Everything you need to know about Kathua: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kathua: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Jammu, April 18 (IANS) Three people were killed and 30 injured when a bus carrying them to a political rally in Billawar town of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir fell into a gorge Wednesday.
Kathua, Apr 1 (ANI): Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District have expressed happiness over the installation of Automatic Weather Station (AWS), which would help them in avoiding eventualities in the backdrop of unfavourable weather conditions.
Sounthal (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 9 (ANI): Family members of Indian prisoner Ram Raj, who is languishing in Lahore's jail for the last eight years, are anticipating his release ahead of the Independence Day celebrations in the neighbouring countries of India and Pakistan.
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Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), July 4 (ANI): Farmers living near the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District have demanded compensation from the state government, after border officials acquired their lands on grounds of maintaining security.
Basohli (J-K), May 23 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday laid the foundation stone of Jammu and Kashmir's first cable-stayed bridge at Basholi on the river Ravi, which will be constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
Basholi (J-K), May 23 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir is all set to get its first cable-stayed bridge over river Ravi to link the state with Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir is all set to get its first cable-stayed bridge over river Ravi to link the state with Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
Kathua, May 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, has said India is fully prepared to fight militants trying to infiltrate into the country.
Kathua, May 10 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, has said India is fully prepared to fight militants trying to infiltrate into the country.
Kathua, Apr 18 (ANI): Community fishing in traditional ponds in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District encourages fishing culture and also fulfils the demand of locals on economical rates.
Kathua (J-K), Feb 24 (ANI): The non-availability of mid-meals in government-run schools in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir has affected the students' attendance.
Jammu, Jan 26 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, who had undertaken a rally to hoist the national flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Republic Day attacked the car of Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather here on Wednesday evening.
Lakhanpur/Punjab, Jan 25 (ANI): In keeping with the law and order situation, scores of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists including party veterans Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar and Anurag Thakur were taken into custody under Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) while marching towards Jammu and Kashmir from Punjab to carry on with the plans of hoisting the national flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Republic Day.
New Delhi/Srinagar, Jan 25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday criticizing the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre for disrupting the party's plans to hoist the national flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Republic Day, said the government has bowed before the separatists and the militants.
Jammu, Jan 26 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Part (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar, who were arrested yesterday as they crossed into Jammu to carry on with the party's plans of hoisting the tricolour at Srinagar's Lal Chowk were released in Kathua on Wednesday.
Kathua, Jan 25 (ANI): Police stepped up security in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua region on Tuesday after Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code was imposed to prevent Bharatiya Janata Party from hoisting the Tricolour at Srinagar's Lal Chowk on Republic Day.
Jammu, Jan 24 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sealed its borders with Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing from entering the state.
Kathua (J-K), Oct 16 (ANI): Residents of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district are suffering as they have not been provided with the rehabilitation packages announced by the Punjab Government during the construction of the Ranjit Sagar Dam.
Kathua (J-K), Oct 16 (ANI): Siddharth Chattopadhyay, Inspector General (IG) of the Border Security Force (BSF), has said that strategies are in place to stop cross-border infiltration of militants during the winter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 6 (ANI): Residents in several remote villages located near river Ujh in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District have complained of poor connectivity and isolation due to lack of proper infrastructure.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 26 (ANI): An Air Force helicopter rescued and airlifted three school children, after they were stranded for nearly four hours at an island in the middle of river Ujh in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 2 (ANI): People in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District are returning to the sheep rearing business, as turmoil has subsided in the region.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), July 23 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel rescued 27 marooned villagers from Parol Nullah near Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua Distrcit on Thursday evening.
Kathua, July 4 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district is hoped to soon develop as a fishing hub in the country, as the State fisheries department is introducing trout farming here on a large scale.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), June 19(ANI): The National Fish Seed Farm (NFSF) in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district has delivered more than 3.8 million fingerlings of various species, a 30 percent increase in production than last year.
Kathua (J-K), June 7 (ANI): Thousands of students of impoverished families in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District are being benefited by the government sponsored mid-day meal scheme.
Kathua (J-K), Mar 30 (ANI): In its special drive against drug abuse, the 121 battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is organising a seven-day drug de-addiction camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District.
Jammu, March 7 (ANI): An increasing number of people in Jammu are getting afflicted by cancer. The Government Medical College here has registered about 1,500 cancer patients in 2009 alone.
Kathua Feb.11 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday welcomed Central Government's willingness to facilitate return of all Kashmiri youths who had gone to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and were interested to return by denouncing militancy.
Kathua (J-K), Dec 1 (ANI): Farmers of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district opted for mushroom cultivation, as they found have it profitable.
Mangloor Village (Kathua) J-K, Nov.25 (ANI): A number of rural women in a Jammu and Kashmir village in Kathua district have gained economic empowerment after learning the art of making bamboo articles.
Kathua (J-K), Nov 3 (ANI): At least twelve persons have been killed and seven others injured in a road accident on Jammu-Pathankote National Highway today.
Kathua (J-K), Oct 2 (ANI): A group of women in Jammu and Kashmir have taken an initiative to revive an age-old Bashuli painting genre.
New Delhi, Sep. 2 (ANI): About 50 to 60 Pakistani militants have positioned themselves to infiltrate into India, and the Indian defence forces are fully prepared to foil any such attempt, a top military brass has revealed.
