Jammu

Three men allegedly kidnapped a 17-year-old girl and raped her in Jammu, a police official said today.

A 22-year-old Pakistani man was today arrested from along the International Border in Suchetgarh sector of R S Pura here soon after he crossed over to this side of the fence, a BSF officer said.

A would-be groom got off to a flying start today when he left his village in a helicopter to get married in the border stretch of RS Pura.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the Rs 80 crore state-of-the-art terminal building at Jammu Airport today.

Jammu airport's upgraded and newly expanded state-of-the-art terminal building will open tomorrow, senior officials said.

Nearly 30,000 paramilitary personnel besides the local police will be deployed to ensure proper security for the Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir beginning June 29.

An Air India flight from Delhi with 134 passengers on board suffered a tyre burst while landing at the Jammu airport today.

Ghulam Rasool Wani made Jammu his home 15 years ago when he was attacked by the militants and forced to leave the Kashmir Valley. Since then, it has been a struggle for Mr Wani to register himself as a migrant. He has made several trips to the commissioner's office after the state government allowed fresh registration of migrants a few months ago.

Jammu and Kashmir this winter recorded the highest snowfall in the past 10 years. The recent wave of snowfall paralysed the state as Sringar-Jammu National Highway remained shut for the fourth consecutive day. More than 2,000 vehicles have remained trapped on the highway.

More than 18,000 cancer cases were reported in the last three years in Jammu and Kashmir compared to the sum of 10,000 cases in the three years before that, state official figures.

Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has declared the results of Class 12 (Higher Secondary) results of both Kashmir Division And Jammu Winter Zone and the candidates can go to the official website of the board and check their results.

A high alert has been sounded in Jammu city as police has cautioned schools amid raising multiple barricades and intensified checking ahead of Republic day.

The Air Courier service from Srinagar to Kargil would become operational from January 10 to facilitate movement of people during the winter months.

Jammu and Kashmir government will be updating data base of those affected by violence over last three decades to ensure their rehabilitation, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday, asserting her dispensation's "moral responsibility" to reach out to every victim of violence, irrespective of its source.

'Chillai-Kalan', the harshest 40-day period of winter in Kashmir, marked its beginning today with mercury dipping to the season's record low at several places. Srinagar witnessed a six-year-low night temperature in the month of December and settled at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.