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A Jammu and Kashmir Police Special Operations Group member has died during an ongoing encounter in Udhampur district. The clash began when security forces launched a search operation in the Soan-Martha area. The officer was critically injured and later succumbed. A terrorist is believed to be wounded in the exchange. The operation continues. Srinagar: A member of the J&K Police's special operation group was killed in an ongoing encounter in Udhampur district on Monday evening. Officials informe ...Read More >
Jammu, Dec 16 (PTI) A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur on Tuesday to pay tributes to a Special Operations Group (SoG) cop who died fighting terrorists in an operation in a remote forest area of the district. The operation is still underway as security forces continue to look for terrorists in the area, a police officer said. Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat led the solemn ceremony held at the District Police Lines in Udhampur, to honour Constable Amjad Al ...Read More >
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 16 (ANI): A wreath-laying ceremony for martyred SOG Jawan Amjad Ali Khan was held at District Police Lines Udhampur on Tuesday. Khan lost his life during an ongoing encounter in the Sohan area of Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The wreath-lying ceremony was attended by Jammu and Kashmir DGP Nalin Prabhat, IGP Jammu zone Bhim Sen Tuti, along with Senior Police officers, CRPF and District Udhampur Administration, who paid rich floral tribute ...Read More >
Jammu, Dec 16: Security forces searched for terrorists in Udhampur on Tuesday, a day after a policeman was martyred in a gunfight there, a police officer said. During the encounter on Monday, one terrorist was believed to have been injured, while two policemen suffered minor bullet wounds. "The operation has been resumed in the area to track down the holed-up terrorists. The cordon has been further strengthened," the officer said. A joint team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of police, ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 15 (ANI): Nearly 400 residents of Kalaban village in Mendhar sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district have been shifted to temporary shelters after several houses developed cracks due to land subsidence triggered by continuous rainfall, officials said on Monday. Authorities, with the support of a local NGO, are providing relief material and essentials to the displaced families. The administration has declared Kalaban unsafe and directed r ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 15 (ANI): Nearly 400 residents of Kalaban village in Mendhar sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir Poonch district have been shifted to temporary shelters after several houses developed cracks due to land subsidence triggered by continuous rainfall, officials said on Monday. Authorities, with the support of a local NGO, are providing relief material and essentials to the displaced families. The administration has declared Kalaban unsafe and directed res ...Read More >
Poonch, Sep 13: Continuous rainfall has triggered landslides, land subsidence, and flash floods, forcing hundreds of families from their homes and leaving several areas in Poonch and Ramban districts of the Jammu division on edge. As per the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Kalaban village of Poonch district's Mendhar sector has been declared unsafe after the soil beneath residential areas began shifting earlier this week. Officials said that around 95 houses have developed crac ...Read More >
Several houses in the Tanger area of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district have developed cracks, reportedly due to land subsidence. The administration has declared the area unsafe and advised residents to evacuate temporarily. The local authorities, including Ramban MLA Arjun Singh Raju, Deputy Commissioner and DDC, have assessed the situation and assured residents that the government will provide necessary support, including relocation to safer areas and compensation for damages. Raju said th ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of heavy rainfall. Officials said the administration has declared the village unsafe, and residents have been advised to evacuate temporarily. Those affect ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of heavy rainfall. Officials said the administration has declared the village unsafe, and residents have been advised to evacuate temporarily. Those affect ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Authorities in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district have begun relocating families from Kalaban village after continuous landslides and land subsidence rendered the area unsafe. Around 700 people have been affected, while nearly 95 residential structures developed cracks following days of heavy rainfall. Officials said the administration has declared the village unsafe, and residents have been advised to evacuate temporarily. Those affect ...Read More >
JAMMU: Land subsidence claimed several structures, including residential properties, two govt schools, a graveyard, and a mosque in Kalaban village in Mendhar sector in J&K's Poonch district, triggering panic among residents and displacing about 70 families, officials said Tuesday.Many villagers relocated to safer areas and nearby villages as land continued to sink in Kalaban until late Tuesday. Previously, Doda and Ramban districts in Jammu region had experienced similar subsidence -- in 2023 a ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 12: National Conference MP Mian Altaf Ahmad on Friday called for immediate relief and rehabilitation measures for families hit by land sinking in the Kalabanaban area of Mendhar, Poonch district, where dozens of houses have been damaged and villagers displaced. As per a statement issued, Mian Altaf said that a huge population had been affected by the land sinking in the Kalaban area, where dozens of residential houses have been fully and partially damaged in the last few days. Mi ...Read More >
JAMMU, July 10: Relentless overnight and early morning rainfall across the Jammu region, particularly in Kathua, Samba, and Jammu districts, caused major destruction to public and private property and claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl in a tragic landslide incident in Poonch district. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Several districts, including Kathua, Samba and Jammu were badly affected as floodwaters washed away roads, entered residential areas, damaged infrastructure, d ...Read More >
Jhansi: A bomb threat delayed the Durg-bound Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express on Friday night, when it was halted at Virangana Laxmibai Jhansi railway station for nearly an hour. The threat turned out to be a hoax, and the train resumed its journey after a thorough inspection. According to SP, GRP, Vipul Srivastav, after the train left Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi around 6pm on Friday, a call was recieved at the railway helpline 139, claiming that a bomb had been planted in a sl ...Read More >
Jammu: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) has filed a chargesheet against 11 individuals, including two Pakistan-based terrorists, in a significant breakthrough against cross-border narco-terrorism and terror financing networks operating in Jammu and Kashmir. The chargesheet, filed before the competent court in connection with FIR No. 10/2022 registered at Police Station SIA Jammu, exposes a well-structured nexus allegedly aiding the Pakistan-based terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) through ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Three persons arrested for the poisoning to death of a tigress and her four cubs have allegedly told forest officials that it was an act of vengeance against the big cats for killing their cattle. The carcasses of the tigress and her cubs were found in the Hoogyam range of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district earlier this week. Those arrested were identified as Konappa, Madaraju and Nagaraj, residents of Koppa in the vicinity of the sanctuary. " ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 28: Indian Army on Saturday said that "Operation Sindoor was not just a mission; it was India drawing a red line in blood and steel." In his address, General Officer Maj Gen Kaushik Mukherji highlighted that Op SINDOOR was not merely a military operation, it was a national assertion that India will safeguard its citizens, dismantle threats and acts with definite resolve and precision. "It was a direct message: harm our civilians, and we will come for you with speed, precision, a ...Read More >
Jammu, Dec 15 (PTI) The Centre has approved a new subsidised helicopter route connecting Jammu-Poonch-Mendhar with an additional option of Jammu-Mendhar-Jammu route, an official said. The decision follows a proposal submitted by Jammu and Kashmir Civil Aviation Department secretary Mohammad Aijaz Asad for connecting the remote area of Mendhar directly with the winter capital Jammu, the official said. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi To Chair National Conference of Chief Secretaries Today in Delhi. ...Read More >
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