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Engineer going home for Eid, 3 brothers visiting Vaishno Devi – Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat takes off with 530 on board
June 10, 2025 12:56 pm
Nearly 97 km of this 111 km is through 27 tunnels, while another 7 km passes over 49 bridges, including the iconic Rail Arch Bridge over Chenab and the cable-stayed bridge over Anji Khad.
Pilgrims continue to throng Vaishno Devi shrine even as bandh is extended in Katra
December 28, 2024 3:21 pm
The bandh has led to the closure of most shops and eateries in Katra, where black flags can be seen at regular intervals and local private vehicles have stayed off the roads
J&K police scuffle with locals after protests against proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway escalate
December 26, 2024 8:22 am
Local police officials admitted they had to resort to “mild lathicharge” after the protesters insisted on carrying on with their march, “which had the potential to disturb law and order situation”.
Four held for cheating pilgrims with fake helicopter tickets
June 03, 2022 6:02 pm
The men were arrested based on a complaint received by the Cyber Crime Cell, which alleged that unknown persons had cheated the complainant on the pretext of booking helicopter tickets to Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu.
Day after stampede, Vaishno Devi Shrine Board decides yatra bookings to go online
January 03, 2022 10:14 am
🔴 A Shrine Board official said that while on an average, only 2,000 daily yatra slips are issued online, around 28,000 are issued to pilgrims on their arrival at Katra.
Survivors relive Vaishno Devi shrine horror: ‘some fell, were run over’
January 02, 2022 11:25 am
🔴 The stampede that killed 12 pilgrims at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K early on Saturday also left indelible scars in the minds of those who survived the horror.
Kajol is on a 'happy high' in Vaishno Devi: Find out how you can make the trip this winter
December 20, 2021 6:44 pm
Everything you need to know before you visit one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage sites.
Shilpa Shetty gives a glimpse of her Vaishno Devi pilgrimage: 'It was due to the goddess' call'
September 18, 2021 8:40 am
Shilpa Shetty returned to Mumbai from Jammu on Thursday night. The actor had gone on a pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi shrine.
Vaishno Devi shrine to have own disaster response force by Sept 2020
June 23, 2019 8:48 pm
Nearly 86 lakh pilgrims visited the shrine, atop the Trikuta hills in Reasi district of Jammu region, last year, highest in the last five years.
CCTV cameras, water hydrants to be set up at Vaishno Devi track
March 16, 2019 5:32 am
The decision was taken at a meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board held at Raj Bhavan here under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik. The board also decided to prefer donations in cash over kind, at the meeting.
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Pranab Mukherjee visits Vaishno Devi shrine, attends Jammu University convocation
September 03, 2014 4:12 pm
President Pranab Mukherjee along with J&K governor N N Vohra offered prayers at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Mukherjee also addressed the 14th convocation of the Jammu University.
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