The train was 100% booked within hours of launch by PM Modi Friday on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha. The return journey is also fully booked, as are the journeys on Sunday.
The water flows in the Chenab, recorded at the Marala headworks, decreased from up to 35,000 cusecs Sunday to about 3,100 cusecs Monday morning, Pakistan's Dawn news reported.
Initiating the process of flushing now will also impact power generation at Baglihar and Salal, both run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects on Chenab river, it is learnt.
Harash Nagotra, a resident of a border village in the Akhnoor sector, went missing on 11 June and his motorcycle was recovered on the banks of the river.
While the Chenab bridge is touted as world’s highest, Anji Khad is India's 1st cable-styled rail bridge. Both will boost rail connectivity in region as well as link it to rest of India.
No one wants a ‘united’ Kashmir. Pakistani leaders refer to ‘self determination’ in Kashmir, but they’re really referring to Indian Kashmiris joining Pakistan.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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