She also mentioned that people smoking cigarettes and throwing their buds in the forest area, which gets dry during summers is also one of the factors in increasing forest fires.
As many as 21 people died and around 40 others were left injured after a bus carrying devotees met with an accident on the Jammu-Rajouri National Highway and fell into a gorge in the Akhnoor area on Thursday.
As many as 15 people died while around 15 others were left injured after a bus coming from Uttar Pradesh met with an accident on the Jammu-Rajouri National Highway in the Akhnoor area.
A severe dry spell and soaring temperatures have sparked a series of forest fires in the Chingus Block and various other forest areas in the Nowshera Sub-Division of Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir.
Iltija Mufti, daughter of PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti, alleged on Wednesday that scores of party workers who kept flag of democracy flying here at the time of uncertainty were picked up by police, hours ahead of polling in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency on May 25.
Incidents of forest fire in the areas in the ammu and Kashmir's Rajouri Forest Division have been on the rise this summer season compared to last year, says an official.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated electors in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency in Kashmir Valley, as it recorded the highest voter turnout in the last 35 years in this year's general election.
After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (PC) too has shattered voter turnout records, with 51.35 per cent recorded at 5 pm in the districts of Anantnag, Poonch, Kulgam, and the districts of
Displaced Kashmiri Pandit voter Veer Saraf, who came to cast his vote expressed his happiness to cast his vote after 32 years and said that the changing situation in Kashmir forced him to come and vote in Kashmir.
Mufti is also in the electoral fray from Anantnag-Rajouri seat against National Conference (NC) candidate Mian Altaf Ahmad and Zafar Iqbal Manhas of the Apni Party.
People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will be facing a high-stake contest against National Conference (NC) candidate Mian Altaf Ahmad. Additionally, Zafar Iqbal Manhas of the Apni Party is also contesting the polls, making t
Voting for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, which covers 58 seats across six states and two union territories (UTs), is set to decide the electoral fate of leaders from some of the high-profile constituencies, including Anantnag Rajouri, Puri and North East Delhi.