday handed over the pamphlets carrying the special message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pilgrims of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY) at both Nunwan and Baltal base camps. In the message, the Prime Minister has extended his heartfelt greetings and best wishes to all devotees undertaking the sacred Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, describing the pilgrimage as an “eternal symbol of India’s rich spiritual heritage, cultural unity and the…