The construction project is being undertaken by SGI Group, a road and highway construction company. Ashwin Astapik, Project Manager of SGI, says that the highway will boost connectivity after construction and will be beneficial for development in border areas.
The Tamil Nadu unit of BJP has slammed the ruling DMK for sharing a map of India on social media that allegedly excludes Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin.
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram criticized Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Thursday for holding a review meeting on the region's security without Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Calling the issue of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir a sensitive one, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravinder Raina said that the elected government of the union territory and the union government should hold discussions together to work for the security of the people.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday on his first visit to the national capital after assuming office last week.
Members of the United Kashmir People's National Party and the Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNPSF) held significant protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) to mark the 77th anniversary of the tribal invasion backed by the Pakistani army on October 22, 1947.
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday visited the residence of Dr Shahnawaz Dar, who was killed by terrorists in Ganderbal on October 20, and said that India and Pakistan should hold talk so that Jammu and Kashmir can be brought out of "bloodshed."
Jamil Maqsood, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), delivered a powerful condemnation of Pakistan's military incursion into Jammu and Kashmir on October 22, 1947, during an event organized by UKPNP-Belgium.
After the Ganderbal terror attack, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha directed the police on Wednesday to tighten security measures around key infrastructure projects and construction camps in the union territories.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant Governor on Wednesday summoned a session of the legislative assembly in Srinagar on November 4 for the election of the Speaker of Legislative Assembly for Jammu & Kashmir, Raj Bhawan sources said.