SRINAGAR: The Ministry of Home Affairs has appointed RR Swain, IPS, as the permanent Director General of Police (DGP) for Jammu & Kashmir. Swain, who previously served in an interim capacity, will officially assume the role immediately. His term will last until September 30, 2024, or until further notice. Since assuming the position of Acting […]
JAMMU: An encounter is ongoing between security forces and a group of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur District on Tuesday, authorities reported. DIG Udhampur Reasi Range Rayees Mohammad Bhat while speaking to media said, “For the last 3-4 days, we were following the movement here and yesterday we got some specific information about the […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has terminated six government employees over the last two weeks for their involvement in financing terrorism through drug trafficking, orchestrated by Pakistan’s ISI and terror groups based in Pakistan. A high-ranking official informed The New Indian that funds generated from the sale of heroin and brown sugar smuggled from […]
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted coordinated searches at various sites in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and Haryana as part of its money laundering investigation tied to a cryptocurrency scam in which investors lost over Rs 7 crore worth of funds. The ED agents under the direction of Joint […]
SRINAGAR: Following the deployment of 3,000 additional Army personnel and 2,000 BSF personnel across various regions of Jammu, the Central Government has decided to dispatch two battalions of Assam Rifles to the area to bolster the Counter-Terrorism Grid and intensify operations against foreign terrorists hiding in the upper reaches of several districts. The Union Ministry […]
SRINAGAR: The Election Commission of India is visiting Jammu and Kashmir next week to evaluate election arrangements. This visit is interpreted as a signal that the Assembly elections in the Union Territory of J&K will likely occur before the Supreme Court’s September 30 deadline. The entire commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will […]
Srinagar: For the first time in the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Enforcement Directorate executed raids on Friday as part of its investigation into money laundering associated with a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme, authorities reported. The department searched at least six locations in Leh in Ladakh, Jammu in J&K, and Sonipat in Haryana concerning A R […]
SRINAGAR: A suspicious blaze destroyed four residential buildings and a granary owned by the Kashmiri Pandit community in the Mattan region of Anantnag district, South Kashmir. Officials reported that the fire broke out late Sunday night, around 2:30 a.m., affecting multi-storey heritage homes in Razdan Mohalla. The affected properties belong to Anand Ji Razdan, Shadi […]
SRINAGAR: A dagger along with a Chinese Type-56-1 assault rifle was found on a Pakistani terrorist neutralised in a BAT attack at the LoC in Kupwara on Saturday morning. Four to five army personnel, including a senior officer, were seriously injured, and a Pakistani terrorist was killed in a firefight along the border in Jammu […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday issued drawings of three terrorists active in Doda District and announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for tips leading to their arrest. A police report stated that drawings had been issued for three terrorists operating in the higher areas of Doda and Dessa. Police said that the […]