At least three people, including two children and a woman, were killed in flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in the early hours of Sunday in the Ramban district of Jammu. Some people are feared missing, and official confirmation is awaited.
After a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Jammu was diverted to Jaipur due to various reasons, including adverse weather conditions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who was in the plane, made scathing remarks at the situation.
Two pairs of the endangered species of Indian Grey Wolf have been successfully translocated here from Gujarat by the Department of Wildlife Protection, said an official on Thursday. The wolves will be housed in the Jambu Zoo on the outskirts of the city.
A fully functional glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) early warning system (EWS) will be established in Jammu and Kashmir to respond to the sudden breach of glacial lakes in the high-altitude regions, particularly in the Himalayas, by rapid melting of glaciers due to climate change.
Dheeraj Katoch, who is posted as DSP (Border) in the Special Operations Group (SOG), and the cops were injured during the gunfight at Ghati Juthana in Kathua. They were immediately shifted to the hospital, where their condition was stable.
Mortal remains of Lt. Colonel AS Baath were recently found at a depth of nearly 80 metres but search for Captain Jayant Joshi was continuing.
Today morning at about 0530 hrs, a blinking red and yellow light in the sky observed by our forward troops in Arnia sector near to the IB," BSF said
The reduction in violence and the increase in tourist inflows did not last long due to the failure of the elite ~ both political and administrative ~ to meet the expectations of the people as they were more interested in clinging on to power. Matters were made worse by the skewed development policies pursued by successive governments.
During interrogation, one of the arrested terrorists Ijahgar Khan belonging to UP told the police that a JeM commander Munazir alias Shahid had told them to collect weapons from near Amritsar and also do reconnaissance of the vital Panipat Refinery which he did and sent the videos to Pakistan.
Police sources said that after returning from duties, some police personnel clashed with each other inside the district police lines.