Srinagar, Aug. 29 (ANI): The reports of phased withdrawal of Security Forces from militancy-affected areas have cause concern among locals of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Srinagar, Aug 24 (ANI): Consequent to signs of peace returning in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is being gradually withdrawn.
Jasrota, Kathua, July 1 (ANI): Acute water shortage in Jammu has led to death of a number of animals in and around the Jasrota Wildlife Sanctuary.
Kathua (J-K), June 16 (ANI): In order to ensure that the journey to the Amarnath cave shrine is smooth, several voluntary organisations have set up camps along the arduous route.
Srinagar, June 15 (ANI): In a bid to harness more profits from agriculture, farmers in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir have taken to orchard plantation.
Srinagar, June 9 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the transportation, dumping, sale and use of non-biodegradable materials in the state.
Bhadarwah ( J and K), May 24 (ANI): To bring higher education within the reach of people in isolated, remote and hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir, the University of Jammu has set up an extension of its campus in a picturesque environment at Bhaderwah.
Jammu, May 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir believes overhauling its sagging industry is the only way to revive the ailing state through development and job creation. An industrial policy complete with an incentive package is being worked out to attract entrepreneurs from all over the country.
Jammu, May 16 (IANS) The Congress' being part of the state government helped it clinch both the parliamentary seats in the Jammu region while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost owing to its choice of candidates, say residents and political activists alike.
Kathua, May 11 (ANI): Farmers in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir have started using bio vermi compost instead of chemical fertilizers.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 13 (IANS) Polling for the fifth phase of elections to the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly was underway Saturday in five constituencies of Kathua district, where around 40 percent voting was recorded till late afternoon.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 13 (IANS) Despite the winter chill, people came out in large numbers to cast their votes Saturday as polling for the fifth phase of elections to the 87-member assembly began in five constituencies of Kathua district, the gateway of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu, Dec 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have changed its poll plank for the ongoing assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir from development and providing basic amenities to fighting terrorism after the attacks in Mumbai.
Chilyari/Samba Sector/Londi/Hiranagar (J-K), Dec 7 (ANI): Farmers of Kathua district that shares borders with Pakistan said they face a bleak future after relations soured between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes.
Jammu, Sep 1 (ANI): Jammu bounced back to normalcy on Monday after 63 days of unrest over shrine land row.
Jammu, Sep.1 (ANI): While there is sense of satisfaction and jubilation today in Jammu after the members of Shri Amarnathji Yatra Sangarsh Samiti and State government representatives over the Amarnath land dispute, the local industry has paid a heavy cost running into billions of rupees.
Jammu, August 26 (ANI): Police in Jammu had to resort to tear gassing on Tuesday to control violent protesters alleging police excesses in Digiana on Monday.
Jammu, August 26 (ANI): Police in Jammu had to resort to tear gassing on Tuesday to control violent protesters alleging police excesses in Digiana on Monday.
Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 26 (ANI): The separatists in Kashmir have called a complete shutdown in the Valley today against the alleged high-handedness of security forces after four persons were killed and over 80 were injured in police firing on protesters on Monday. Curfew remained clamped in the Valley for the third day today, as tension gripped the state after renewed violence in the last 24 hours.
Jammu, Aug 20 (ANI): The district authorities in Jammu have decided not to allow people to court arrest on the third day of the 'jail bharo' programme of the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti, even as the entire Jammu city was placed under curfew from 5:00 a.m. following violent protests in various parts.
Jammu/ Kathua, August 16 (ANI): Analysts in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday blamed political leaders for the current unrest in the state over the Amarnath land transfer issue.
Kathua (J-K), Aug 16 (ANI): Fruits and vegetable laden trucks stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway have kept on moving towards the Kashmir under army protection.
Srinagar, August 10 (ANI): The Amarnath Yatra will continue as in the past, and the communal and regional divisions will not be allowed over the issue, said Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil after the all-party meeting held in Srinagar over the Amarnath land transfer row.
Jammu, August 9 (ANI): An all party delegation led by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Saturday held a meeting with the Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti in Jammu this afternoon.
Udhampur/Srinagar, Aug 7 (ANI): The army has restored traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway even as violent agitation over the Amarnath land row continues.
New Delhi, August 6 (ANI): The all party meeting convened by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to find a solution for to the raging Amarnath land transfer row has ended here today.
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Reacting to firing by the Army on people protesting against the Amarnath land issue, Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor today said that the Army is not there to fire on its own countrymen.
Mandaal/Kathua/Srinagar, August 6 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir remained tense as protests continued in different parts of the state over the Shrine land allotment issue.
Jammu/Srinagar, August 6 (ANI): At least one person has been killed and two others injured in the firing by the Army to disperse the stone-pelting angry mob on Jammu-Pathankot national highway in curfew-bound Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a defence spokesperson.
Barnai (Jammu and Kashmir)/Indore, July 6 (ANI): While authorities in Jammu relax curfew, members of Bharatiya Janata Party continue to protest government's decision of revoking the controversial transfer of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board on Sunday.
Government of India is planning to issue a new ordinance, for amending the Forward Contract Regulation Act (FCRA), to provide sovereignty to Forward Market Commission (FMC) for having a more efficient command in the commodity markets.
