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
Kathua, May 24 (ANI): In an effort to revamp the silk industry and reap good profits, the Department of Sericulture in Jammu and Kashmir has shifted to bivoltine sericulture technology.
Kathua, (Jammu and Kashmir), May 18 (ANI): The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is widening 115 kilometres of arterial roads that connect to remote villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District.
Srinagar, May 11 (ANI): Farmers in Kashmir are reaping it rich ever since they took up trench cultivation.
Bani/Lohai-Malhar/Dugian, April 24 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the Central Government to send out a strong and firm message to China on the recent intrusion in the Ladakh area by Chinese troops, and added that this kind of situation always puts people living in frontier areas under difficulty, besides hampering the development process.
Jammu, April 15 (IANS) Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Saif-ud-Din Soz Monday said the Congress would be a crucial political factor in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir in the 2014 assembly elections.
Dharamsala, Jan 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh will oppose withdrawal of central forces from its Chamba border adjoining militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said Wednesday.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec.2 (ANI): Hundreds of residents in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir state blocked a highway protesting against the threat from monkeys.
Varanasi/Allahabad/Kathua, Oct.30 (ANI): Fear of an epidemic lurches in Uttar Pradesh due to an increase in the number of cases of dengue fever.
Srinagar, Oct.27 (ANI): A Congress Member of Parliament, Chowdhary Lal Singh, has been accused by the vigilance commission of Jammu and Kashmir of illegally occupying 92 canals of government land in the Hiranagar tehsil of the state's Kathua District.
Kathua, Oct 23 (ANI): Indian and Pakistani wrestlers took part in a free style wrestling competition under the banner of "Mission Dosti" in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar, Oct 8 (IANS) Three youths created a ruckus against high unemployment rate in the state, for a short while interrupting the proceedings of the state legislative assembly in Srinagar Monday.
Jammu, Sep 20 (IANS) The 12-hour bandh called by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the left parties Thursday crippled life in Jammu with business establishments and other commercial activities being hit.
Jammu, Sep 11 (IANS) Army soldiers at Kathua railway station late Monday night assaulted policemen and injured over half-a-dozen of them before boarding a train, police sources said Tuesday.
Jammu, Aug 22 (IANS) A prisoner escaped Wednesday from a high security jail in Kathua of Jammu region which houses many hardcore militants, an official said.
Kathua (J-K), Aug.21 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir's Department of Fisheries plans to set up trout farms and encourage privatisation with an aim to earn profits and increase production.
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug.8 (ANI): Pakistan Rangers recently fired upon vllagers residing in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu, Aug 6 (IANS) At least seven people, including two women, have been killed and scores injured in heavy rains that led to many houses collapsing in the remote mountainous areas of Jammu region, officials said Monday.
Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people were trapped in various places in Jammu as heavy rains continued Sunday, triggering landslides and posing a threat to many villages with rivers flowing close to the danger mark. About 50 people were rescued, officials said Sunday.
Jammu, Aug 4 (IANS) Flash floods marooned dozens of people following incessant rain in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir as the administration Saturday launched a massive rescue operation.
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.
Kathua (J-K), Aug 7 (ANI): Family members of Indians imprisoned in Pakistan jails on Sunday appealed to the central government to secure their speedy release.
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.
Srinagar, Apr 30 (ANI): Polling is underway for the fifth phase of the panchayat polls in four blocks of the Kashmir Valley and four blocks of Jammu division on Saturday.
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.
Jammu, July 25 (ANI): After remaining suspended for three days due to heavy rains, the Amarnath yatra resumed this morning when a fresh batch of 2,672 pilgrims left Jammu for the holy cave shrine.
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 12 (ANI): Activists of a voluntary organization have launched a protest against illegal mining by stone crushers, which is threatening the Ravi River.
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.
Lakhanpur (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar 4 (ANI): Excise and Taxation Department officials in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District, have seized over 140 kilograms of drugs and 20 quintals of opium straw powder, which is worth around 15 million rupees in the international market.
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.
Srinagar, July 7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday ruled out immediate withdrawal of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from the state, saying that the state police would have to expand in numbers, equipment and levels of training before taking any action.
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.
Baltal Sonamarg (J-K), June 17 (ANI): The annual Amarnath yatra was suspended from Jammu base camp on Wednesday as inclement weather left thousands of pilgrims stranded for the second day at Baltal.
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.
Jammu, May 15 (IANS) Some contenders who contested the two seats of Jammu region in the Lok Sabha elections are confident of their win, while others are hoping to get by with a little help from god, as the country gets ready to count the votes Saturday.
