Jammu

SRINAGAR: To further promote adventure tourism and off-beat tourist destinations, Tourism Department and Ahrabal Development Authority in collaboration with District Administration Kulgam today organised a summer festival at the famed tourist destination of Aharbal. During this summer festival, multifarious activities and events were carried out which include trekking expeditions up to Kongawattan and Kounsarnag, a […]

SRINAGAR: The Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Leh highway were closed on Thursday after heavy rains triggered landslides at various places along the route while an alert has been issued in Chenab valley. The inclement weather conditions also lead to the suspension of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. Due to heavy rains on Wednesday night, massive landslides blocked the […]

  NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out searches at eight locations in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of the Akruti Gold building for Rs 180 crore by J&K Bank for its integrated office in Mumbai in 2010.   A CBI source told The New Indian that the agency sleuths […]

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that Pakistan has “no locus standi” to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The MEA’s response came after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had termed PM Modi’s recent visit to Jammu as “staged”. “I do not understand the word […]

JAMMU: One person was killed and 13 others were injured, including six critically injured, in an IED blast outside the district court complex in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Official told The New Indian that the explosive was placed under a ‘rehri’ (hardcart) at Salathia Chowk near the Tehsildar office of the district. Additional […]

JAMMU: Security forces in Jammu region have averted major terror plan of the Pakistan-based LeT/TRF terror outfit by recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition that included remote controlled Improvised Explosive Devices. The weapons were recovered some time after Border Security Force opened fire Drone in RS Pura and Arina Sectors of Jammu. “Drone […]

With every step, the government seems to unravel what it sought to achieve with the 2019 constitutional changes on J&K. Given the record, we can only try to imagine what the vision was. With just about everything the government has done in Jammu and Kashmir since taking hands-on control of the place in August 2019, […]