JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said the administration in Ramban town would identify alternative places for a permanent resettlement of the population of ecologically-vulnerable places in the hilly district. The minister of state in the prime minister’s office was speaking at a public durbar, organised in Ramban as part of his ongoing […]
JAMMU — A resident of Bihar was arrested for allegedly killing a woman and her two children in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said on Friday. The matter came to light when police received information about three bodies lying under a culvert on the highway at the Rattanbasti area of Banihal on Tuesday. Police […]
RAMBAN — Three policemen were injured when a vehicle, part of the escort of a High Court judge, skidded off the road and turned turtle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place in the Wagan-Nachilana area when a Gypsy escorting the judge’s vehicle overturned due to […]
RAMBAN — Three Army personnel were killed when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. The army truck was part of a convoy moving from Jammu to Srinagar along national highway 44 when the accident occurred near Battery Chashma […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir BJP on Wednesday called for adequate compensation to the families hit by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains and cloudbursts in the Ramban district. The demand was raised by a party delegation led by the Union Territory president Sat Sharma, who visited the district which was hit by […]
RAMBAN — Nearly 80 families were relocated and are being provided with assistance following the recent cloudburst-triggered flash floods that claimed the lives of three persons in this district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government official said on Saturday. Ramban Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baseer ul Haq Chaudhary said over 80,000 kanals of agricultural land […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday questioned Pakistan’s offer to join any “neutral and transparent” probe into the terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people on April 22. “The recent tragedy in Pahalgam is yet another example of this perpetual blame game, which must come to a grinding halt. […]
JAMMU — The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway will remain suspended for 24 hours, beginning Sunday morning, for widening of road damaged due to recent landslides especially near Ramban town, an official said. According to an order issued by Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary, the traffic will be halted on the highway for repair […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday visited Ramban district, which faced devastation due to the recent cloudbursts that triggered flash floods and landslides, to review restoration work, officials said. Three persons were killed and over 600 houses and commercial buildings were damaged in the natural calamity which also caused massive […]
RAMBAN — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday assessed the ground situation in the aftermath of the destruction caused by heavy rains coupled with cloudbursts and landslides here, and met with the affected families. This was his second visit to the affected areas in as many days. On Monday, the chief minister […]
