Bhupinder Singh and Sohan Chand released after detention; Jammu and Kashmir Congress supports protesting shopkeepers in Katra.

KATRA: Protests erupted once again at the Katra base camp in Reasi district over the proposed Vaishno Devi Ropeway Project along the trek route to the Vaishno Devi shrine. On Wednesday, police detained two leaders of the protest, Bhupinder Singh and Sohan Chand, after fresh demonstrations took place. The latest unrest followed an FIR that […]

According to police, an FIR was registered against eight people on Tuesday, a day after violent protests in Katra in which a policeman got injured. The protest was organised against the proposed ropeway project along the trek to the Vaishno Devi shrine.