Jammu-pathankot Highway

The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu High Court Bar Association, and several other groups have called for a Jammu bandh today against installation of smart electricity meters and a toll plaza along the Jammu-Pathankot highway.

A man was charred to death after a truck he was travelling in caught fire on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway in Kathua district here, police said on Monday.

All checkpoints along Jammu-Pathankot highway have been put on high alert and security strengthened following an incident of carjacking by unidentified armed persons in the neighbouring Punjab, a police official said today.

Five members of a family were killed on Thursday when their car rammed into a stationary truck on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The Congress on Wednesday lent its support to the agitation against collection of road tax at Sarore toll plaza on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, saying the BJP has imposed a ''jazia'' in garb of road tariff.

The private passenger bus service along the Jammu-Pathankot highway remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day on Friday to protest against the newly set up toll plaza in Samba district, officials said.

Commuters faced hardships on Monday as hundreds of private passenger vehicles went on an indefinite strike against the newly set up toll plaza at Sarore along the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Two pilgrims were killed and 24 others injured on Sunday in an accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, police said.

Three armed robbers allegedly looted cash worth Rs one crore from a private Delhi-bound truck on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway today, a police officer said.

Angry protesters attacked Jammu and Kashmir minister Sham Lal Choudhary's cavalcade on the Jammu-Pathankot highway with stones today, demanding a CBI probe into the Kathua rape and murder case. The agitators tried to block the highway when the convoy was passing, but when it didn't stop, they hurled stones. Mr Choudhary is a BJP leader from Jammu.

At least four gunmen were killed after two teams of terrorists launched an attack on the Air Force base in Punjab's Pathankot on Saturday morning, authorities said. Two more were holed up in the administrative block of the base. After an operation to neutralise the attackers that lasted for more than 60 hours, all six terrorists have now been shot ...

Sikh protesters have blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway over the removal of posters of Sikh separatist leader Jarnail Bhindrawale, put up in the Gardhigarh area ahead of his death anniversary on Saturday.

One person has been killed and 40 received injuries in violent clashes between Sikh protesters and the police in Jammu on Thursday. The protesters are angry over the removal of posters of Sikh separatist leader Jarnail Bhindrawale put up in Gardhigarh ahead of his death anniversary on Saturday. Locals allege the poster was removed by the police, tr...

Two persons were killed when a car collided head-on with a bus on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, police said today.

The tension in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir following Friday's communal clashes has now spread to other adjoining areas. Curfew has been clamped in Jammu and Rajouri districts following incidents of arson and violence and the Army has been called in. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appealed to people to not fall prey to rumours and assured that the g...

The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu High Court Bar Association, and several other groups have called for a Jammu bandh today against installation of smart electricity meters and a toll plaza along the Jammu-Pathankot highway.

A man was charred to death after a truck he was travelling in caught fire on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway in Kathua district here, police said on Monday.

All checkpoints along Jammu-Pathankot highway have been put on high alert and security strengthened following an incident of carjacking by unidentified armed persons in the neighbouring Punjab, a police official said today.

Five members of a family were killed on Thursday when their car rammed into a stationary truck on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The Congress on Wednesday lent its support to the agitation against collection of road tax at Sarore toll plaza on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, saying the BJP has imposed a ''jazia'' in garb of road tariff.

The private passenger bus service along the Jammu-Pathankot highway remained suspended for the fifth consecutive day on Friday to protest against the newly set up toll plaza in Samba district, officials said.

Commuters faced hardships on Monday as hundreds of private passenger vehicles went on an indefinite strike against the newly set up toll plaza at Sarore along the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Two pilgrims were killed and 24 others injured on Sunday in an accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, police said.

Three armed robbers allegedly looted cash worth Rs one crore from a private Delhi-bound truck on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway today, a police officer said.

Angry protesters attacked Jammu and Kashmir minister Sham Lal Choudhary's cavalcade on the Jammu-Pathankot highway with stones today, demanding a CBI probe into the Kathua rape and murder case. The agitators tried to block the highway when the convoy was passing, but when it didn't stop, they hurled stones. Mr Choudhary is a BJP leader from Jammu.

At least four gunmen were killed after two teams of terrorists launched an attack on the Air Force base in Punjab's Pathankot on Saturday morning, authorities said. Two more were holed up in the administrative block of the base. After an operation to neutralise the attackers that lasted for more than 60 hours, all six terrorists have now been shot ...

Sikh protesters have blocked the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway over the removal of posters of Sikh separatist leader Jarnail Bhindrawale, put up in the Gardhigarh area ahead of his death anniversary on Saturday.

One person has been killed and 40 received injuries in violent clashes between Sikh protesters and the police in Jammu on Thursday. The protesters are angry over the removal of posters of Sikh separatist leader Jarnail Bhindrawale put up in Gardhigarh ahead of his death anniversary on Saturday. Locals allege the poster was removed by the police, tr...

Two persons were killed when a car collided head-on with a bus on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, police said today.

The tension in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir following Friday's communal clashes has now spread to other adjoining areas. Curfew has been clamped in Jammu and Rajouri districts following incidents of arson and violence and the Army has been called in. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appealed to people to not fall prey to rumours and assured that the g...