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Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

A principal correspondent, Ravi Krishnan Khajuria is the bureau chief at Jammu. He covers politics, defence, crime, health and civic issues for Jammu city.

Articles by Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

J&K: Rail safety chief shows green flag to key Katra-Reasi section

On January 4, the chief administrative officer of the USBRL project, Sandeep Gupta, conducted the first trial run of the electric train from Katra to Banihal

The Katra-Reasi section was the toughest in the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) broad-gauge project. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 07:58 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Rajouri man loses 4th child to ‘mysterious’ illness, toll climbs to 13

The 12-year-old was the daughter of Mohammad Aslam, who has now lost four of his six children since Sunday

The ‘mysterious’ illness in Rajouri village has plagued three families related to each other (Representational image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 05:14 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PoK India’s crown jewel, J&K incomplete without it: Rajnath

Pakistan must dismantle its terror infrastructure in PoK or face consequences, Rajnath said, accusing the neighbouring country of making persistent attempts to destabilise India by sponsoring terrorism

Defence minister Rajnath Singh flanked by J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha and chief minister Omar Abdullah during Armed Forces Veterans’ Day function at Akhnoor in Jammu on Tuesday. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 05:10 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Akhnoor (jammu)

Officials in a tizzy as ‘mysterious illness’ claims two more lives in J&K’s Rajouri

The village under Kotranka sub-division has been grappling with a “mysterious disease” that have claimed 12 lives since December 7 last year, officials said

Officials visited Badhal village in Kotranka subdivision of the Rajouri district to access the ground situation. (Source: X)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:42 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

CRS successfully conducts speed trial of Katra-Banihal rail link

The special train equipped with sensors, computers and other gadgets clocked an hour and 10 minutes to cover the distance of 111 km from Katra to Banihal but took an hour and half on return journey

The speed trial was part of final inspection by the CRS. (HT representative)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 09, 2025 06:58 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Ahead of train to Kashmir: Katra-Reasi track under railway safety chief’s watch

The visit is aimed at assessing the progress, safety standards, and operational preparedness of this crucial rail section

The CRS said that with the completion of Kashmir rail link project, a new chapter has been written in the Indian railways’s history (HT representational)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 08, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PM Modi inaugurates Jammu rail division, says will boost development in region

Congratulating people of Jammu and Kashmir on the new rail division, Abdullah reassured residents of Jammu who feared negative impacts from the expansion of the railway network to Srinagar.

Union minister for science and technology Jitendra Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and chief minister Omar Abdullah during the inauguration of the new railway division in Jammu on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project virtually. (PTI Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 06, 2025 02:25 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Arms licence scam: J&K HC directs home ministry to file updated status report

The high court directed advocate Sumant Sudan, appearing on behalf of deputy solicitor general of India (DSGI) Vishal Sharma for department of personnel and training in the home ministry, to file updated status report with regard to the comments sent by general administration department (GAD) of J&K government on December 27 last year

Division bench observed that GAD has communicated its comments to the ministry of home affairs vide its communication dated December 27, 2024 for final decision in the matter (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 06, 2025 05:24 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Electric train chugs in 1st trial run on Katra-Banihal section

The length of track from Katra to Banihal is 111 km and the section includes 27 tunnels and 37 bridges; the longest rail tunnel in the country, T-49, which is 12.75 km in length, falls on this section

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the first Vande Bharat train from Delhi to Srinagar later in January (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 05, 2025 08:10 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate Jammu DRM’s office on January 6

Officials said the authorities in Jammu, including additional divisional railway manager (ADRM) Rajiv Kumar Singh. are working overtime for the inaugural ceremony to be held at Jammu railway station

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 05, 2025 08:08 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Former deputy CM Gupta, J&K BJP chief vacate ministerial bungalows

The estates department, which had been reprimanded by the high court over the ‘inordinate delay’ in getting the government bungalows vacated from former ministers and ex-legislators, the latter appraised the HC that Gupta and Sharma have vacated government bungalows

In orders issued on November 12 and December 7 last year, the high court had expressed its displeasure over the developments (HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 03, 2025 07:06 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Arms licence scam: Centre grants CBI sanction to prosecute revenue secretary

Kumar Rajeev Ranjan was one among nine IAS officers, who were accused of issuing arms licences on monetary considerations in Jammu and Kashmir to non-deserving persons

Chandigarh

Published on Dec 31, 2024 10:44 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Ahead of Kashmir train inauguration, final inspection likely before Jan 15

Northern railways’ chief public relations officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyaya said the trial runs on the 17-km long Katra-Reasi section, locomotives, freight trains were on

The work on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail project started in 2005-06. (ANI)

India News

Published on Dec 30, 2024 03:56 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

5 soldiers dead, 5 injured as army vehicle plunges into gorge in Poonch

An official statement issued by the army here stated that the vehicle, part of an army convoy, went off the road near the Line of Control.

