JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched a joint cordon-and-search operation in the Ramnagar forest area of Udhampur district after receiving inputs about the suspicious movement of two unidentified persons there, officials said. A joint team comprising the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), Army and other security agencies […]
JAMMU — One Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed and another critically injured after a fellow VDG member allegedly opened fire on them following a scuffle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur on Friday, officials said. The incident took place in remote Pancheri area when the VDG members were heading for Damnot police post, the […]
JAMMU — A body has been recovered after a couple was swept away in a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday evening, officials said. The incident occurred in Kaghote panchayat of the Ramnagar area after intense rains triggered a sudden flash flood, they said. According to locals, […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) has been suspended from both ends after heavy rainfall made the road surface at the Dawal slide near Dawal Bridge in the Samroli area of Udhampur district highly slushy, muddy, and extremely slippery, officials said. The highway has effectively become a single carriageway at the […]
JAMMU — The 250-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic on Friday, officials said. The closure was put in place to facilitate widening of the carriageway and removal of overhanging debris at vulnerable locations between Udhampur and Banihal, following passage of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The District Administration Udhampur has ordered a complete suspension of traffic on the Udhampur-Chenani section of National Highway-44 (NH-44) on July 31 to facilitate slope stabilisation and restoration works near Ladha, Samroli. According to an order issued by the Office of the District Magistrate Udhampur, the decision was taken on the request […]
JAMMU — A fresh landslide on Monday blocked the 250-km Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in the Udhampur district, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, while the main bridge in the Doda district was temporarily closed to vehicular movement after suspected cracks triggered a safety inspection, officials said. A massive landslide struck the strategic Jammu–Srinagar National Highway at […]
JAMMU — Flash floods hit the Barkuanda area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district early Friday, causing damage to several houses and prompting the evacuation of affected families, officials said. The district administration evacuated three affected families to the government middle school at Barkuanda as a precautionary measure, they said. No casualties have been reported […]
JAMMU — Seven shops were damaged on Monday due to land subsidence triggered by heavy rains along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district, officials said. Heavy rains also triggered flash floods in the upper Kither-Narsu belt of Udhampur, resulting in land subsidence along the highway, they said. Seven shops, including a restaurant, were damaged […]
JAMMU — Six people, including five Amarnath pilgrims, were injured after their vehicle collided with a dumper truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur early Saturday, officials said. The vehicle was part of a convoy carrying more than 3,600 pilgrims that had left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for Kashmir to undertake the annual […]