Jammu and Kashmir
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Omar reviews Srinagar-Jammu national highway restoration work
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday travelled by road to the winter capital to inspect the ongoing restoration work along the strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway. The vital 250-kilometre…
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Traffic resumes on Ramban–Banihal highway; LMVs and HMVs cleared after floods
Jammu: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has successfully restored traffic movement of both Light Motor vehicles and heavy motor vehicles along the Ramban-Banihal section of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after…
- India
J-K has always stood as original symbol of natural beauty: Omar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has always stood as the original symbol of natural beauty and tourism while many regions now market themselves with catchy slogans, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said. Addressing…
- Kashmir
Torrential rains wreak havoc in Jammu, over 5,000 people evacuated
Jammu: More than 5,000 people were evacuated from the banks of various flooded rivers and inundated low-lying areas in the Jammu region as rescue agencies and the administration continued to reach out…
- Kashmir
Death toll in Vaishno Devi landslide rises to 34
Jammu: The death toll in the Vaishno Devi landslide has gone up to 34 with rescuers pulling out more bodies from under the debris, officials said on Wednesday, a day after disaster…
- Kashmir
Four dead after torrential rains wreak havoc in Jammu; traffic on NH suspended
Jammu: Four persons were killed and over two dozen houses and bridges were damaged as heavy rains pounded Jammu, where almost all water bodies are flowing above the danger mark, submerging a…
- Kashmir
SC refuses to advance date of hearing on pleas on J-K statehood
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to advance the date of hearing on pleas seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, saying the matter is already listed on…
- Kashmir
J&K govt to take over 215 private schools with links to Jamaat-e-Islami
A recent move made by the government of Jammu and Kashmir ordered the takeover of 215 private schools, alleged to be linked to the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir Muslim organisation and…
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J&K: Expanded search underway to trace missing persons in cloudburst-hit village
Chisoti: The expanded search operation continued in this cloudburst-hit village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on the seventh day on Wednesday, officials said, as Principal Secretary, Home, Chandraker Bharti, chaired a…
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2 more bodies recovered, Kishtwar cloudburst death toll mounts to 63
Chisoti: Two more bodies were recovered from the debris in this cloudburst-hit village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, taking the death toll in the natural calamity to 63, officials said, as…
- Kashmir
J&K cloudburst: Death toll reaches 61 as search for survivors continues on Day 4
Chisoti: The death toll due to a cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district rose to 61, as rescuers continued operations for the fourth day on Sunday, effecting three more blasts to…
- Kashmir
Four killed in flash floods triggered by cloudburst in J&K’s Kathua
Jammu: At least four people were killed and many others injured after a cloudburst hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district during the night intervening Saturday and Sunday, said officials here, adding that…
- Kashmir
J&K cloudburst: People’s anger genuine, says CM Omar
Jammu and Kashmir: The anger of people seeking information about their kin missing in the aftermath of a cloudburst is quite understandable, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday…
- Kashmir
J&K cloudburst: Death toll rises to 60, search for survivors continues on Day 2
Kishtwar: Braving intermittent rains, rescuers intensified their search for survivors in a cloudburst-hit village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday, even as Chief minister Omar Abdullah put the death toll…
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Will Pahalgam killers decide if J&K will be a state, asks CM Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday delivered a forceful Independence Day speech, criticising the practice of linking terror attacks to Jammu and Kashmir‘s political future and asserting that Pakistan should not…
