JAMMU — The fifth edition of the Jammu Film Festival has received an overwhelming response from filmmakers worldwide, with 180 entries from 35 countries submitted ahead of the July 31 deadline, the organisers said on Friday. The submissions include 130 short films, 35 documentaries and 17 feature films representing diverse cultures, languages and cinematic traditions […]
JAMMU — Six Amarnath pilgrims were injured, one of them critically, when a vehicle carrying them overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place near Toldi Nallah on the Udhampur-Chenani stretch of the highway when the vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the Pahalgam base camp skidded […]
JAMMU — A ninth batch of 8,796 pilgrims, including 33 foreigners, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Wednesday for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district amid multi-tier security, officials said. More than 1.73 lakh pilgrims have had ‘darshan’ of the naturally formed ice ‘lingam’ of Lord Shiva at the […]
JAMMU — A 61-year-old Amarnath Yatra pilgrim from Nepal died after falling seriously ill in Banihal while on his return journey from the cave shrine, officials said. The deceased, identified as Krishan Dev Thakur, a resident of Mohatri in Kathmandu, became unconscious near the Navyuga Tunnel in Banihal while returning through the Baltal route, they […]
JAMMU — An elderly man succumbed to injuries suffered in a bear attack in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place at Dhok Jangwala, a high-altitude grazing area of remote Darhal area, where the man was staying with his family, they said. The deceased was […]
JAMMU — A group of youth demanding the establishment of a National Law University (NLU) in Jammu on Thursday allegedly tried to disrupt a public function addressed by Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary in Kathua district, prompting police to evict the protesters from the venue. The incident took place at Hiranagar at […]
JAMMU — Army officials defused an old, unexploded mortar shell found in an agricultural field in the forward area of Poonch district on Thursday, after villagers noticed the shell while harvesting maize in Kussalian village and subsequently alerted authorities, officials said. “We were harvesting maize in our field when we suddenly spotted an old, unexploded […]
JAMMU — A batch of 8,150 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir on Thursday, amid tight security, officials said. With this, a total of 52,816 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for Kashmir since the yatra commenced on July 2, the officials said. Thursday’s batch […]
JAMMU — A landslide triggered by rains struck the Vaishno Devi yatra track atop Trikota hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Wednesday evening, forcing the suspension of the battery car service, officials said. The pilgrimage to the revered shrine remained unaffected, with hundreds of pilgrims continuing their to-and-fro trek despite the landslide, they […]
JAMMU — Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in Kathua district on Wednesday and recovered two hand grenades, officials said. The hideout was unearthed in the upper reaches of Billawar on the disclosure of an overground worker, Haji Latief, they said. Latief, a resident of Rabagh who was arrested on July 2, is facing charges […]