17 points identified for urgent repairs along Jmu-Sgr national highway
Banihal/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 Kashmir […]
Cong claims PM Modi’s 48-hr meditation trip violates model code
Urges EC to stop its airing New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to “circumvent” the silence period restrictions with his 48-hour meditation trip in Kanyakumari from May 30 and urged the Election Commission to ensure it is not aired by the media as it violates the model […]
No bar in electoral law on PM’s plan for meditation trip: Sources
New Delhi: There is no bar under electoral law on the prime minister to undertake a meditation trip during elections, sources in the know said on Wednesday, amid the Congress’s opposition to Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Kanyakumari’s ‘Dhyan Mandapam’ from May 30. The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Modi was trying to […]
Fire engulfs forest area in Udhampur
Jammu: A massive forest fire swept through large areas of Udhampur district causing extensive damage to forest resources, including wildlife, officials said on Wednesday. Efforts of the forest department and local people to control the blaze have been unsuccessful so far and residents have sought the deployment of the Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers to […]
Power Curtailment Schedule withdrawn by JPDCL
Says 24×7 power supply in Smart metered areas JAMMU: Managing Director JPDCL Vikas Kundal Wednesday issued a Public Notice in which the curtailment schedule has been withdrawn with immediate effect. The Public Notice issued by the MD JPDCL read that: “In view of the improvement in power infrastructure by way of Capacity addition and repair […]
Atmospheric data collection tool Radio-Sonde launched from ISRO centre at Samba
Samba/Jammu: Centre University of Jammu (CUJ) on Wednesday announced that its Radio-Sonde, a crucial tool for atmospheric data collection, was launched successfully from its ISRO centre in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The launch, a part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO and CUJ, aims to […]
Five die after slipping into well at Kashmir’s Budgam, Kupwara
Budgam/ Kupwara: At least five persons died while three others were rescued after they fell into the well at separate places in Central Kashmir’s Budgam and north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. The separate incidents in Budgam‘s Khansahib area and Kralpora hamlet of Kupwara left the entire Kashmir in shock as eight persons including three […]
BSF opens fire on suspected Pak drone near LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the alert border guards in Khanetar garrison at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, […]
Five arrested over scuffle between two groups in Jammu
Jammu: Three people were injured in a scuffle between two groups in the outskirts of Jammu city on Wednesday, officials said. Five people, including a woman, were arrested in connection with the case, they said. The scuffle occurred when some persons allegedly attacked a former sarpanch and his relatives, leading to a clash in the […]
GPS tracking device put on LeT terror associate in Barmmulla: Police
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday said that it have installed GPS tracking device on a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant associate in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police said that in compliance to an order received from Court, police in Baramulla Wednesday affixed a GPS tracking device on a under trial terror associate who was enlarged on bail in a […]
