Everything you need to know about Katra Bazar Lalitpur So: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Katra Bazar Lalitpur So: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) An unidentified man stole a Haryana-based jeweller's bag containing jewellery worth Rs.55 lakh from a baggage-scanning machine at a metro station here, police said Wednesday.
Jammu, May 27 (IANS) Two people were seriously injured when a power transformer exploded at Sanjhi-chhat area on the Katra-Vaishno Devi trek Monday afternoon.
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought a report from Uttar Pradesh Police over five women being assaulted in Lalitpur district.
Lucknow, May 23 (IANS) Safety and well being of social activists involved in development work in Uttar Pradesh came under focus Thursday when an independent panel of women groups released a fact-finding report on an attack on Dalit women at Lalitpur.
Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) The man accused of bullying and physically abusing five Dalit woman activists in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur district last week, was arrested there Monday, police said. He was presented before a court which sent him to 14 days' judicial custody.
Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 19 (IANS) A goon who misbehaved with five Dalit women activists a week ago in Uttar Pradesh is on the run, with officials planning to auction his house and property, police said Sunday.
Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 17 (IANS) In another case of police apathy in cases of gender-related violence, activists alleged here Friday that a man who physically and verbally abused five lower caste women has not been arrested even five days after a complaint was filed against him.
Jammu, May 6 (IANS) Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), that looks after the famous Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, Monday launched an online registration facility for undertaking the pilgrimage.
Jammu, April 10 (IANS) Over three lakh pilgrims are expected to visit the Vaishno Devi shrine near here during the nine-day Navratas beginning Thursday, officials said Wednesday.
Jammu, Jan 9 (IANS) Two pilgrims to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine were killed and about 20 others injured in a bus accident while travelling from Jammu to Katra, the base camp for the pilgrimage.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec. 30 (ANI): Six pilgrims were injured after a chopper carrying them to Vaishno Devi, made an emergency landing at around 15 km away from Katra on Sunday.
Jammu, Dec. 30 (ANI): A Pawan Hans helicopter carrying five Vaishno Devi pilgrims made an emergency landing near Katra this afternoon after the pilot detected a technical fault in the engine.
Jammu, Dec 30 (IANS) The pilot and a woman passenger of a Pawan Hans helicopter were injured when the chopper, carrying five Vaishno Devi pilgrims, made an emergency landing near here Sunday, a shrine official said.
Lucknow, Dec 5 (IANS) An activist in Uttar Pradesh has sought registration of a first information report against officials of Rural Engineering Department over regularities pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
Jammu, Nov 26 (IANS) The train to Katra, the base camp of Vaishno Devi shrine that attracts more than 10 million pilgrims every year, will be chugging in March next year, an official said Monday.
Jammu, Nov 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad Wednesday said the security of railway tracks in the Valley was a great challenge before the authorities, amid fears of militants targeting them.
Jammu, Oct 24 (IANS) The number of pilgrims visiting the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near here will be more than last year's 10 million, a temple official said Wednesday.
Jammu, Oct 20 (IANS) Hoteliers fear that the flow of tourists here would decline, since the authorities have neglected the development of the city. Also, from next year, pilgrims to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine will be able to ride trains all the way to Katra without stopping at Jammu.
Gurgaon, Oct 9 (IANS) 'Galli Galli Sim Sim', the Indian version of world renowned educational children's series 'Sesame Street', is all set to increasing its impact and reach to families in north and central India with its radiophone project, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
Lucknow, Sep 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday laid the foundation stones for three power sub-stations in in the Bundelkhand region.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the central government to consider experts' suggestions on public safety issues related to the Katra-Qazigund railway project connecting Jammu to Srinagar.
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the central government to consider suggestions from experts on public safety issues related to the Katra-Qazigund railway project connecting Jammu to Srinagar.
Washington, Sept 5 (ANI): US fast-food giant McDonald's has planned to open its first vegetarian-only restaurants in India next year.
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) Over five million pilgrims from across the country paid visit to the famous Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near Jammu in the first six months of this year, an official said, outlining the steps taken by the authorities in making the pilgrimage a grand success.
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) Hindu pilgrims reaching north and south Kashmir transit camps for the annual Amarnath Yatra would not be allowed to proceed further before June 25, the official date when the pilgrimage to the cave shrine begins, officials said here Saturday.
Jammu, June 23 (IANS): Pilgrimage to the Hindu shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near Jammu was suspended late Friday due to a forest fire which spread over and reached near mid-point of the 12km trek from base camp Katra.
Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Friday said it has bagged new orders worth Rs.1,076 crore across various businesses during the first quarter of the current financial year.
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Kolkata-based Daiwik Hotels is planning to launch five hotels in key pilgrimage centres across India with an initial investment of Rs.180 crore in the next 30 months, a company official said Tuesday.
