Man injured in shooting in Samba
JAMMU: A 60-year-old man was injured in a firing incident in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. The firing took place near the J&K Bank ATM in Bari Brahmana market along…
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Firecrackers banned due to security concerns in Poonch
JAMMU: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch have imposed a complete ban on the sale and use of firecrackers during the ongoing marriage season across the border district, citing security concerns. The order was issued…
ED raids in narco-terror case; premises of ex-minister Babu Singh searched
STATE TIMES NEWS JAMMU: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted simultaneous searches in Jammu and Kashmir, including at the premises of former minister Babu Singh, as part of a drugs-linked money laundering investigation, official sources…
Drug peddler’s property worth Rs 53 lakh attached in Samba, Rs 16 lakh cash recovered
JAMMU: In its ongoing crackdown against narcotics trafficking, a drug peddler’s property worth Rs 53 lakh was attached in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said on Thursday. The attached assets include a single-storey residential…
Anantnag bureaucrat ordered to appear before court for defying decree
SRINAGAR: An Anantnag court has summoned a senior bureaucrat to appear before it in person for non-execution of its decrees, and also ordered attachment of his salary. Tahir Khurshid Raina, Principal District Judge Anantnag, in…
LG Sinha pays obeisance at Vaishno Devi shrine
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday paid obeisance at the Vaishno Devi shrine and prayed for the people of the region, officials said. The cave shine, situated at an altitude of…
Drug peddler held in Baramulla
SRINAGAR: A drug peddler was arrested on Thursday and a contraband substance was recovered from his possession in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. They said a suspicious person, identified as Mukhtar Ahmad…
Two long-time absconders arrested in Poonch
JAMMU: Two criminals wanted in two separate cases were arrested after over a decade-long hunt in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. Burju, a resident of Chandimarh village, was booked in a case registered…
Three drug peddlers held, property of another attached in Udhampur
JAMMU: Three drug peddlers were arrested along with heroin while the property of another peddler was attached in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said. The arrest of the trio took…
Postal ballot, home voting begins for Budgam assembly bypoll
SRINAGAR: Postal ballot and home voting processes began on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam assembly constituency (AC) where bypolls would take place on November 11. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who won last year’s assembly…