Pathankot

A probe into the incident of the driver-less running of a freight train for about 70 km from Kathua (Jammu) to Ucchi Bassi Station (Punjab) in Jammu Tawi-Pathankot section has blamed that both the driver as well as the station master

A major accident was averted after a goods train ran on the tracks driverless for about 70 kilometres in Punjab today, triggering a scare.

In a veiled message to Pakistan, India and the US on Friday reiterated their condemnation of the 26/11 Mumbai attack and the Pathankot strike and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Had gateman Yashpal Singh, a retired army officer posted at one of the railway level crossings near Bhandai station, not acted in nick of time and alerted his higher-ups, the fire in Patalkot Express coaches would have turned into a major tragedy.

Shahid Latif - a terrorist shot dead in Pakistan's Sialkot on Tuesday, allegedly provided logistical support for four Pakistani terrorists who attacked the Pathankot Air Force station in January seven years ago.

Shahid Latif, one of India's most wanted terrorist, was today shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Sialkot.

The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu High Court Bar Association, and several other groups have called for a Jammu bandh today against installation of smart electricity meters and a toll plaza along the Jammu-Pathankot highway.

Squadron Leader Arshita Jaiswal lost her life at Army's command hospital at Panchkula here days after she was attacked by a mess worker at her official residence in Punjab's Pathankot on July 17, police said.

She tried to confront the intruder but he attacked her with a knife, causing her multiple injuries.

The trial of the main accused in the 2018 rape-and-murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua will resume at the District Sessions Court in Punjab's Pathankot today. In November last year, the Supreme Court had ordered that Shubam Sangra be tried as an adult.

The Punjab Police has rolled out a drone emergency response system in the border district of Pathankot to foil attempts to smuggle drugs and weapons from across the border using unmanned aerial vehicles, officials said.

A leopard and a cub was spotted in the hilly area of Dhar, Pathankot yesterday night, informs Paramjit Singh, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO).

The CBI today conducted searches at seven locations in Jammu, Pathankot, Rewari and Karnal in connection with the police sub-inspector recruitment scam in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

At a time Punjab is witnessing a rising number of stubble burning incidents, Pathankot is the only district which has not seen a single farm fire so far this season.

The Centre's air quality panel on Friday directed deputy commissioners of all districts in Punjab, barring Pathankot, to take measures to "drastically" bring down the number of farm fires in the agrarian state.

A probe into the incident of the driver-less running of a freight train for about 70 km from Kathua (Jammu) to Ucchi Bassi Station (Punjab) in Jammu Tawi-Pathankot section has blamed that both the driver as well as the station master

A major accident was averted after a goods train ran on the tracks driverless for about 70 kilometres in Punjab today, triggering a scare.

In a veiled message to Pakistan, India and the US on Friday reiterated their condemnation of the 26/11 Mumbai attack and the Pathankot strike and called for bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Had gateman Yashpal Singh, a retired army officer posted at one of the railway level crossings near Bhandai station, not acted in nick of time and alerted his higher-ups, the fire in Patalkot Express coaches would have turned into a major tragedy.

Shahid Latif - a terrorist shot dead in Pakistan's Sialkot on Tuesday, allegedly provided logistical support for four Pakistani terrorists who attacked the Pathankot Air Force station in January seven years ago.

Shahid Latif, one of India's most wanted terrorist, was today shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Sialkot.

The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu High Court Bar Association, and several other groups have called for a Jammu bandh today against installation of smart electricity meters and a toll plaza along the Jammu-Pathankot highway.

Squadron Leader Arshita Jaiswal lost her life at Army's command hospital at Panchkula here days after she was attacked by a mess worker at her official residence in Punjab's Pathankot on July 17, police said.

She tried to confront the intruder but he attacked her with a knife, causing her multiple injuries.

The trial of the main accused in the 2018 rape-and-murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua will resume at the District Sessions Court in Punjab's Pathankot today. In November last year, the Supreme Court had ordered that Shubam Sangra be tried as an adult.

The Punjab Police has rolled out a drone emergency response system in the border district of Pathankot to foil attempts to smuggle drugs and weapons from across the border using unmanned aerial vehicles, officials said.

A leopard and a cub was spotted in the hilly area of Dhar, Pathankot yesterday night, informs Paramjit Singh, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO).

The CBI today conducted searches at seven locations in Jammu, Pathankot, Rewari and Karnal in connection with the police sub-inspector recruitment scam in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

At a time Punjab is witnessing a rising number of stubble burning incidents, Pathankot is the only district which has not seen a single farm fire so far this season.

The Centre's air quality panel on Friday directed deputy commissioners of all districts in Punjab, barring Pathankot, to take measures to "drastically" bring down the number of farm fires in the agrarian state.