The 8th day of Navratra Festival 2019 was marked with a number of cultural activities and celebrations.A grand Shobha Yatra starting from Hotel Continent Panchvati at Jammu Road was main attraction.The yatra was taken out in presence of Speaker Legislative...

The All India Devotional Song Competition entered semi-final today in which 15 contestants competed for entry into the finals. Of these 15, 11 made it into the mega final.Commandant 6th Battalion of CRPF, Jitendra Gupta was the Chief Guest of the day, who...

Series of Prabhat Pheris, being organised as part of Navratra Festival, today concluded with a grand final Prabhat Pheri here marking the end of the nine day annual religious and cultural event.Chief Guest, Commandant 6th Battalion of CRPF, Jitendra Gupta inaugurated...

The J&K Association of Prabhat Pheri today took out an impressive Prabhat pheri, morning march, through the town.The march was organised by the association in collaboration with JK Tourism, SMVD Shrine Board and the district administration.The prabhat...

The 7th day of Navratra Festival 2019 was marked with a number of cultural activities and celebrations.On the occasion, Member Parliament, Shamsher Singh Manhas, inaugurated Shobha Yatra from Hotel Continent Panchvati at Jammu Road.A number of folk dances...

‘Former Advisor Parvez Dewan, Chairman and MD Venus Records & Tapes Limited, Pahlaj Nihalani, Ganesh Jain, renowned singer Mannat Noor of Tu Laung Main Elaaichi fame, filmmaker Rishi Raj and Vice President Zee Network, Barkha Arora’ would be the judges for...

Director Rural Development Department, Sudershan Kumar today inaugurated the proceedings including Shobha yatra of the ongoing Navratra Festival 2019 from Hotel Panchvat Continent here today. President Katra Municipal Committee Shashi Gupta and Ex President Amrish...

Prabhat Pheri, a prominent constituent of Navratra Festival is witnessing huge participation of devotees and visitors on each day of annual religious and cultural event.Being organised by J&K Association of Prabhat Pheri with active support of SMVD Shrine...

Deputy Commissioner, Indu Kanwal Chib, today flagged off Prabhat Pheri, morning march, as part of ongoing Navratra Festival.SDM Katra, Ashok Kumar and various senior officers besides locals were present on the occasion.The Prabhat Pheri after passing through...

The All India Devotional Song Competition today entered its 5th day with 12 participants performing in the preliminary rounds at Yog Ashram Complex.The performances were adjudged by a panel of experts in music including Prof Anupama Sharma, Dr Surinder Kumar...

On Day 5 of the ongoing Navratra Festival 2019, Deputy Mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation, Poornima Sharma, inaugurated the Shobha Yatra from Hotel Continent Panchvat.The day witnessed colourful presentations by the artists of Regional Outreach Bureau and...

Advisor Farooq Khan today inaugurated the proceedings of the fourth day of ongoing Navratra Festival 2019 here today.Deputy Commissioner Reasi Indu Kanwal Chib;  ADDC Reasi, Ramesh Chander; SDM Katra, Ashok Kumar; Tehsildar Katra, Sunil Sharma and AD Tourism...

An impressive Prabhat Pheri, morning march, was taken out from Bus Stand Katra, as part of ongoing Navratra Festival, today.Hundreds of devotees from Katra and  pilgrims from all parts of the country joined the Prabhat Pheri. Singing and dancing on...

The All India Devotional Song Competition today entered fourth day here today with Additional Development Commissioner Ramesh Kumar inaugurating the  programme.In the preliminary round of the competition, Mahima Choudhary from Jammu clinched the first...

Another batch of pilgrims left Jammu on Sunday for the Valley as over 1.73 lakh Yatris performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 13 days.Officials said 1,73,978 Yatris had Darshan inside the holy Cave shrine during the last 13 days since the Yatra...

Over 95,000 pilgrims have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra in the last seven days, officials said. However, no fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to move from here on Monday due to the law and order situation.Separatists have called for a protest shutdown...

Kashmiri Pandits started arriving at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Tullamulla town on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district to attend the annual festival.Officials said 85 buses carrying the pilgrims arrived late on Sunday at the temple to spend the...

Over 1.50 lakh people including men, women and children of all faiths thronged 3-day Historic Devika  Baisakhi Mela which concluded with traditional fervor and gaiety, here late today evening.Principal District and Session Judge Udhampur and Chairman...

Thousands of devotees across the Valley thronged the Dargah Hazratbal shrine here on the Friday following of Mehraj-ul-Alam (SAW) to have a glimpse of the Holy relic.While Mehraj-ul-Alam, the night of ascent when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) ascended to the...

The Registration of pilgrims for Shri Amarnathji Yatra commenced on 1st April 2019, for both the Baltal and Chandanwari routes, through 442 designated Bank branches of Punjab National Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank and YES Bank all over the country. This...

Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), was observed with religious fervor in Kashmir valley on Wednesday with the biggest congregational prayers at Dargah Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar which houses the holy relic of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW).Men and women from different parts of the...

Khoja Digar', a special prayer, was offered at the Naqashbandh Sahib (RA) shrine in Shaher-e-Khaas with thousands of devotees thronging the revered shrine for the congregational Asar Salah amid chilly weather on Monday.Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz...

Nine-dayNavratra Festival Prabhat Pheri   concluded here this morning with participation of a large number of devotees amidst chanting of bhajans & beating of drums.The Prabhat Pheri was jointly organized by Department of Tourism J&K Govt. & Shri...

Nine among the fourteen contestants qualified for grand finale of All India Devotional Song Competition being held here as part of Navratra festival.The finalists include Sukhjinder Jit from Amritsar, Kripal&Rashpal Brothers from Punjab, Kaustubh from...

Eight Singers have qualified for semi-final of devotional song competition being held here as part of annual Navratra Festival.Addressing the media here today, the Chairman All Indian Devotional Song Committee Rakesh Wazir said that out of 14 participants...

Navratra Festival 2018, being organized by the state administration and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board is successfully attracting tourists from outside the state. Tourists from all over India are amazed by the display of cultural diversity of the state.Continuing...

The All India Devotional Song Competition continued attracting huge crowd for the fourth consecutive day of the Navratra Festival 2018.Famous Celebrity Singer, Manu Vandana, winner of the Awaaz Punjab Di contest, enthralled the audience with his performance....

Charri Mubarak of Holy Kailash Yatra left for Kailash Kund from the ancient Vasuki Nag Temple, Gatha, Bhaderwah here today.Amidst the chanting of Vasuki Nag deity, the Yatra crossed the Bhaderwah town where MLA Daleep Singh Parihar and MLC Naresh Kumar Gupta...

On the auspicious occasion of Shrawan Purnima and Raksha Bandhan, which marks the culmination of Amaranth Yatra, thousands of devotees thronged Pracheen Cave of Lord Shiva at Thajiwara Bijbehara to celebrate the festival with traditional gaiety.On the occasion,...

With the last batch of pilgrims of Baba Budha Amarnath ji Yatra 2018, the Chhari Mubarak reached the holy shrine here today evening.Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Legislators Ravinder Raina, Pardeep Sharma and Vibodh Gupta alongwith Deputy Commissioner...