Jammu, May 15 (IANS) With about 35,000 devotees each day in this holiday season, authorities have been forced to regulate entry to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine near Jammu.
Brisk turn out has been reported in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2012 amid some news of scuffles and polling boycott in some polling booths......
Lucknow, Feb 23 (ANI): Polling for the fifth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh for 49 seats began at 7 a.m. today and will continue till 5 p.m.
Lucknow, Feb 23 (ANI): Over 59 percent voter turnout was recorded in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.
Lucknow, Feb 23 (ANI): Over 59 percent voter turnout was recorded in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on Thursday.
Lucknow, Feb 23 (ANI): Polling for the fifth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh for 49 seats began at 7 a.m. today and will continue till 5 p.m.
Rajouri, Dec 22 (ANI): With the employment awarded to them under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme, residents in Rajouri District of Kashmir are happy that with the implementation of this scheme, they have found work in their own district.
Katra (J-K), Aug.15 (ANI): At least two persons succumb and several are injured due to a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains in the Katra region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Kathmandu, June 10 (ANI): Nepal will be a landmine-free country next week, after locals officials said that they will clear the last remaining anti- personnel landmines planted in Phulchowki, Lalitpur in Kathmandu Valley on June 14.
Lalitpur (Nepal), Mar. 5 (ANI): Nepal's first democratically elected prime minister, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, has died at the age of 87.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan.1 (ANI): Thousands of pilgrims have converged at Katra town on their way to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.
Lalitpur (Nepal), July 4 (ANI): Chanira Bajracharya, Nepal's 'Living Goddess', has become the first sitting deity to pass a school leaving exam, setting her on course for a career in banking.
Lalitpur (Nepal), July 4 (ANI): Chanira Bajracharya, Nepal's 'Living Goddess', has become the first sitting deity to pass a school leaving exam, setting her on course for a career in banking.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar 23 (ANI): Katra traders and businessmen do brisk business on the occasion of the ongoing 'Navratra' festival.
Katra (J-K), Mar 16 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at the famous Vaishno Devi Temple near Jammu due to nine-day 'Navratri' festival, which began with religious fervour today.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 1 (ANI): Thousands of devotees converged in Katra town here to visit Vaishno Devi during the lunar eclipse and commencement of Magh.
Kerala/ WB/ Shimla/ Rajasthan/ Lucknow, Nov 10 (ANI): Continuing with its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress led UDF retained all the three assembly seats in Kerala.
Katra (Jammu), Sep.25 (ANI): Pilgrims bound for the revered Vaishno Devi shrine on Friday lamented uncomfortable security measures which made the devotees, arriving in Katra during Navrartas, to get down of their vehicles two to three kilometres before the usual stoppage point.
Katra, Sept 23 (ANI): Thousands of residents witnessed annual India-Pakistan wrestling championship held during the nine-day 'Navratri' festival in Katra.
Katra, Sept 18 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at the famous Vaishno Devi Temple near Jammu ahead of the nine-day "Navratri" festival.
Srinagar, Aug 31(ANI): Three policemen were suspended and a magisterial probe was ordered on Monday, following the death of a 17-year-old boy in police custody in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district.
Kathmandu, Aug.13 (ANI): The popular Miss Nepal beauty pageant will be held either next month or in October, the event's organisers, The Hidden Treasure, have said.
Jammu June 24(ANI): At least 12 people were killed and several others injured when a bus slipped into a gorge at Panthal on Jammu-Katra highway this morning.
Kathmandu, June 1 (IANS) A 45-year-old homemaker from Kerala became the third Indian churchgoer to die in Kathmandu valley's Patan Hospital after sustaining grievous injuries during the blast in a Catholic church nine days ago.
Kathmandu, June 1 (IANS) Nearly two dozen people were injured as skirmishes broke out between riot police and protesters here Monday. A community that has been residing in the Kathmandu Valley for more than 1,500 years shut down the capital and 10 more districts, demanding an autonomous state for themselves and the scrapping of a reviled urban development plan.
Kathmandu, May 31 (IANS) Struggling with infighting among its allies, Nepal's new Communist government faces more challenges this week with a dominant community calling a shutdown in Kathmandu valley Monday and the Maoist party announcing `token' strikes and protests two days later.
Kathmandu, May 24 (ANI): Newly elected Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar on Sunday condemned Saturday's bomb blast at the Church of Assumption of Dhobighat in Lalitpur in which two persons were killed.
Kathmandu, May 23 (IANS) A teenager and a newly-married woman on her honeymoon from eastern India were killed while over a dozen others, mostly youngsters, were injured as a bomb exploded in one of Nepal's oldest churches during morning prayers Saturday, triggering fears of more violence on a day Nepal's parliament is to elect a new prime minister.