Mangled remains of an army vehicle after it met with an accident in Poonch on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Dec 25, 2024 02:23 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

5 soldiers killed, 5 injured as Army vehicle plunges into gorge in J&K's Poonch

A quick reaction team (QRT) of 11 Maratha Light Infantry and a police party from Mankote rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations.

The damaged Army vehicle which plunged into the gorge in Poonch.(HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Dec 25, 2024 01:39 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Jammu: Anti-drone system has thwarted Pak designs, says BSF IG

According to DK Boora, BSF inspector general, Jammu frontier, technological surveillance is almost on the entire Jammu border and it is being extended along other frontiers of the country

BSF inspector general DK Boora addressing mediapersons in Jammu on Friday. (ANI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Dec 14, 2024 08:06 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Udhampur: Cop shoots colleague dead before killing self

The vehicle (JK05E-4703) was being driven by constable Manjeet Singh from Sopore to STC Talwara Reasi along with two other cops, identified as constable Harmeet Singh and head constable Malik, said officials sources

Police personnel during an investigation after a policeman allegedly shot dead his colleague with an AK-47 assault rifle before killing self in Udhampur district. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Dec 09, 2024 06:32 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Public holiday on Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniv to be restored: Dy CM

Deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary on Thursday said that the Omar Abdullah government will soon reinstate public holiday on the birth anniversary of late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, which falls on December 5.

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) president Farooq Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah pay floral tribute to party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 119th birth anniversary at his grave Naseem Bagh-Hazratbal, in Srinagar on Thursday. (ANI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Dec 06, 2024 07:32 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Suspected terrorists attack army post in Poonch’s Surankote with grenades, no injuries

Soon after the grenade attack, forces launched a search operation to track down the terrorists; during searches, the safety pin of the exploded grenade was found near the perimeter wall of the army camp

A member of the bomb disposal team conducts a search near the army post in Poonch. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Dec 04, 2024 10:06 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Vaishno Devi Shrine Board begins talks with stakeholders over ropeway project

Vaishno Devi Shrine Board CEO held a meeting with a five-member delegation of the stakeholders from Katra town led by Sonu Thakur, a union leader

The ropeway project for the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine has triggered protests from local traders. (File)

Chandigarh

Published on Dec 03, 2024 10:07 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Two terror associates detained under PSA in Udhampur’s Basantgarh

Basantgarh, notably, has become a hotbed of terrorism over the last couple of years with Pakistan-based terrorists conducting shoot-and-scoot attacks on security forces

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained two women overground workers. (File)

Chandigarh

Published on Dec 03, 2024 10:03 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Ropeway would render thousands of labourers jobless, reconsider decision: Mehbooba

Mehbooba also demanded immediate withdrawal of an FIR against anti-ropeway protesters over the recent violence in Katra town. On November 18, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board had announced implementation of the long-awaited ropeway project to facilitate a safer and faster journey for the pilgrims.

Former J&K chief minister and president of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, on Saturday, said that “pilgrimages should not be converted into places of tourism” and that “any move to create ropeway project at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi cave shrine from Tarakote Marg to Sanjichhat would render thousands of labourers jobless”. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 30, 2024 11:09 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Teacher suspended for objecting to students wearing ‘tilak’ at Jammu school

Police also book five men for forcing their way into the school in Kanachak area of Jammu district, recording the students and sharing their video online

The teacher was suspended referring to the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Rules, 1956. (File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 30, 2024 05:04 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

J&K Police attach properties of 7 terrorists hiding in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir

On the home ministry’s directions to smash the terror ecosystem in J&K, the special NIA court had issued non-bailable warrants against 13 active terrorists, including the seven, in Kishtwar district in February last year.

Acting on the directions of a special NIA court, police teams along with revenue officials and magistrates attached the properties of seven terrorists in Kishtwar on Thursday. (Representational photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 28, 2024 04:13 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Jammu tenants’ verification bring Rohingyas into spotlight

The Hiranagar sub-jail was notified as a holding centre on March 5, 2021, for lodging illegal immigrants as defined under Section 2(b) of the Citizenship Act

J&K Police conducting verification drives to intensify the crackdown on Rohingya settlements in the region, in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 06:50 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

J&K arms licence scam: HC passes strictures over selective prosecution of bureaucrats

The court further directed that in case needful was not done well before the next date of hearing, it would have no option but to take coercive measures

The court also expressed its displeasure in delay over the matter on “one pretext or the other”. (File)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 25, 2024 10:29 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

SHO hurt, CRPF truck damaged as protest against Vaishno Devi ropeway project turns violent in Katra

Policeman injured, CRPF vehicle damaged as march by shopkeepers and labourers turns violent at base camp for Vaishno Devi shrine on fourth day of protest against the decision to proceed with project that they fear would render them jobless in two years.

Protesters clashing with police as the stir against the proposed ropeway project at the Vaishno Devi shrine at Katra turned violent. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Published on Nov 25, 2024 03:16 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Dissatisfied with working of gaushala, J&K HC directs Jammu MC chief to file status report

A division bench directed municipal commissioner and Malhotra to visit the gaushala again and file an updated status report.

