Mubarak Mandi's 'Royal Legacy' Hub: Jammu's Dogra Palace Is a Hangout Again
The old city's Dogra palace now has a café, a heritage library, a 12D theatre and a kids' zone — turning Mubarak Mandi from a monument you walk past into an actual day out.
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The old city's Dogra palace now has a café, a heritage library, a 12D theatre and a kids' zone — turning Mubarak Mandi from a monument you walk past into an actual day out.
Skip the crowded hill stations. Akhnoor packs a riverside fort, an ancient Buddhist site and a coronation ghat into an easy, cheap half-day from Jammu city.
Green hills, cool air and easy drives — here's how to do Patnitop, Sanasar and Bhaderwah as monsoon weekend trips from Jammu, plus the safety basics.

The Jammu Tawi-Srinagar Vande Bharat covers 266 km in about five hours from Rs 715, far cheaper than flying. Here's what young travellers should know before they book.
Jammu Smart City has launched a boating facility at the Tawi Riverfront, paddle boats, rafts, motor boats and shikaras, open daily for Rs 100 a ride. Here is what you get.

Jammu just got its own AC electric hop-on-hop-off bus. 'Raahi: Hop Jammu' runs four themed lines — Tirath, Chenab, Sarhad and Fun — to explore the city green and cheap.
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A 3-km tunnel tube is set to open on NH-44 ahead of the Amarnath Yatra. For students and weekend travellers, the notorious Jammu-to-Kashmir grind is about to get shorter and safer.

Fourteen world and Indian landmarks rebuilt from scrap, an electric-bus push and a greener city — inside the Smart City makeover landing in Jammu this summer.

The Tawi Trekkers’ Duggar Gaurav Adventure Awards celebrate the local climbers — Everest summiteers among them — quietly building Jammu’s reputation as an adventure-tourism region with serious mountaineering pedigree.

With the Amarnath Yatra set to begin in early July, Jammu spends late June transforming into the pilgrimage’s busy front door. Here is how the season reshapes the city — and how young residents can navigate it.

India’s self-styled lavender capital threw open its fields for the fourth edition of the Lavender Festival under the theme “Lavender Goes Global.” Here is what made the two-day Chenab Valley spectacle worth the drive from Jammu.

As Jammu city bakes past 40 degrees, the hill retreats of Patnitop, Sanasar, Bhaderwah and Kishtwar fill up fast. Here is how to plan a smart, crowd-aware escape.

April is the sweet spot — warm enough to leave the jacket, cool enough in the hills to need it. A practical roundup of short trips from Jammu, from Patnitop’s meadows to Bhaderwah’s valleys.

As Chaitra Navratri opens in late March and the Bahu Mela build-up gathers pace, the Bahu Fort precinct turns into the most rewarding half-day in Jammu. Here is how to do it properly.

Mild February afternoons are made for Jammu’s old stone. A walking route through the Dogra capital’s grandest palace and its hilltop fort, restoration and all.

February is the final, generous stretch of snow in the hills above Jammu. A practical guide to Patnitop, Sanasar and Bhaderwah before the thaw sets in.

You do not need a flight to Gulmarg to find your snow. Here is how Jammuites are doing day-trips and weekenders to the closest white hills this January — minus the rookie mistakes.

Patnitop and Sanasar wear their first white coat of the season this month. Here is how to plan a smart, snow-filled weekend without the rookie mistakes.
A mini-Sabarmati in the making? The Ravi riverfront is becoming the go-to weekend spot for families and Instagrammers.