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Flash floods in Jammu kill three people, damage nearly dozen houses and wash away cattle; officials issue advisory
•Nearly a dozen 'kacha' houses were also damaged in floods while cattle were perished in different districts over the past three days.
Kathua rape case: Victim's family demands culprits be 'hanged for heinous crime', say they do not need CBI probe
•The grief-stricken mother of the eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Kathua, wishes for death penalty for the guilty
Indian Air Force airlifts 488 passengers stranded in snow from Udhampur to Leh
•The Indian Air Force (IAF) has rescued civilians stranded in the recent snow and cold waves in the Jammu region by airlifting 488 passengers from Udhampur to Leh, a public relations officer (Defence) said.
Six killed, 15 injured after mini-bus plunges into gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district
•Six persons were killed and 15 others injured when a mini-bus skidded off the road and fell into a 100-feet deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir
Army holds sending-off ceremony for four soldiers killed in Rajouri ceasefire violation
•The army on Sunday bid farewell to four soldiers who were killed in Saturday's ceasefire violation in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma visits Talwara camp, meets militancy-affected families
•The Centre's special envoy on Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, met the migrant families living at Talwara camp who appraised him about their problems and demands
Jammu and Kashmir: Eight people in Udahmpur arrested for alleged bovine smuggling
•Eight people were arrested on charges of bovine smuggling and 49 animals were rescued by the police in Jammu, an official said on Friday.
Lt Gen Devraj Anbu says terror camps across LoC have increased, 144 militants killed in Kashmir in 2017
•The number of terror camps and launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have gone up and around 475 militants are waiting to sneak into the Indian side, Northern Army commander Lt Gen Devraj Anbu said
Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar spotted in PoK; Jammu's Udhampur on high alert
•Panic on Thursday gripped Udhampur after rumours of a possible terror strike started doing the rounds on social media, even as the police dismissed the reports as "baseless."
Raksha Bandhan celebrations: Indians honour sibling ties with threads that bind
Fp Staff •Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi will be celebrated in parts of the Indian subcontinent on 7 August, when women of all ages tie sacred threads on the wrists of their brothers who vow to protect them.