JAMMU: A search operation was launched in J&K’s Kathua district on Tuesday after suspicious movement of three persons was reported.Officials said a woman claimed to have spotted three suspected persons in the Rajbagh area of district late Monday night, after which a joint team of Army, J&K Police and Special Operations Group mounted a combing…
JAMMU: The office of the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Jammu South — probing the death of a suspected drug smuggler in a shootout with cops in Surey Chak area during an anti-narcotics operation on July 24 — through a public notice issued late Monday, has urged citizens to come forward with any information that might aid…
SRINAGAR: A CBI team reached Srinagar on Monday and began its investigation into the alleged custodial torture of J&K Police constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan in Kupwara in 2023.Officials said, following Supreme Court directive, CBI registered a case on July 26 against six J&K Police personnel, including DSP Aijaz Ahmad Naiko and SI Riyaz Ahmad, posted…
JAMMU: A Thar SUV driver hit an elderly scooter driver in Jammu, reversed and rammed the victim again in an apparent deliberate act captured on CCTVs, landing the victim in ICU and triggering a manhunt for the culprit amid outrage and viral videos.The horror unfolded Sunday in Jammu’s tony Gandhinagar suburb around 1:30pm on Sunday….
SRINAGAR: The killing of three Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack in Operation Mahadev had reaffirmed that terrorism would not succeed, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said Tuesday.“I have not seen them (the terrorists). I do not know who they were. Only those who have seen him can identify who…
The TOI correspondent from London: A 41-year-old Indian man, believed to be an Indian national, has been charged with assault and endangering the safety of an aircraft after an easyJet flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Glasgow on Sunday after he threatened to bomb the plane while shouting “Allahu Akbar”.Abhay Devdas Nayak,…
NEW DELHI: CISF on Tuesday said its Project Mann, a mental health initiative launched in November 2024, has helped over 75,000 personnel and their families in managing low-risk mental health issues, while escalating the more serious cases to professionals.Project Mann is being run in collaboration with the Aditya Birla Education Trust (ABET). An MoU in…
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA), the specialised Central agency to conduct terror investigations, has 28% of its total 1,901 posts vacant. NIA had 541 vacancies as on June 30, 2025, junior home minister Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha in reply to a question on Tuesday. The data shows that 77 positions of inspector,…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the government has not taken any decision on updating the National Population Register (NPR).As per the original Census 2021 plan, NPR updation was to be conducted alongside the first or houselisting phase of the census.Replying to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai…
In this image released by @ChinarcorpsIA via X, arms, ammunition and other items recovered during Operation Mahadev. (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: It was possibly the smallest cargo that a special plane, requisitioned at short notice, may have carried, but which would end up solving one of the most crucial terror investigations of the time.After…