The J&K HC has directed the Jammu MC chief to file a status report before the next hearing. (File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 05:30 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

4 ‘beaten up’ at J&K army camp

Photos of the four men with lacerations and bruises on their faces were circulated on social media. HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the images.

A relative and security personnel pay their last respects to Naib Subedar Rakesh Kumar, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir's Kishtwar district, after his mortal remains were brought to Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, on November 11. (PTI)

India News

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 08:44 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge in Reasi set for final trial runs

India's first cable-stayed railway bridge over Anji river is set for final trials next month ahead of the Vande Bharat train's Kashmir debut in January 2025.

The bridge with a total length of 725 m, which includes 473-m long asymmetric cables. (File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

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Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

A principal correspondent, Ravi Krishnan Khajuria is the bureau chief at Jammu. He covers politics, defence, crime, health and civic issues for Jammu city.

On January 4, the chief administrative officer of the USBRL project, Sandeep Gupta, conducted the first trial run of the electric train from Katra to Banihal

The 12-year-old was the daughter of Mohammad Aslam, who has now lost four of his six children since Sunday

Pakistan must dismantle its terror infrastructure in PoK or face consequences, Rajnath said, accusing the neighbouring country of making persistent attempts to destabilise India by sponsoring terrorism

The village under Kotranka sub-division has been grappling with a “mysterious disease” that have claimed 12 lives since December 7 last year, officials said

The special train equipped with sensors, computers and other gadgets clocked an hour and 10 minutes to cover the distance of 111 km from Katra to Banihal but took an hour and half on return journey

The visit is aimed at assessing the progress, safety standards, and operational preparedness of this crucial rail section

Congratulating people of Jammu and Kashmir on the new rail division, Abdullah reassured residents of Jammu who feared negative impacts from the expansion of the railway network to Srinagar.

The length of track from Katra to Banihal is 111 km and the section includes 27 tunnels and 37 bridges; the longest rail tunnel in the country, T-49, which is 12.75 km in length, falls on this section

Officials said the authorities in Jammu, including additional divisional railway manager (ADRM) Rajiv Kumar Singh. are working overtime for the inaugural ceremony to be held at Jammu railway station

The estates department, which had been reprimanded by the high court over the ‘inordinate delay’ in getting the government bungalows vacated from former ministers and ex-legislators, the latter appraised the HC that Gupta and Sharma have vacated government bungalows

Kumar Rajeev Ranjan was one among nine IAS officers, who were accused of issuing arms licences on monetary considerations in Jammu and Kashmir to non-deserving persons

Northern railways’ chief public relations officer Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyaya said the trial runs on the 17-km long Katra-Reasi section, locomotives, freight trains were on

An official statement issued by the army here stated that the vehicle, part of an army convoy, went off the road near the Line of Control.

A quick reaction team (QRT) of 11 Maratha Light Infantry and a police party from Mankote rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations.

According to DK Boora, BSF inspector general, Jammu frontier, technological surveillance is almost on the entire Jammu border and it is being extended along other frontiers of the country

The vehicle (JK05E-4703) was being driven by constable Manjeet Singh from Sopore to STC Talwara Reasi along with two other cops, identified as constable Harmeet Singh and head constable Malik, said officials sources

Deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary on Thursday said that the Omar Abdullah government will soon reinstate public holiday on the birth anniversary of late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, which falls on December 5.

Soon after the grenade attack, forces launched a search operation to track down the terrorists; during searches, the safety pin of the exploded grenade was found near the perimeter wall of the army camp

Vaishno Devi Shrine Board CEO held a meeting with a five-member delegation of the stakeholders from Katra town led by Sonu Thakur, a union leader

Basantgarh, notably, has become a hotbed of terrorism over the last couple of years with Pakistan-based terrorists conducting shoot-and-scoot attacks on security forces

Police also book five men for forcing their way into the school in Kanachak area of Jammu district, recording the students and sharing their video online

On the home ministry’s directions to smash the terror ecosystem in J&K, the special NIA court had issued non-bailable warrants against 13 active terrorists, including the seven, in Kishtwar district in February last year.

The Hiranagar sub-jail was notified as a holding centre on March 5, 2021, for lodging illegal immigrants as defined under Section 2(b) of the Citizenship Act

The court further directed that in case needful was not done well before the next date of hearing, it would have no option but to take coercive measures

Policeman injured, CRPF vehicle damaged as march by shopkeepers and labourers turns violent at base camp for Vaishno Devi shrine on fourth day of protest against the decision to proceed with project that they fear would render them jobless in two years.

A division bench directed municipal commissioner and Malhotra to visit the gaushala again and file an updated status report.

Photos of the four men with lacerations and bruises on their faces were circulated on social media. HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the images.

India's first cable-stayed railway bridge over Anji river is set for final trials next month ahead of the Vande Bharat train's Kashmir debut in January 2025.

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