Fire inside house: Retired DSP, 5 others of family die of asphyxiation in J&K
Six persons of a family, including two children, died of asphyxiation when a fire erupted in a house in Jammu's Kathua early Wednesday, officials said.
Six persons of a family, including two children, died of asphyxiation when a fire erupted in a house in Jammu's Kathua early Wednesday, officials said.
In a significant development, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has accorded approval to a subsidised helicopter service for the people of the border area of Mendhar sector in the Poonch district.
The BSF has foiled a drugs smuggling attempt by recovering a Pakistani drone carrying narcotics in the border sector of Arnia in Jammu.
Three minor children and their 40-year old father died due to suspected food poisoning in a remote village of the Rajouri district of Jammu.
J&K Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, on Thursday, paid a visit to Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex here for an on-the-spot assessment of the progress made on the works of conservation and protection going on for the last few years.
The Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh says the far flung regions were neglected for six decades by the previous governments led by Congress and National Conference.
These task forces, to be headed by scientists from SKUAST, Kashmir and Jammu along with other members from the Animal Husbandry Departments, will monitor the spread of the disease in real time and suggest strategies for its control.
Noticing a suspicious movement of a person near IB from the Pakistani side carrying a bag, the BSF troops fired and injured him.
The statement came a day after the provincial committee of the NC that met under the chairmanship of the party’s vice-president Omar Abdullah resolved to contest all 90 seats without any alliance with other constituents of the PAGD that was formed to seek the restoration of Article 370.
The surplus power from the remote district of Jammu will not only be utilised for other parts of the Union Territory but will also be sold to other states after the completion of the ongoing hydroelectric projects.
