Former civil servant and chief of Jammu & Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM), Shah Faesal, has been booked under Public Safety Act which means that he can be detained without a trial.
A building in Jammu collapsed after fire broke out there around 3 am on February 12.
A fire department official said they rushed firefighters after receiving a distress call at 4.48 am and were making efforts to put out the blaze when suddenly the building collapsed at 5.30 am.
An explosion has taken place near Lal Bazar police station in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
A total of 2,335 incidents of ceasefire violations along the LoC in the Jammu region have been recorded between May 30, 2019 and January 20, 2020, said Shripad Naik, Minister of State for Defence. A total of 17 Army personnel have died due to avalanches or snow slides in hilly areas, including Siachen, in 2019, he said.
An army helicopter Cheetah crashed in Reasi, Jammu on Monday at 11:15 am. Reports say that both the pilots flying Cheetah helicopter have been ejected safely.
The NIA and Jammu and Kashmir Police carried out searches at residences of Over Ground Worker (OGW) of terrorists Farooq Ahmed Thokar and active Hizbul terrorist Omar Dhobi in Shopian of South Kashmir.
The Border Security Force on Monday night shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Jammu, officials said.
A man was found dead on Wednesday in a car that was parked in the middle of the road in Diginia belt of Jammu city. Police said they rushed to the spot upon receiving information from some passersby that a body could be seen on the seat of a parked car.
2G mobile internet in five districts of Jammu and broadband facility in all essential institutions have been restored today. Internet services have been suspended ever since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.
In a significant development, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory are mulling to restore the internet services, though partially in the UT from January 15 (Wednesday), wire service Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt from reliable sources in the J&K administration.
"The trekkers who were stuck between Tibb and Neyraks camps due to overflowing of water over ice have been rescued and temporarily accommodated at Neraks village," Leh District Magistrate Sachin Kumar Vaishya said.
"We are all participating in this rally as common citizens...everyone here is supportive of the Centre's action to grant citizenship to the oppressed minorities fleeing Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan," senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh told reporters.
Shabeek Ahmad alias Shiku, a resident of Ladda-Kheri and the main supplier of narcotics to youth, was arrested and booked under PSA in Udhampur district on Saturday, a police spokesman said.
Around 1,100 plants found in Jammu and Kashmir are reportedly used in different systems of medicine, out of which 22 species have a high trade volume with more than 100 million tonnes produced per year.
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, leading an Indian military delegation to China, met the Chinese ground forces' commander Gen Han Weiguo and discussed issues having strategic ramifications and measures to enhance peace and tranquillity along the sensitive borders, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday. The Indian Army described the meeting Lt Gen Singh and Gen Han as "historic".
A suspicious parcel was seized by the local police in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir from a Border Security Force (BSF) camp. Samba is located at the line of control some 30 kilometres south of winter capital Jammu. The parcel seized by the police from 173rd batalion headquarters in Panjtella, was addressed to the second-in-command (2IC) of the border guarding force.
The CRPF acted swiftly after getting a frantic call at its assistance desk 'Madadgaar' from a woman named Asifa who along with her children and two other family members were traveling from Srinagar to Jammu but got stranded at Digdole due to a massive landslide, the officer said.
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Sunday after remaining suspended for the past four days owing to multiple landslides in Ramban district, a traffic department official said.
Four soldiers, including a lieutenant, were injured in a mine blast along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. The blast took place during patrolling in the forward area along the Line of Control in Kalal in Naushera sector, they said.
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