Kathmandu, May 23 (ANI): At least two persons were killed and over a dozen others were injured when a bomb went off near a catholic church in Dhobighat of Lalitpur district today, hours before the country was set to elect a new prime minister.
Kathmandu, May 2 (IANS) Nepal's Catholic church has become embroiled in the row between St Xavier's, the country's oldest and best-known school run by Jesuit fathers, and the teachers' union over the dismissal of a staff member.
Katra, March 30 (ANI): On the occasion of Navratri festival, the famous Vaishno Devi temple near Jammu has been decorated with special flowers brought from Norway, Sweden, Russia, and other foreign countries.
32 years old Kanshiram undergoes a complete transformation as he goes behind the microphone talking to his listeners on the Community Radio (CR).
Katra (J-K), Mar 28 (ANI): Devotees offered evening prayers at the famous shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi as the nine-day Hindu festival of "Navratri" beganith religious fervour on Friday.
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) Apna Dal, a regional party in Uttar Pradesh, Monday announced that expelled Samjawadi Party MP Atiq Ahmad had joined it and would be its candidate for the state's Pratapgarh Lok Sabha seat.
Lalitpur (Nepal), Feb.15 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal a.k.a.Prachanda on Saturday instructed his party cadres to stay alert for another revolution.
The only emotion one feels standing in the neonatal care centre in Lalitpur is of disbelief, as doctors prepare to discharge a newly born baby weighing no less than 750 gms.
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IANS) For Sunita Chandel looking after her family was a full time job - till she discovered the joys of being a radio reporter. The housewife from a village in Uttar Pradesh now records and edits programmes for the community radio and has encouraged other women to follow suit.
Kathmandu, Jan 11 (IANS) Before Ram Kumari Phuyal came to live in Kathmandu five years ago, she remembers getting up in her village home in western Gorkha district at 3 a.m. to store water since the limited water supply would peter out in an hour.
"Community radio is the real voice of the people, it is a communication service that caters to the interests and needs of a certain area, its culture, craft, cuisine and above all social and development issues,"
Katra/Shimla, Jan 2 (ANI): Braving chilling winds, hundreds of pilgrims flocked to Katra on their way to the Vaishno Devi shrine.
Kathmandu, Dec 24 (IANS) When the first Christian missionaries started trickling into Nepal after the forbidden Himalayan kingdom was opened to outsiders following a pro-democracy movement in 1950, they chose to take the word of god to people who were treated as outcasts: lepers, prisoners and some of the most disadvantaged communities.
Lucknow, Nov 15 (IANS) Corporal punishment meted out to a class five student by his teachers at a government-run school in an Uttar Pradesh village ruptured his ear drum, officials said Saturday.
Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) Alleging that the Mayawati-led Uttar Pradesh government has failed to implement the National Rural Employment Gurarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the state, the Congress party will hold a mass meeting Tuesday to expose the 'financial bungling' in the project.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 6 (ANI): To promote good relations between India and Pakistan, a one-day wrestling competition called "Mission Dosti"(mission friendship) was held at Katra in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Kathmandu, Oct 4 (IANS) Alarmed by reports that 14 armed groups, including its former comrades, were holding secret talks in India to begin a united revolt against the state, Nepal's Maoist government has formed a ministerial team to open talks with the rebels who are demanding greater rights for Madhesis, people of Indian origin.
Jammu, Oct 2 (IANS) Over 65,000 pilgrims visited the Hindu cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near here on the first two days of Navaratri, an official said Thursday.
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) The Vaishno Devi hill shrine in Jammu and Kashmir is all set for the nine-day long Navaratri festival starting Tuesday that will include cultural programmes and religious discourses.
Kathmandu, Oct 4 (IANS) Alarmed by reports that 14 armed groups, including its former comrades, were holding secret talks in India to begin a united revolt against the state, Nepal's Maoist government has formed a ministerial team to open talks with the rebels who are demanding greater rights for Madhesis, people of Indian origin.
Jammu, Oct 2 (IANS) Over 65,000 pilgrims visited the Hindu cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi near here on the first two days of Navaratri, an official said Thursday.
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) The Vaishno Devi hill shrine in Jammu and Kashmir is all set for the nine-day long Navaratri festival starting Tuesday that will include cultural programmes and religious discourses.
Kathmandu, Sept 22 (ANI): The Nepal Bar Association (NBA) today said that they will not sit for talks until the Supreme Court withdraws its decision to suspend its President Bishwakanta Mainali's license.
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir), Sept 10 (ANI): With violence ending in the Jammu region, the number of pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine is on the rise.
Kathmandu, Aug 6 (ANI): The President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal) Kamal Thapa has accused the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) for the delay in the formation of the Maoist-led Government in Nepal.
Kathmandu, July 31 (ANI): Nepal's President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav shifted his new residence at Dhapasi in Kathmandu.
