Jammu and Kashmir panchayat, Assembly polls likely after Lok Sabha elections
Elections to panchayats, urban local bodies and the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will likely be conducted only after the general elections, set to be held after a few months this year. After towns and cities, the rural areas in Jammu and Kashmir will cease to have the traditional grassroots-level elected representatives as the five-year term of 4,892 elected […]
Modi’s interaction with school students
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with around 250 underprivileged students from almost every district of Jammu and Kashmir who are visiting the country under the ‘Watan Ko Jano-Youth Exchange’ programme. An official statement said that the program held at the Prime Minister’s residence was informal. These students were visiting Jaipur, Ajmer and New Delhi […]
2 BSF men injured in unprovoked Pakistan firing on IB in Jammu
Two BSF jawans and a woman were injured in heavy firing by Pakistan Rangers on the International Border in Arnia and Suchetgarh sectors of Jammu district on Thursday night. The shelling caused many civilians to leave their homes and seek shelter in safer areas. BSF said, “Today at 8 pm, Pakistan Rangers opened fire without […]
Road connecting two tunnels on Jammu-Srinagar highway washes away in landslides
Fresh rain spell in Delhi, ‘red’ alert for Himachal Pradesh Chandigarh, July 8(Press ki Taquat) A huge part of a road caved in on Saturday on Jammu-Srinagar highway amid heavy rain. In a video that has gone viral, the road connecting two tunnels on the national highway was washed away in the landslides. This was […]
95 pc of 111-km-long Katra-Banihal rail line of USBRL project complete
Banihal/Jammu, July 8(Press Ki Taquat) Top Northern Railway officials here Saturday said 95 per cent of the work on the 111-km-long Katra-Banihal rail line has been completed. They said Northern Railways General Manager Shobhan Chaudhuri inspected the ongoing work on the Katra-Banihal section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project on Friday. Chaudhuri carried out […]