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New Delhi, Jan 1: Following the stampede that claimed the lives of 12 people early Saturday morning at Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra, the Centre instructed the Union Territory authorities to provide better treatment to the injured and move them immediately to a hospital with best facilities if necessary. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was monitoring the situation. He added that as many as 13 people were [&...

12:27 PM In a major crackdown by the Jammu & Kashmir administration, a verification drive was started on Saturday to collect biometric and other information from Rohingyas in Jammu. At least 155 Rohingyas have been sent to the holding centre as a part of the verification process. Many of the Rohingyas reached India illegally via Bangladesh after being persecuted in their home country and sought refuge in Jammu and other parts of India. The verification process of these ...

A major terrorist plan to set off an explosion at a crowded place here on the second anniversary of the Pulwama attack was scuttled with the recovery of a powerful IED from a nursing student who was arrested along with three others, a top police officer said on Sunday. Inspector General of Police, Jammu Range, Mukesh Singh also said six pistols and 15 small Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were seized from Samba district in a separate operation. "Over the past four days we were on high al...

JAMMU: Security forces in a joint operation on Sunday claimed to have recovered more arms and ammunition in Poonch’s Balakote sector, based on disclosures made by three Pakistan-linked terrorists of J&K Ghaznavi Force who were recently arrested. The seizure included a pistol, three pistol magazines, 35 bullets and five grenades. “The fresh recovery was made from Dabbi village along the Line of Control. This was the third consecutive recovery of arms and ammunition based on the statements o...

Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested an accused and recovered two grenades from his possession, in Jammu on Monday. (ANI Photo) JAMMU: J&K Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative with hand grenades from Jammu’s Narwal area late Sunday, hours after three Pakistan-linked terrorists of J&K Ghaznavi Force — tasked with attacking temples in Poonch — were also held with grenades in Basooni area, police said. This was the second such arrest in Narwal in a week. On Friday, Jammu Police had bust...

JAMMU: Amid the ongoing DDC polls in J&K, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists from Pakistan were killed and their accomplice from Shopian arrested in an anti-terror operation in Poonch district’s Poshana area late Sunday, IGP (Jammu Range) Mukesh Singh said. “As per inputs, three days ago three terrorists had crossed over from Pakistan and were on their way to Shopian. They were being chased by police,” J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said. The trio was trapped at Chatta-Pani area on Mughal Road w...