VHP demands probe into impure gold offerings at Vaishnodevi

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 18:24

VHP demanded judicial probe into reported huge offerings of impure gold and silver at Vaishnodevi temple and asked Shrine Board to ensure that the offerings are cleaned as soon as they are received.

Heavy snowfall at Vaishnodevi shrine

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 17:15

The cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi on Trikuta Hills in Jammu and Kashmir`s Reasi district received heavy snowfall, even as thousands of pilgrims reached there to offer prayers on the first day of the new year on Wednesday.

Udhampur-Katra trial successful, rail trip to Vaishnodevi shrine to begin soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 01:32

Railway authorities on Monday conducted successful trial run of a train on 25-km-long Udhampur-Katra track, which will improve connectivity to the base camp of Mata Vaishnodevi cave shrine.

Uttarakhand to set up separate Authority to regulate Kedarnath yatra

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 12:07

With the June calamity extensively damaging infrastructure in Kedar valley, Uttarakhand government has decided to constitute a Kedarnath Development Authority.

8 Vaishnodevi pilgrims injured in road mishap

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 20:20

Eight pilgrims returning from Vaishnodevi shrine were injured Monday in a collision between two buses today in Katra area of Reasi district.

Elderly woman dies of heart attack en route to Vaishnodevi Shrine

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 15:30

A 52-year-old man died of heart attack en route to the cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Trikuta hills of Reasi district, police said Tuesday.

No unregistered pilgrim will be allowed: Omar

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 16:40

Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday said it will not allow any unregistered pilgrim to Amarnath and Vaishnodevi shrines.

Good news for Vaishnodevi pilgrims: New trains for Katra

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 21:48

With the 25km long Udhampur-Katra rail line, part of the Kashmir rail link project, getting ready to be operational, two new trains for Katra have become part of the new Railway Time Table released on Friday.

Vaishnodevi Board to build 240-bed guest house

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 14:28

A four-storey guest house with a capacity of 240 beds will soon be constructed for the attendants of patients at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) here.