Jammu-Srinagar NH opens for stranded vehicles after three days Banihal/Jammu : The strategic Jammu-Srinagar Highway was opened for stranded vehicles on Wednesday, three days after it was closed due to multiple landslides and sinking of its 25-metre portion following snowfall and rains, officials said. The traffic on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking […]
Amid tension, Kashmir hoteliers offer free stay, food to tourists Srinagar: At a time India and Pakistan have engaged in a war on borders, Kashmiris have yet again came forward with their goodwill gestures. The hoteliers in Srinagar are offering free stay and food to the tourists who are stuck in Kashmir after the overnight […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Wednesday called for de-escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan and asked both the countries to maintain “maximum restraint” for the “greater good of humanity”. “History bears testimony to the fact that war did not help both the neighbours resolve their long pending issues. It is in the […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday briefed about the latest security situation following violation of Indian airspace by Pakistani fighter jets in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. Top security and intelligence officials were in a huddle earlier in the day at the prime minister’s office in the wake of fresh developments that […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday once again invited India for talks and urged better sense should prevail. Addressing the nation in the wake of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shooting down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace, the premier said, “I wanted to take you into confidence regarding the situation arising since yesterday. We […]
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA Wednesday said operations at the nine airports, which were shut earlier in the day, have resumed “as of now”. A spokesperson of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said, “As of now, ops to these airports resumed (sic).” The DGCA Wednesday issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM), saying flight operations […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday took note of the Centre’s submissions that no fresh incident of violence against Kashmiris has been reported since February 22, the day when the apex court had taken cognisance of a PIL on the issue. The apex court on February 22 directed chief secretaries and DGPs of 11 states […]
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres is following the situation between India and Pakistan “very closely” and has appealed to the governments of both nations to exercise “maximum restraint” to ensure the situation does not deteriorate further, a top UN official said Tuesday. The UN Secretary General’s remarks came after Indian Air Force (IAF) carried […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace on Wednesday and arrested two Indian pilots on ground. Pakistan Military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said Indian Air Force (IAF) crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and two of their aircraft were shot down by PAF inside Pakistani airspace. “One of […]
New Delhi: International flights that transit between Indian and Pakistani airspace have been hit by the airport shutdowns in cities near the India-Pakistan border after tension escalated between the two countries on Wednesday. While on the Indian side airports at Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Dehradrun were closed for civilian air traffic, Pakistan has […]