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J&K: Seven charge-sheeted for selling fake helicopter tickets to Vaishno Devi pilgrims
•While four of the accused were arrested from Rajasthan in March, three were held from Bihar in May during the investigation into complaints regarding duping of pilgrims who were sold online fake helicopter tickets for the journey from Katra to the hill shrine
Katra bus tragedy: Sticky bomb used for blast, say intelligence sources
Fp Staff •The NIA and intelligence teams had visited the incident site and had detected traces of RDX in the bomb
Vaishno Devi pilgrimage to resume from 16 August; daily cap of 100 pilgrims from outside J&K
•The pilgrims will be required to install Aarogya Setu App on their mobile phones, undergo thermal screening at yatra entry points
Jammu and Kashmir set for projects worth Rs 25,000 crore by March 2021, says Piyush Goyal; describes UT as 'jewel' of country
Fp Staff •Jammu and Kashmir will get at least 25 projects worth an estimated cost of Rs 25,000 crore by March 2021, said Union minister Piyush Goyal
Cloud cover raises minimum temperature across Jammu, light snowfall in high altitude areas of Poonch, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban
•Jammu recorded a low of 9.3 degrees Celsius, up by 5.4 degrees from the previous night's 3.9 degrees Celsius
Kashmir to get connected to rest of India via Katra-Banihal rail link by Dec 2021; railway bridge to be taller than Eiffel Tower
•Kashmir will be connected to the rest of India through railway network by December next year as the government has set a fresh deadline for completion of the world's highest railway bridge
Terrorist who killed truck driver in Anantnag neutralised by Jammu and Kashmir Police, security forces
•This was the fourth such attack that terrorists have carried out on the fruit truck drivers in the recent past
Amit Shah flags off New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express; commercial run from 5 October, says Indian Railways
Fp Staff •The train will comprise of two executive AC chair car and 12 chair car coaches, with stops at Ambala Cantonment, Ludhiana, and Jammu Tawi railway stations
Amit Shah flags off New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express, says 'big gift' for Jammu and Kashmir's development on tourism
Fp Staff •Train number 22439 New Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express will depart from the New Delhi railway station at 6 am to reach Katra at 2 pm.
Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express to be operational before Dussehra; Railway Board says 40 trains will be ready by 2022
•While the Delhi-Katra train will have modifications like more comfortable seats and pantry space, the others, for which the bidding process will begin next month, will weigh less, consume lesser energy and will be fit for sleeper coaches