kathua district

Jammu, April 11 Eleven drug dealers were arrested along with heroin in separate locations in the districts of Udhampur, Poonch, and Doda in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.Four drug dealers were apprehended after 13 grams of heroin were seized during a check of their car in Lamberi...

Jammu, April 7 A man alleged to be involved in anti-national activities has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said.The accused has been identified as Romelu Singh.Police said the accused is a person with a criminal...

Jammu, April 6 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir arrested a government employee in the Kathua district on Monday for allegedly demanding a bribe, officials said.The accused, Desh Raj, was a junior assistant in the Social Welfare Department, stationed in the Billawar area of...

Jammu, April 2 Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha handed over a government job letter to the wife of a police sub-inspector, who was killed in a gunfight with gangsters two years ago, on Thursday.The appointment letter under the J-K Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme 2022 was given to...

Jammu, March 31 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained a repeat offender and alleged cattle smuggler under the Public Safety Act, officials said.The accused, identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Phinder in the R S Pura tehsil of the Jammu district, was detained following his repeated...

Jammu, March 29 Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday urged the youth and farmers of the nation to liberate the country from the current "pro-rich" and "anti-people" government.Karra criticised the BJP government at the Centre, claiming...

Kathua/Jammu, March 29 PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday that she is praying for Iran to emerge victorious in the West Asia conflict, and for the war to end quickly, arguing that this is essential to restore stability and curb "escalating" inflation.She also accused the National...

Jammu, March 28 The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Saturday that as many as 3,192 schools across the Union territory have reported less than 10 or zero enrolment since 2022, with 2,518 teachers posted in them.In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA Ranbir Singh Pathania in the...

Near the Kathua district headquarters, a Government Homoeopathy Medical College—the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir—will be established on approximately 57 acres of land at Rakh Hoshiyari in the Jasrota Assembly constituency.This ambitious project, estimated to cost around ₹52.68 crore...

Jammu, March 25 Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police Mohita Sharma conducted an extensive security review and inspection of border areas in the district on Wednesday, directing police to carry out frequent search operations in nursery areas to check for suspicious movement.Accompanied by...

Jammu, March 24 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Shiv Kumar Sharma, undertook a comprehensive visit to the border areas of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, reviewing the security situation and operational preparedness of police forces in the region.The DIG of the...

Jaipur, March 24 – A balloon bearing the logo of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was recovered from a village near the border in the Sri Ganganagar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday, prompting authorities to launch an investigation into its origin.The incident was reported from Village 11...

KATHUA, MARCH 18: Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Sharma chaired a meeting to review the physical and financial progress of projects under the District Capex Budget for 2025-26.Officials briefed him on the status of ongoing projects. Rajesh Sharma directed all executing agencies to expedite work...

A two-day volleyball tournament, organized by the Central Reserve Police Force under its Civic Action Programme 2025-26, concluded successfully at the 121 Battalion headquarters in Hiranagar.The two-day tournament was presided over by Commandant Arvind Singh. A total of eight teams from...

Jammu, March 18 Police have fitted GPS-enabled tracking anklets on three overground workers of the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad in the Kathua district after they were released on interim bail, officials said.The action followed an order by the principal district and sessions judge in...

Lieutenant General Rajan Sharawat, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Rising Star Corps, reviewed the operational readiness of troops deployed in the Machhedi sector of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir today.The Bani-Machhedi mountainous region has experienced several attacks and...

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Rising Star Corps, Lieutenant General Rajan Sharawat, today reviewed the operational readiness of troops in the Machhedi sector of Kathua district. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the Bani-Macchedi mountainous region in Kathua district...

Jammu, March 18 The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Rising Star Corps, Lieutenant General Rajan Sharawat, reviewed the operational preparedness of troops in the Machhedi sector of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.The Bani-Machhedi mountainous area in Kathua district...

Jammu, March 18 J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat said on Tuesday that under its changed counter-terrorism tactics, the J&K Police is moving into dense forests and rugged mountains to neutralize terrorists.Addressing the passing-out parade of police constables at the STC Talwara in the Reasi district, DGP...

Jammu, March 17 As part of a sustained crackdown on illegal mining across Jammu and Kashmir, over 13,600 vehicles have been seized and 446 FIRs registered over the past two years, official data showed.According to official figures, a total of 6,219 vehicles were seized in 2024-25, while the...