Kathua, May 11 (ANI): Farmers in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir have started using bio vermi compost instead of chemical fertilizers.
Hiranagar Border (Kathua), May 5 (ANI): Farmers in Hiranagar, which fal in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua District, have taken to apiculture in a big way. Hiranagar, which is near the Indo-Pakistan border, has adopted apiculture as a profitable venture for farmers.
Hazaribagh (Bihar)/Faizabad, Apr 23 (ANI): A large number of people from insurgency-hit states to Vizag in Andhra Pradesh began voting on Thursday in the second round of a month-long election. In Maoist infested Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, gun toting paramilitary troops kept a watch while the voters cast their votes.
Jammu, April 23 (IANS) Most of the polling stations in the predominantly mountainous Lok Sabha constituency of Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir wore a deserted look as voting began in the second of the five-phase parliamentary polls Thursday morning.
Kathua, Apr 21 (ANI): Farmers living in a village in Jammu and Kashmir lamented about the lack of irrigation facilities.
Jammu, April 20 (IANS) Three children were burnt to death after three huts caught fire due to short circuit in a village of Jammu and Kashmir, a legislator said.
Jammu, April 13 (IANS) Unprecedented security arrangements are in place for the visit of Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi who is visiting Jammu Tuesday to campaign for party candidates.
Jammu, March 29 (IANS) Gujjars, a nomadic tribe in Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday asked the central government to take measures for the development of Gojri, their mother tongue spoken by nearly two-and-a-half-million people in the state.
Kathua (J-K), Mar 26 (ANI): Farmers who had lost their agricultural land to border fencing in Kashmir are happy with realignment of fencing border.
Kathua, Mar 21 (ANI): Ahead of general elections, Border Security Force (BSF) beefed up security at Indo-Pakistan international border in Jammu following political upheaval in Pakistan.
Kathua (J-K), Mar 9 (ANI): Hundreds of enthusiastic youngsters responded to a police recruitment drive, which was held in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
Kathua, Mar 6 (ANI): Residents living in border areas of Kashmir are being provided with special cards by authorities to help identify them as Indian nationals and to check infiltration into the state.
Jammu, Mar.1 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammed Sayeed said on Saturday that his party has pioneered a political and economic agenda to establish sustainable peace in the subcontinent and to fulfill the wishes and aspirations of all regions and sub-regions of the State.
Darbal (J-K), Feb 23 (ANI): Residents in Darbal village of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir are using their personal rifles and guns to protect themselves from insurgency.
Samba/ Kathua, Feb 17 (ANI): Due to the modification of industrial economic package by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in April 2008, many industries in Jammu are on the verge of shutting down causing a serious threat to the economic development of Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a function at the PDP headquarter in Jammu, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today (February 5) called its present legislatures to address the Kashmir issue with a fresh approach.
Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday evening revoked the detention of 15 Public Safety Act (PSA) detenus from radical groups such as Hurriyat Conference, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and JKLF with immediate effect, a spokesman of the government said.
Srinagar, Dec 25 (ANI): It was 'curtains down' for the polls to the State legislature inashmir on Wednesday, bringing to an end the crucial final phase of elections in the region.
Kokernag (J-K), Dec 18 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state and candidate of People's Democratic Party (PDP), Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said that he is confident of returning to power in the State.
Srinagar, Dec 16 (ANI): Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure that the sixth phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are held in a free and fair manner on Wednesday.
Bhaderwah (J-K), Dec 15 (ANI): Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are focussing on development issues to woo voters as the seven-phased elections are nearing completion in the state.
Srinagar, Dec 15 (ANI): Campaigning for the sixth phase of Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir ends this evening.
Srinagar, Dec 14 (ANI): Campaigning is hard for the sixth phase of Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar, Dec 13 (ANI): Approximately 57 percent Jammu and Kashmir voters exercised their franchise in the fifth phase Assembly elections today.
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) An estimated 57 percent of the electorate voted Saturday in the fifth phase of Jammu and Kashmir's staggered elections that were marred by violence as anti-poll protesters clashed with police, resulting in the death of a protester in police firing.
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Voting ended Saturday evening for the fifth phase in Jammu and Kashmir's staggered elections that was marred by violence as anti-poll protesters clashed with police, resulting in the death of a protester in police firing.
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Around 30 percent voting was recorded till afternoon in south Kashmir, while in Jammu region it was over 40 percent, touching 60 in Bani constituency, as the fifth phase of assembly elections was underway in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, officials said.
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.
Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Notwithstanding the separatists' poll boycott call, Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed hectic campaigning for the seven-phased assembly elections, with nearly 3,500 election rallies held so far, according to official records.
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.
