In a key move to further boost connectivity in the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple railway projects, virtually.
Tackling the traffic bottleneck, 4-lane traffic will be released in the next 15 days on the newly constructed 2.35 kms road to bypass the Banihal town on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
Three soldiers were killed, and three others seriously injured after an Army vehicle fell into a 200-feet deep gorge due to inclement weather and poor visibility near SK Bala in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday.
Jammu district's Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president, Kanav Sharma, was on Friday injured after he was shot by unidentified persons in the New Plot area of the city.
No one can exploit the unrest in Bangladesh to create disturbances on this side of the border, as the state police are vigilant in this matter.
More than three lakh devotees performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 16 days, as another batch of 4,875 Yatris left for the Valley on Monday, officials said.
A local newsman was arrested here on Wednesday by police under the Official Secrets Act 1923.
Over 1.82 lakh pilgrims had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave shrine of Amarnath during the last nine days as another batch of 5,803 yatris left for Kashmir on Monday.
Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Sunday that the OPD of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu, will start operating within a fortnight.
Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Vinod Kumar toured the border zones along the International Border with Pakistan in the Jammu District and reviewed the security scenario in order to strengthen the border grid and augment the existing resources.
