Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) Lightning killed 90 sheep and goats overnight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials said on Monday.Officials said nearly 90 sheep and goats belonging to a nomadic family from Rajouri district were killed after lightning struck during the intervening night in a high-altitude forest area of Poshkar Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials and locals said on Monday.The incident occurred in the Dhana Dok area of Poshkar, a remote grazing be…
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Jammu, April 11 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday said they carried out a major crackdown on drug peddlers, arresting five persons and seizing heroin during naka checking operations.A police statement said that in the first operation, action was taken against drug trafficking by the Nowshera Police on Friday.During routine checking, a Scorpio vehicle bearing Registration No. JK11H-8838 was intercepted at Thalka Naka. On search, one person, namely Wajid Khan, son…
Srinagar/Jammu, March 26 (IANS) At least two persons were killed, and five others were injured on Thursday in separate road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir.An assistant professor of Poonch degree college, identified as Dr Tabassum Naz, was killed and her husband critically injured in an accident in the Kallar area of Rajouri district.The accident occurred when the car going to Poonch from Rajouri, went out of the driver’s control and veered off the road.Locals rushed to the site and conducted a…
Jammu, March 17 (IANS) The J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a meter reader of the electric department while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 in Rajouri district. A spokesman for the ACB said the meter reader posted in PDD Rajouri was caught red‑handed while accepting a bribe from a complainant in exchange for reducing an inflated electricity bill.The spokesperson said the ACB registered a case against Arif Iqbal, posted as Meter Reader in PDD Rajouri, vide FIR No. 03/2026…
Jammu, March 10 (IANS) Alert troops foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K’s Rajouri district on Tuesday, killing one terrorist and launching a hunt to track down the second.Officials said that the terrorist was killed in an anti-Infiltration operation in the Jhangar area of the Nowshera sector of the LoC in Rajouri.”Acting on credible intelligence inputs by Intelligence Agencies, movement of two terrorists was detected in the general area of Jhangar, Nowshera along t…
Jammu, March 10 (IANS) The body of an Indian Army soldier, who went missing during a river crossing exercise, was recovered on Tuesday a day after the accident.Officials said that the body of the soldier who had gone missing during a river-crossing training exercise in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir a day earlier, was recovered today.“The body of Sepoy Akshit Sharma was recovered from the Manawar stream in the Khour area by a joint search party of the Army, the National Disaster Respons…
Jammu, March 4 (IANS) The Indian Army opened fire on Wednesday after noticing suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.Officials said around 4.30 a.m. this morning, the soldiers guarding the LoC observed some persons trying to sneak across the fence.“Subsequently, the Army opened fire towards the suspected spot, thwarting a possible infiltration bid. Reinforcement has been rushed to the spot, and a search operation has been started in the ar…
Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday placed a government school teacher under suspension for alleged ‘misconduct’.The chief education officer (CEO) of Rajouri district has placed a Teacher Grade-III posted at the Government Primary School Lanjhar, Zone Moughla, under suspension with immediate effect following serious allegations of misconduct, indiscipline, and dereliction of duty.According to an official order, the action was taken after a rep…
Rajouri (J&K), Feb 23 (IANS) In a landmark achievement for the remote hilly areas of J&K’s Rajouri district, more than 14,000 people in its Kotranka subdivision are receiving tap water at their homes for the first time since Independence under the Central government’s Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. Villages including Mowra, Jaglano, Khadyoon, Upper Kandi, Lower Kandi, Hubbi, Mowra-B, and Phalni have now been covered under the ambitious project. Residents have expressed immense gratitude to t…
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) A resident of J&K’s Rajouri district was apprehended by the army, and two foreign-made pistols were recovered from him, officials said on Thursday.”Sachin Kumar, a resident of Sair village near the Line of Control (LoC), was taken into custody by an Army patrolling party from Raipur village in the Nowshera sector late on Wednesday night. Two pistols, one made in Turkey and another made in China, were recovered from his possession along with four magazines and 15 rounds…