Fresh snowfall, landslides close Sgr-Jmu highway, flights cancelled
Srinagar, Jan 31: The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed for traffic Thursday due to fresh snowfall and landslides, officials said. Due to fresh snowfall and slippery road conditions in Banihal-Ramban sector and a fresh landslide in Ramban stretch, the highway has been closed for traffic, they said. This has been done to ensure that no vehicle gets struck on the […]
JRL calls for shutdown on PM’s visit
PM to inaugurate BPO in Bandipora
Srinagar, Jan 31: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a complete shutdown on February 03 to protest against the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Jammu and Kashmir. “JRL appeals Kashmiri masses to observe a complete shutdown on Sunday 3rd of February 2019, at Mr. Modi’s arrival in Jammu Kashmir,” said a statement. […]
Mounds of garbage blemish beauty of snow-clad Gulmarg
Gulmarg, Jan 31: Thanks to lots of snow this winter, ski-resort of Gulmarg has everything that a visiting tourist’s eyes want to see, but they will have to be use their eyes a bit selectively so as not to catch sight of heaps of garbage that lay littered everywhere at the resort! “With a heavy […]
Will revoke PSA if voted to power: Omar
Srinagar, Jan 31: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said the Public Safety Act (PSA) would be revoked if his party was voted to power. Making the announcement in Pulwama district in south Kashmir, Omar Abdullah said: “I do not wish to see the youth of the state behind bars without trial for months together. […]
Gunfight breaks out after 5-hour siege in Pulwama village
Srinagar, Jan 31: A gunfight between militants and government forces broke out after around five hours siege at Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday night. Official sources told news agency GNS that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned off Baba Mohalla of Drabgam village […]
Mehbooba aghast over India’s response to Qureshi-Mirwaiz tele-talk
Srinagar, Jan 31: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said India’s response to telephonic conversation between Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has reduced the ties between the two countries to the lowest level. “Terming a phone call between Pakistani FM & Mirwaiz Umar Farooq sahab as anti-India has reduced […]
Brown sugar worth 80 cr seized in Kupwara
Kupwara, Jan 31: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two drug smugglers along with 19 kilograms of brown sugar from Kralpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “The two accused — Zameer Ahmad Raina and Riyaz Ahmad Badan — residents of Amrohi village of Karnah were arrested from Kralpora area along with 19 kilograms […]
HC asks govt to consider posting newly-appointed doctors as per their convenience
Srinagar, Jan 31: The J&K High Court Thursday directed the government to reconsider posting of the newly-appointed doctors as per their convenience, and asked the doctors posted for Ladakh region to submit their joining report before the Director Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) in view of the closure of the road. The court was hearing a […]
Pak rejects India’s objections to Qureshi-Mirwaiz telephonic conversation
Summons Indian envoy; protests summoning of its top diplomat
Islamabad, Jan 31 (PTI) The Pakistani and Kashmiri leadership has always been communicating and there is nothing new in Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s telephonic conversation with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said as it rejected India’s objections. India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s envoy Sohail Mahmood and categorically […]
3 absconders arrested in Jammu
Jammu, Jan 31: Three absconders were arrested in Jammu on Thursday, the police said. In a raid conducted by the police, Paramjeet Singh, who was on the run for nine years, was arrested in Gandhi Nagar area of the city, they said. He was accused of negligent driving in 2010 road accident case, they added. […]
