Jammu

Woman dies in Jammu road accident

JAMMU — A woman died after being hit by an oil tanker in Pacca Danga area of Jammu district on Tuesday. A woman namely Nusrat Fatima was travelling with along with her husband Hanief on a motorcycle when the oil tanker hit them in Pacca Danga area of Jammu, resulting in injuries to the couple. […]

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GoI declares Mohammad Qasim Gujjar as ‘designated terrorist’

SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government of India on Thursday declared Mohammad Qasim Gujjar alias Salman or Suleman, an operative of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit as a ‘designated terrorist’. Gujjar has been declared as a ‘designated terrorist’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The 32-year-old Qasim Gujjar is a resident of Angrala village in Reasi […]

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Fake NGO booked in Jammu, SIT to probe case

JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch on Wednesday registered a case against a “fake” NGO for duping people on the pretext of opening big projects, including hospitals, schools and hostels, in the Union territory. Officials said the FIR was registered against the national president of NGO ‘Yuva Shakti Jagriti Mission’ and his […]

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Four killed in Ramban road accident

JAMMU — At least four persons were killed and three suffered injuries in a road accident Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the vehicle on way from Maligam to Ukhrall skidded of the road and rolled down near Maligam area of the district due […]

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Day 2: Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed for vehicular movement

JAMMU (KIMS) — Due to heavy rains, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has been closed for vehicular movement for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, officials said. The highway has been closed for vehicular movement due to landslides, mudslides and shooting stones between Ramban and Banihal section. Officials said, “Jammu-Srinagar NHW (NH-44) is blocked due to […]

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Inclement Weather: Srinagar-Jammu National Highway closed for vehicular movement

JAMMU (KIMS) — In view of the inclement weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities on Monday closed Srinagar-Jammu National Highway for vehicular movement. According to Traffic Officials, the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has been closed for vehicular movement due to mudslide at Mehad-Cafteria in Ramban and landslide at Tabela Chamalwass in Banihal. The mudslide […]

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Banihal-Sangaldan section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link to open on February 20

NEW DELHI — The Indian Railways will start train services on the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section, a 48.1-kilometre-long significant segment of the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project, on February 20. “We will get a step closure to realise our dream to connect Srinagar with Kanyakumari,” a source in the railways told PTI. “The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail […]

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CRS conducts inspection on Banihal-Sangaldan section of Kashmir rail project

JAMMU — Commissioner of Railways Safety D C Deshwal on Friday completed his two-day inspection of recently completed 48-km-long Banihal-Sangaldan section along the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), officials said. Sangaldan railway station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district falls between Banihal and Katra on the remaining 111-km stretch of the USBRL project, which on […]