The decision to build ₹25-crore exit track Bhawan comes after 12 pilgrims were killed and scores injured in a stampede on the ...

Katra: Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, resumed normal business operations on Wednesday. This followed a week-long shutdown that was called ...

The Katra strike during the New Year and other ... announced plans to install a ropeway to facilitate access to the temple for senior citizens, children and others, who find it challenging to ...

Normal business resumed in Katra, the base camp for the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday after a week-long shutdown. The suspension was lifted following the government’s ...

The purpose is to maintain the sanctity of the temple, the holy cave ... When completed, the ropeway will reduce the journey from Katra to the Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan to just one hour from ...

Several people were detained by police during a protest in Katra, the base camp of the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir, as demands to shelve the proposed ropeway project intensified with ...

Farooq Abdullah, National Conference leader, surprised many by singing a bhajan at a religious event in Katra. He advocated for the locals in the ropeway project protest.

Katra observed a complete shutdown for the third ... Board has decided to build the ropeway to facilitate access to the temple for the elderly and others, who find it difficult to climb the ...

By Wednesday, Katra town was fully operational ... facilitating access to the temple for elderly persons and others who struggle to climb the 13-km-long track to the cave shrine.

Image Source : PTI People had protested against a proposed ropeway project along the trek route to the Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra. Katra ropeway row: As many as 18 people detained during ...

Eighteen protesters, who were jailed over the street agitation against the Katra ropeway at Reasi’s Mata Vaishno Devi, were released on Wednesday (January 1, 2025), with Jammu and Kashmir ...

A 22-bogie train chugged between Katra and Srinagar railway stations on Sunday (January 19, 2025), officials said, marking the first successful trial run on the newly completed line to connect ...