Jammu, Apr 7: Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav today offered prayers at Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir.

According to official sources, Lalu along with his family members offered prayers at the shrine, which is located at an altitude of 5200 feet and a distance of approximately
12 kilometres from Katra.

The Minister, left for Vaishno Devi on Sunday evening, after flagging off the 'Garib Rath' train between Jammu and Kathgodam.

At the ceremony, Yadav said the launch of the train would facilitate better connectivity in the region.

Thathri (Doda), Apr 5 : Two militants belonging to the banned Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) outfit on Saturday surrendered before security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

The militants have been identified as Farooq Ahmed alias Umer and Mohammed Iqbal alias Amir.

The militants have surrendered along with two rifles, magazines and ammunitions.

"We are constantly receiving these inputs that militants are trying to indulge in some kind of mischief or trying to target innocent civilians. We are ready to face any eventuality from the militant side," Manohar Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police, Doda.

Srinagar, Apr 3: At least nine railway stations in Kashmir Valley are in the construction list of the Railways.

”Anantnag, Baijpora, Pampore, Kakapora, Awantipora, Rajvoser, Srinagar and Budgam and Baramulla places have been chosen as the railway stations,” said sources in the Northern Railways.

Some of these stations have already been constructed and others are in the process of completion, the sources added.

Out of 15 bogies, three engines and track repair vehicle have already been sent to the valley.

Bhour Camp (Jammu), Mar 31: The Kashmir Valley is known for its colourful gardens. Now Jammu too has a flower garden at the Bhour Camp.

There are over twenty varieties of flowers in this garden like Nasturtium (Tropaeolum), Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus), Icicle plant (Mesembryanthemum) and Calendula (Ca-lén-du-la, pot marigold).

All this, however did not happen overnight as this piece of land was lying fallow till about a year back.

Doda (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar 30 : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday re-arrested a Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Abdul Qadir.

Srinagar, Mar 30 : Once known as the city of seven bridges, Srinagar is now left with only two historic bridges.

The bridges connected various parts of the city on either side of the Jhelum river. In the annals of Srinagar, these seven bridges were Amira Kadal, Haba Kadal, Fateh Kadal, Zaina Kadal, Aali Kadal, Nawa Kadal and Safa Kadal.

The two remaining historical bridges, Zaina Kadal and Haba Kadal remind us about the saga of architecture and construction material of yore.

Looking at the two surviving bridges, people wonder as to how these massive bridges of wood were constructed.