JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban held a meeting on Saturday to discuss measures to improve female literacy and reduce the school-dropout rate in the district, an official spokesperson said. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Baseer-Ul-Haq Chaudhary, who chaired the meeting, expressed concerns over the district’s low female-literacy rate — currently at 38.04 per cent […]
JAMMU — A rape accused, who was at large for five months, was arrested in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The accused was identified as Sandeep Singh, a resident of Hoochak village of Pogal, they said. Singh was on the run after a case of rape was registered against […]
JAMMU — At least 10 pilgrims returning from the Amarnath yatra were injured when they jumped out of a moving bus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district after the driver informed them about the failure of its breaks, officials on Tuesday said. The bus was, however, stopped by the army and police personnel, thus averting […]
JAMMU — At least 17 vulnerable points have been identified for urgent repairs along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway to ensure smooth flow of traffic, with focus on the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, a senior official said on Wednesday. A high-level team of officers on Tuesday inspected the 270-km national highway, the only all-weather road linking […]
JAMMU — The CBI on Tuesday said it has arrested a revenue official for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 18,000 from a person for processing his application for land settlement in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Mohd Ishaq Bhat, who was posted as Office Qanoongo in Banihal Tehsildar’s office, was arrested on Monday after he […]
RAMBAN — One person was killed and eleven others injured when a vehicle collided with a truck on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said. The accident occurred late on Wednesday when a tempo traveller on its way to Srinagar from Jammu collided with a truck coming from the opposite […]
JAMMU — A proper rehabilitation plan is being worked out for the families affected by land subsidence in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Tuesday. The administration is also carrying out a study of the Pernote village through the Indian Institute of Technology and the Geological Survey of India to […]
JAMMU — Three people died, and two are feared dead in separate incidents after they fell into the swollen streams due to multiple landslides between the Ramban and Banihal stretch here, officials said on Tuesday. Mohd Shafi (65) and Mumira Bano (17) accidentally fell into the fast-flowing waters on Monday while crossing the Deval and […]
JAMMU — Congress leader Choudhary Lal Singh on Sunday visited land subsidence-hit Pernote village and demanded adequate compensation, including an immediate relief of Rs 10 lakh, to the affected families. The Pernote village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district was devastated due to land sinking that started on Thursday evening leaving 58 residential houses completely […]
JAMMU — More than 500 people have been relocated to safer places after over 58 houses were completely damaged due to land sinking in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. An official said the assessment of damages due to the land subsidence in Pernote village over the past three […]