JAMMU — Scores of protesters took to the streets in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra town on Tuesday against the proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway plan, and threatened to resume a chain hunger strike if the project was not shelved. Locals of Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, have been opposing the Rs 250-crore […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday inaugurated the BioNEST Incubator at north India’s first industrial biotech park in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, terming it the beginning of a new era of scientific enterprise and economic transformation. With around 11,000 startups in India’s biotech sector and 25 new startups being incubated at the […]
JAMMU — Three people have been detained for allegedly damaging the statue of B R Ambedkar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Monday. An FIR was registered under section 196 and 324(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Bani police station following a complaint about the desecration of the statue at […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Monday said five-member high-level special team from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will arrive in Kishtwar on Tuesday for a two-day visit to assess the status of the proposed airport project under the Centre’s UDAN scheme. Union Minister Dr. […]
JAMMU — Daily wagers of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department on Monday staged a protest here to demand tabling of the report of the committee set up by the Jammu and Kashmir Government on regularisation of their services. This is the second time in five days that the PHE Employees United Front of […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Monday foiled a major narcotic smuggling attempt from across the International Border here with the recovery of two bags, dropped by a Pakistani drone and containing over five kg of heroin worth over Rs 25 crore in the international market, officials said. The recovery was made near Border Outpost Jatinder […]
JAMMU — A police constable was grievously injured after his service rifle went off accidentally at the Jammu railway station on Saturday, officials said. Selection Grade Constable Showkat Ahmad of Bonigam Kulgam was on duty when the rifle accidentally discharged around 8:30 a.m., causing a bullet injury to his abdomen, they said. He was immediately […]
JAMMU — The Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) is setting up a BioNEST Incubator at the Industrial Biotech Park in Kathua district on Monday to provide incubation and skill support to innovators, agri-entrepreneurs, startups, progressive farmers, and scholars. “Union Minister Jitendra Singh will be the chief guest at the BioInnovation Connect and will formally […]
JAMMU — A purported video of an attack on a vehicle carrying religious preachers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district went viral on social media, prompting police to suspend a sub-inspector and seven special police officers (SPOs), an official said on Friday. The police have also arrested an accused in connection with the incident, he […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu and Kashmir has sought an action-taken report from police over a complaint seeking that Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) officials be booked for alleged criminal negligence that resulted in the deaths of 34 pilgrims in a landslide en route to the cave shrine in Reasi district in […]