JAMMU — The shutdown in Katra against the proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway project entered its third day on Friday, with more people sitting on the hunger strike to demand the release of those detained during earlier demonstrations. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti called for a 72-hour shutdown, which began on Wednesday. It announced […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold continued in the Valley on Friday as the weather office forecast light rain and snowfall during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The MeT department officials said that light rain in the plains of Jammu division and snowfall in the higher reaches of the Valley is likely to occur […]
JAMMU — One person was killed while another one was injured in a road at Bari Brahmana area of jammu district. Officials told GNS that on thursday evening one trailer truck bearing registration number PB07CA lost its control near Bari Brahmana and hit a motorcyclist. In this incident the motorcyclist was killed on spot where […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached the properties of three absconding militants currently operating from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in the Rajouri district, officials said. The attached land, measuring 7 kanals and 15 marlas, belongs to Khadim Hussain of Kandi, Muneer Hussain of Gakhrote, and Mohd Shabir of Panjnara, they […]
JAMMU — A team of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress was stopped on Thursday by police from proceeding to Katra to extend support to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, which is protesting against the proposed ropeway project. The shutdown against the proposed ropeway project in the Trikuta Hills entered its second day, with […]
GURUGRAM — Simran Singh, a social media influencer and freelance radio jockey from Jammu and Kashmir with nearly seven lakh followers on Instagram, has died by suicide in Gurugram, the police said. Her body was found hanging in her room on Wednesday night, police said, adding that no suicide note was found from the spot. […]
JAMMU — A shutdown in Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, against a proposed ropeway project entered its second day on Thursday, with the protesters sitting on a hunger strike to press for the release of those detained by police the day before. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi […]
JAMMU — A terror associate was detained on Thursday under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for providing logistical support to terrorist groups and operating in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said. Acting firmly against terror supporters in the district, police launched an operation and detained a hardcore terror associate in jail under the PSA, […]
JAMMU — The Railways has successfully conducted a trial run of a tower wagon on India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge, the Anji Khad Bridge, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, paving the way for the start of rail services to Kashmir in January next year. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw shared a video clip of […]
JAMMU — Several people were detained by police during a protest in Katra, the base camp of the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, as demands to shelve the proposed ropeway project intensified with the town observing a 72-hour shutdown from Wednesday. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangarsh Samiti called for the bandh […]