JAMMU — The Jammu division of Northern Railways on Tuesday announced a special Vande Bharat train between New Delhi and Udhampur for three days starting December 12, to facilitate stranded passengers in the wake of frequent flight cancellations, an official said. Chaos prevailed at Jammu and Srinagar airports over the past few days after most […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the construction of 449 new homes for families affected due to recent natural calamities in the twin border districts of Samba and Kathua and said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, history has been scripted with […]
JAMMU — Three drug peddlers, including a woman, have been arrested with 170 grams of heroin and some weapons in the outskirts of Jammu city, officials said on Tuesday. The arrests were made in the border town of RS Pura when police intercepted a car after its occupants attempted to flee at Daljeet Chowk, they […]
JAMMU — Hundreds of enthusiastic youth on Tuesday took part in an Army-sponsored marathon near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Commander of Bhimber Gali Brigade, Brigadier Rahul Kumar, flagged off the marathon and encouraged the youth to adopt fitness as a way of life and consider a […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. Constable Sukhdeep Singh, a resident of Ferozpur in Punjab, was found lying in a canal at Rehiyan village on Monday evening. Locals shifted him to the district hospital Samba, where […]
JAMMU — A man wanted for his alleged involvement in various criminal and anti-social activities was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Tuesday, police said. Pradeep Ambedkariya, who was named in four FIRs registered under various sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in the past two […]
JAMMU — A madrassa teacher was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a minor in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, a police spokesperson said. The accused, identified as Nasir Majeed of Challer village, was arrested within three hours of receiving the complaint regarding the alleged incident at Madrassa Dar-ul-Quran in the Gandoh area, the official […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that Jammu’s rapid development is unprecedented, with the administration benefiting lakhs of poor and upgrading infrastructure in backward and poor regions over the past five years. Sinha was addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone for the construction of new houses for […]
JAMMU — The Indian Institute of Management Jammu on Monday kick-started a week-long, first-of-its-kind Basohli painting workshop, offering students a rare chance to learn directly from GI tag-certified women artists practising the 300-year-old artistic tradition. Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu, B S Sahay, said he welcomes the living heritage of Basohli Art to […]
JAMMU — Two persons, including a woman, were injured after a wild bear attacked them in separate incidents in the Kashtigarh area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday, officials said. According to officials, the injured have been identified as Rubina, and Muneer. Locals rushed to help and managed to drive the bear back […]
