Jammu
At least 16 bus passengers were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Monday, police said. The accident occurred when the bus, coming from Dharmari village to Challad village, went out of the driver’s control and rolled down into a gorge near Pattian in Reasi. “A rescue team of police and civilians immediately reached the spot and all the injured were shifted to hospital,” said a police officer here.
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Foggy weather conditions affected the rail and air traffic in Jammu today. Nearly 10 trains were running behind schedule, while all Jammu-bound flights in the morning were delayed due to poor visibility on the Jammu airport runway, subjecting passengers to hardships. Official sources said all major trains were running behind the schedule by two to five hours due to poor visibility. “Hemkunt Express was running an hour late, while Shalimar Express was late by two hours. Amarnath Express and Tata Muri were running late by more than five hours. Malwa…
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Work on project to restart as funds start pouring in Far away from the idyllic mountains of Ladakh which reverberate with Buddhist chants, Nirvana-seekers can now hear the sacred hymns in the city of temples as Jammu will soon get its first Buddhist temple-cum-cultural centre, adding another landmark to the city where thousands of students from the coldest region of the state come for studies. Although work on the cultural centre at Channi Rama was started in 2006-07, so far, only a two-storey building has been completed for which land…
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Only 15 per cent of the Rs 2,000-crore development package released in a year In what could be described as a “casual approach” towards the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir refugees living in the state, the Centre has released only 15 per cent of the Rs 2,000-crore package approved for them last year. Furthermore, only 6,600 families of the total 36,384 living in J&K have been benefited while 29,784 are yet to get the financial assistance. Central Public Information Officer, J&K Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ram Krishna Swarnakar said this in response…
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Trying to preserve their language and culture from extinction, a group of social workers is organising a Koshur-speaking contest on December 26. The event will provide a platform to displaced Pandit children to test their Kashmiri speaking skills. The major attraction of the event will be the recitation of poems in Kashmiri language by children, mostly born in Jammu after their migration in 1990. They will share their knowledge about the name of the historic places, religious sites and names of saints and political leaders. There will be a presentation…
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With the city receiving its first rain of the season, all major roads remained chock-a-block throughout the day today. Intermittent rains lashed the winter capital since last night. The city has already been facing traffic chaos since the time of Durbar move, following which the traffic flow has increased by 40 per cent. The marriage season has also added to the woes of the commuters with roads such as Canal Road, Janipur-New Plot Road and Talab Tillo Road remaining stuck up to five hours in the evening. “A few days…
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Demanding the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, an organisation representing displaced Kashmiri Pandits today alleged that they contravened fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution. “Panun Kashmir would like to make it very clear that Articles 370 and 35A exist in contravention of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution,” the organisations national spokesperson Virender Raina told reporters here today. Article 370 grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, while Article 35A empowers the state legislature to define permanent citizens. “These need to be abrogated under…
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Six persons have been killed and 12 injured in a road accident in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The accident took place late on Sunday evening in Sarori village when the driver of the bus carrying a marriage party lost control over the vehicle and it plunged into a deep gorge in Chenani area, a police officer said. Five passengers died on the spot and another succumbed in the hospital.
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The strict advisory issued by the Traffic Department last year against the use of mobile phones while driving has failed to show results. People can often be seen using mobile phones and driving without a seat belt. The advisory issued on February 16, 2016, stated that those using mobile phones while driving would be booked under Section 184 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, and their driving licences would be seized and sent to the RTO concerned for suspension for not less than three months. “We keep a check on…
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The much-touted Prime Minister’s employment package for displaced Kashmiri Hindus has left families divided and has disrupted the education of their children, defeating the purpose of the ambitious plan to resettle 3.5 lakh minority Hindus in their homeland. More than 2,500 youngsters have returned to the Valley since 2010 under the package, which is promoted as the biggest confidence building measure for the Pandits since 1989-90 when militancy broke out. Employees are living in makeshift camps called transit accommodation constructed at Veesu (Anantnag), Haal (Pulwama), Baramulla and multi-storey flats at…
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