Internet to remain completely suspended in Shopian, Pulwama districts Srinagar: The administration has further extended the ongoing over nine-month long suspension of high-speed mobile internet in Jammu and Kashmir till May 27 citing reports of militants trying to “avenge” the recent killings including that of Hizb operational commander Riyaz Naikoo in Pulwama last week. Prolonging the […]
Mobile internet service was restored in Kashmir on Tuesday after it remained suspended for six days. “Internet service is being restored on all mobile phones in the Valley in a phased manner today,” a senior official said. Mobile telephony except on postpaid BSNL connections was suspended in Kashmir on May 6 when Hizbul chief commander, […]
The 270 kilometer Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was disrupted Monday due to landslides and shooting stones leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded for the whole day. The stranded vehicles included buses ferrying hundreds of passengers to the Valley after completion of their 14-day quarantine period at Lakhanpur, officials said. The vehicles carrying travellers from outside states by […]
Srinagar, May 11 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday urged the government of India to operate direct flights from UAE and Saudi Arabia to Srinagar in order to shift the stranded residents of J&K to their homes. In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Bukhari said […]
Over 360 Kashmiri students stranded in parts of Madhya Pradesh due to the lockdown will be sent back to their native places in air-conditioned buses from Bhopal on Saturday, an official said. As many as 365 Kashmiri students stuck in different districts of the state will return home in 18 AC buses from Bhopal, a […]
Srinagar, May 05 (KNO): Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under the Public Safety Act was extended by three months on Tuesday, sources disclosed. Highly placed sources revealed to news agency— Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that Home department this evening extended PSA of Mehbooba Mufti by three months. Mehbooba is under detention from August […]
Srinagar 05 May (KNS): High risk contact of COVID-19 positive patient from Jammu was admitted at JLNM Hospital on 2/5/20 as a suspect. The patient was solated in a separate room. His sampling was done by a team from CMO Srinagar on 4/5 and he tested negative for COVID-19 today on 5/5 and was discharged […]
New Delhi: The two terrorists killed in North Kashmir’s Handwara Sunday were the “reception party” for a group of infiltrators from Pakistan, ThePrint has learnt. The Army and central security agencies are now working out how many terrorists have managed to sneak in from across the border. Sources in the security establishment said that one of the two […]
New Delhi: Three photojournalists from Jammu and Kashmir are among the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners. The awards were announced virtually last night owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Mukhtar Khan, Yasin Dar and Channi Anand – working with the Associated Press (AP) – won the top honours for their work in the region after massive restrictions […]
Supreme Court has reserved the Judgment over the petition filed by an NGO for the restoration of 4G services in Kashmir valley amid COVID-19 pandemic. JK administration and Union Government have pleaded in the court that it is was necessary to keep curbs on the high speed internet in the Union Territory of Jammu and […]