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Trek notes, road-trip blueprints, and excuses to leave the ring road.
Railway staff now issue unreserved and platform tickets on handheld devices at Jammu station, paid by cash or UPI QR. Applications are invited for five sahayak posts. Plus the festive-rush arrangements.
Two Vande Bharat train pairs link Jammu Tawi and Srinagar in under five hours, a dependable option when winter closes the highway.
Ski slopes, paragliding and a quiet meadow in the Patnitop belt, with a checklist for a winter day trip from Jammu.
J&K Tourism took 'Best Adventure Tourism Destination' and 'Best Experiential Tourism Destination' at IITM, with the Surinsar Mansar Development Authority in the delegation.
Jammu Division has allotted catering stalls and a milk booth at SMVD Katra and given IRCTC the long-closed refreshment room, while checks on bottled water continue.
Parking, toilets, CCTV, lighting and waste disposal were ordered after a review at Jhiri. The mela's dates have not been notified in the report.
Northern Railway has revised timings on seven trains through Jammu Tawi and Katra between October 20 and 25. Here are the new times, train by train.
The Tourism Secretary toured the twin lakes and reviewed works worth lakhs. No completion dates were given, so here is what is planned, project by project.
Register online, collect your RFID Yatra card and book rooms through the shrine board's portal. The December online quota opened on October 1.
The J&K Sports Council held demonstrations on October 20 to introduce local youth to water sports, as the three-day Utsav in Kathua district ran its course.
Officials counted over 3.81 lakh pilgrims from October 11 to 2 pm on October 19. The busiest recorded day was October 17, with 48,500.
The Sabarmati-Jammu Tawi Express now runs on to Katra, adding three Jammu-belt halts: Samba, Bari Brahmana and Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan station.
Northern Railway has added reserved specials between New Delhi and Katra, halting at Pathankot, Kathua, Jammu Tawi and Udhampur, and extended trains 04081/04082.
More than 47,000 devotees reached the Vaishno Devi shrine on Navratri's first day, with helicopter services suspended for weather and an RFID card now mandatory.
The Railway Ministry has approved trains 26407/26408 between Jammu Tawi and Srinagar via Udhampur. A launch was reported as possible around Navratri, but we found no confirmation that it has begun.
At an 8 October review the IWAI chairperson named the Jhelum, Chenab and Ravi routes; the Chief Secretary wants them ready for public use by next year.
Northern Railway has added two trips each way on 9-10 and 16-17 October, on top of the 04081/04082 special that runs until 26 October.
The Met Centre expects light snow on higher reaches and scattered rain from October 6 to 10, then partly cloudy skies to October 15. Jammu hit 33°C on October 5.
Delhi-Katra specials, an extra Rajdhani coach and a Badgam-Katra express going regular on 19 October: what to check before you book a festival train.
With lakhs of pilgrims passing through every year, the Shrine Board briefed Union MoS V. Somanna on its water and green measures on 3 October.
Northern Railway's Jammu Division checked trains and stations through September and recorded 6,617 cases. What was counted, where, and what it means for daily commuters.
The Animal Husbandry Department and PETA India seized 140 spiked bits at Katra and Shiv Khori and swapped in smooth ones. A short guide for the Navratra weekend.
Katra is about 50 km from Jammu. How to get there, register with the Shrine Board, what to book early, and what has not been announced for the 11-19 October festival.
The 100 kmph limit cleared in August has now reportedly been tested over the Chenab and Anji bridges. Here is what is confirmed, what is not, and what to do.
J&K has approved ₹15 crore to restore the traditional Vaishno Devi route. Here is what the announcement says, what it leaves out, and why it matters for weekend walkers.
An Assembly reply says surveys and consultations are complete, but central funds for this proposed project have not been sanctioned or released.
An Assembly reply lists what Jammu's tourism money is building at Mansar, Purmandal, Shiv Khori, Utterbehni and Sukrala — and what the CM said about ropeways.
Northern Railway is running three pairs of reserved festival specials through Jammu and Katra between October 1 and December 1. The full schedule, before you book.
Rain damage at Dewal, four-laning work at two Ramban stretches and the seasonal livestock migration are all squeezing the Jammu-Srinagar highway at once.
From Tuesday, everyone enters Jammu Tawi from the Platform 1 side and leaves from the Narwal side. Here is the new drill, and the one exception worth knowing.
Shrine Board figures show footfall down from 13.13 lakh in June to 6.25 lakh in August. For a student in Jammu, that makes mid-September the easiest walk of the year.
A fresh NHLML tender asks consultants to write DPRs for seven J&K ropeways, two on the Jammu side: Nasri Tunnel–Sanasar and Bhaderwah–Seojdhar. What a DPR decides.
A complete 48-hour itinerary for Jammu college groups looking for cool mountain air under ₹1,500 per head.
The Katra–Sanjichhat fare rises 16.4% on 1 November. What the ticket actually buys you, what it does not, and why booking before then locks the old rate.
A stretch of the Chenab between Reasi and Akhnoor Fort has been designated for cruise-based water transport, with ten 20-seat hybrid eco-vessels ordered and delivery expected March 2027.
September and October are one of only two flyable windows at Sanasar. You need to be over 15, weigh 45–85 kg, and bring warm gloves. A car is not on the list.
Six projects, one target: get 20% of Vaishno Devi pilgrims to stay. Here is what is approved, what is only a proposal, and what you can actually visit first.
Jammu's scrap-metal monument park has pulled nearly 47,000 people and about ₹34 lakh in ticket revenue since opening. On 30 August the city started programming it with live music.
Trains 04688 and 04687 have been restored between Budgam and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra from August 29, after a suspension of roughly two months.
After years of delays and torn-up streets, the ₹15.74 crore heritage trail through Jammu's old city is done — cobbled lanes, sandstone footpaths and no overhead cables.