The marches were organized to denounce the tragic killing of Deepu Sharma, a resident of Udhampur, in a heinous terrorist attack that shook the region.
In a significant development that brings relief to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the government has released over 62 crore rupees to clear liabilities accumulated from completed works under the 14th Financial Commission Award (FCA) and Back to Village (B2V) program.
Earlier, due to the non-availability of thresher machines in rural areas, farmers used to manually thresh the wheat crop and it used to take 9-10 days depending on the quantity of the crop. But now with the help of modern thrashers, it takes two or three hours to thresh wheat crops, farmers
Indian Army has praised the efforts of the villagers of Machna under Kishtwar district and extends heartfelt gratitude for providing timely invaluable assistance in aiding the aircrew, of an Army helicopter which crashed after a "hard landing" in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Thur
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Friday interacted with pilots of ALH MK III, who was injured in an operational flight near Kishtwar on Thursday, at Command Hospital in Udhampur.
"The terrorists triggered an explosive device in retaliation. The Army team has suffered two fatal casualties with injuries to four more soldiers including an officer," Northern command stated.
As per an official statement, there were two pilots and a technician on board. All three injured personnel have been evacuated to Command Hospital, Udhampur.
Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Krittika Jyotsna said, "A total of 62 people were injured out of which 25 were shifted to District Hospital Udhampur. Further out of 25 admitted to Udhampur Hospital, 6 are critically injured and are referred to Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu.