JAMMU — A fresh batch of 9,153 pilgrims, including 2,345 women, departed from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu early Sunday to join the annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, travelling in 359 vehicles, left for the twin base camps of Baltal in Ganderbal district and […]
JAMMU — A case was registered against a person on Saturday for allegedly defrauding a local resident of Rs 3.58 lakh through multiple online transactions on the pretext of arranging a study visa to Australia, an official said. The Special Crime Wing of the Crime Branch Jammu booked Puneet Singh, a resident of Upper Gadi […]
JAMMU — Three minor children including a girl, a native of Rajasthan, drowned in a tragic incident in the outskirts of Jammu district on Saturday, officials said. The children reportedly entered a pond to bathe at village Dhanwal in Jouria area of Akhnoor when they drowned, the officials said. The officials identified the deceased as […]
JAMMU — An alleged drug peddler was detained under the PIT-NDPS Act in Udhampur district, while four more were arrested after they were caught with narcotic substances at different places in Samba, Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Sanjay Kumar alias “Sanju”, a resident of Phalata village, was detained […]
JAMMU — A police constable has been dismissed from service in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district for remaining absent from duty for more than two-and-a-half years without obtaining requisite authorisation, police said on Saturday. Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police Mohita Sharma has ordered dismissal of Selection Grade Constable Bachan Sharma, a resident of Dhaloti village […]
JAMMU — The 10th batch of 9,182 pilgrims, including 2,435 women, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to pay obeisance at the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims also included 256 sadhus, 46 sadhvis and 31 children. They left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam […]
JAMMU — Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall inundated the Ari area of Mendhar sub-division in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, damaging several houses and leaving dozens of people stranded, officials said. Police personnel launched a rescue operation and safely evacuated at least 25 people as floodwaters entered the area, they said. Locals […]
JAMMU — Six children and a woman of a family were hospitalised after allegedly consuming poisonous wild mushrooms in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Friday. The incident took place in Gadyog village near Kotranka subdivision on Thursday evening, they said. According to officials, the seven members of the family developed symptoms of […]
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 […]