Officials said that more than 3 lakh pilgrims have visited the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir in the first 21 days of the annual Yatra that began on July 1.
South Asia Center for Peace and Peoples Empowerment (SACPPE) in collaboration with the Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO) on Saturday organized an event titled, "Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens" in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam.
Varuna Anand, Chairperson, FICCI, FlO, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, told ANI a 2-day camp has been organised here in RS Puram town in collaboration with the Border Security force and the Institute of Music and Fine Arts, Jammu University.
The District Drug destruction committee headed by SSP Udhampur Vinod Kumar and comprising of Anwar Ul Haq Addl. SP Udhampur, Gurmeet Singh DySP Hqrs Udhampur and Darshan Singh Sr. PO Udhampur, conducted the destruction of contraband poppy straw through incineration.
"Due to the improvement in infrastructure & allied services by government, Amarnath Yatra registered over 3 lakh record-breaking number of pilgrims who visited Holy Cave just within twenty-one days which is comparatively much higher than the previous year number at the same time," an
According to a spokesperson, the ANTF had received a tip-off that a drug peddler identified as one Tariq Ahmed Malla had concealed a large quantity of poppy straw in his house in Mohanpora Budgam and would attempt to smuggle it.
A 54-year-old Muhammad Ishaq Malik, a teacher by profession, from Darhal Malkan in the border district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, has achieved the feat of writing a 611-page copy of the Holy Quran by hand.
The 'anti-eve-teasing squad' will be deployed outside Government Degree College for Women and Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Baramulla. Women citizens can approach this squad for any issue and to report any crime or violence against them.
To assess the ground situation arising due to incessant rains and landslides, Deputy Commissioner Udhampur, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, along with SSP Dr Vinod Kumar visited the landslide-hit spot on Dewal Bridge and inspected the restoration work over there, said an official statement on Wednesda