No fresh traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu highway

No fresh traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Srinagar : The authorities on Thursday did not allow fresh traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway due to intermittent rains and landslides in last week that left hundreds of vehicles stranded on the highway. An official said that it was decided to clear the stranded vehicles and therefore no fresh traffic was allowed to move from Jammu […]

Zojila tunnel

Zojila tunnel

Long pending wait for the Zojila tunnel to become a reality has frustrated the people of Ladakh and Kargil. They have been waiting for decades to get this tunnel so that they can come out from being locked virtually for more than six months every year due to the closure of Srinagar-Leh road. Their frustration […]

NC Leader from Tangmarg resigns

NC Leader from Tangmarg resigns

Srinagar : Senior National Conference leader from Tangmarg Shabir Mir today resigned from the party. Mir confirmed to KNS that he has resigned from the party. However, it is not known what made him to resign from the party. Independent sources told KNS that Mir resigned after former bureaucrat Farooq Shah joined NC and is […]

After Mirwaiz request, Ulema council withdraws March 16 strike call

Srinagar: Mutahida Ulema Council (MUC) on Wednesday withdrew the shutdown call issued for March 16 in view of the request made by the Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, who heads the Mutahida Ulema Council (MUC), said that the MUC has withdrawn Saturday’s shutdown call. “In view of the request made by […]

Pakistani troops shell LoC trade centre, narrow escape for nearly 400

Pakistani troops shell LoC trade centre, narrow escape for nearly 400

(Agencies)   Nearly 400 people had a narrow escape on Wednesday as Pakistani troops targeted the Trade Facilitation Centre at Chakkan Da Bagh along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Several government civil servants, police and immigration officials, labourers and cross LoC traders were present inside the facility at the time […]

Despite improvement in weather, only one-way traffic on Sgr-Jmu highway

Despite improvement in weather, only one-way traffic on Sgr-Jmu highway

Agencies Despite improvement in the weather, only one-way traffic was allowed on Wednesday on the National Highway, connecting Kashmir valley with Jammu region. Traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar and no vehicle will be allowed from the opposite direction, a traffic police official told a news agency. He said after allowing traffic from Srinagar […]

Villagers catch leopard cub in north Kashmir

Villagers catch leopard cub in north Kashmir

Srinagar: A leopard cub was caught by locals in Khurhama village of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on late Tuesday afternoon. Locals told GNS that the leopard cub was spotted at Khurhama village at around 5:00 p.m. and caught by the villagers and handed later over to police-post Kuligam. A police officer confirmed it and said that […]

Massive fire damages four houses in Sopore

Massive fire damages four houses in Sopore

Srinagar : A devastating fire on Wednesday in Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir damaged five residential houses. Reports said that fire broke out at a residential house of Khazir Muhammad Malla in Chankhan area of Sopore and then spread to other adjoining houses. The devastating incident resulted in damage to five residential […]

India to ask Pak to insulate Sikhs visiting Kartarpur from Khalistani propaganda

India to ask Pak to insulate Sikhs visiting Kartarpur from Khalistani propaganda

New Delhi : India will ask Pakistan to insulate Sikh pilgrims visiting the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib through the Kartarpur corridor from Khalistani separatist propaganda, official sources said. India will raise the issue during the first meeting with Pakistan to finalise the modalities for the Kartarpur corridor on Thursday. The meeting will take place on the […]