JAMMU — Another batch of over 3,000 devotees left Jammu base camp on Tuesday for 3880-metre cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir amid multi-tier security arrangements, officials said. More than 4.27 lakh pilgrims have offered prayers at the shrine of Lord Shiva. The 21st batch of pilgrims with 3029 people left Bhagwati Nagar base-camp […]
JAMMU — A few clerical sections at the deputy commissioner’s office in Rajouri were emptied on Monday over damage caused by heavy rain, an official said. The sections were vacated after Deputy Commissioner Abhishek Sharma ordered a structural safety assessment of the building, the official said. Engineers and personnel from the National Disaster Response Force […]
JAMMU — With the weather improving, the Army deployed a specially trained dog squad to aid the search for a government employee washed away in flash floods in Rajouri district, officials said on Monday. Rescue teams have intensified efforts to locate six other missing victims in neighbouring Poonch district. All seven people have been missing […]
JAMMU — A fresh landslide on Monday blocked the 250-km Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in the Udhampur district, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, while the main bridge in the Doda district was temporarily closed to vehicular movement after suspected cracks triggered a safety inspection, officials said. A massive landslide struck the strategic Jammu–Srinagar National Highway at […]
JAMMU — The 12th batch of more than 3,800 devotees left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas on Monday, officials said. With this, 1,27,326 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp, the officials said. Chants of “Bam Bam Bhole” and “Har Har Mahadev” rent […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Monday launched search operations in several forward areas along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba and Rajouri districts following overnight sightings of suspected Pakistani drones, officials said. The drone activity was observed by alert army troops in Nandpur, near the IB […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Shahnawaz Choudhary on Sunday urged the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government to declare the widespread rain-induced damage in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri a “natural calamity”. Calling the scale of disaster “unprecedented”, Choudhary, President of the Poonch District Congress Committee (DCC), was disappointed that neither Chief Minister […]
JAMMU — Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar has directed all deputy commissioners to ensure that school buildings found unsafe or damaged due to recent rains are immediately locked and kept out of use until necessary repairs are completed, an official spokesman said on Sunday. All chief agriculture officers have also been directed to assess the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Environment Javed Ahmed Rana has said there was a need to strengthen disaster resilience in vulnerable areas and directed the administration to prepare a comprehensive long-term disaster mitigation plan in Poonch district, where 18 were killed in rain-related incidents. Reviewing the situation on the ground, Rana, who is […]
JAMMU — The Crime Branch has filed chargesheets against 10 accused in two separate cases in Jammu, including a Rs 30.29 lakh investment fraud involving a Rajasthan-based company, and a forgery case involving the fraudulent procurement of permanent resident certificates using forged revenue records, an official said on Sunday. In the first case, the official […]