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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
According to traffic officials Srinagar Jammu highway was still closed for traffic today as the repair work was going on. Reports said that frequent heavy rains and landslides have resulted in heavy damage to portion of the road at Ramban. Reports from the area said that road has sunken at various spots in entire belt […]
Police said that heavy mortar shelling was going on in Kamalkote sector of Uri this morning . Fearstriken villagers have told few media houses in Srinagar on telephone that they want to shift to some safer place. According to newsagency CNS qouting SSP Baramullah Abdul Qayoum , some pakistani shells have fallen in nearby nallah. […]
NIA on Tuesday morning started raids in Srinagar. At present NIA sluthes with the help of police were conducting a raid at Nageen residence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Umar Farooq is presently under house arrest in the same residence. His neighbours told this reporter that there is heavy deployment of forces in their area and […]
According to traffic officials in Srinagar highway was blocked on Tuesday due to fresh landslides in ramsoo sector of the highway. Traffic officials further said that debris was being removed from the area and they were hopeful that it would be cleared by afternoon today. There are hundreds of vehicles stranded on the highway especially […]
According to jklf spokesman NIA with heavy deployment of security forces raided the residence of its chief Yasin Malik on Tuesday morning. He said that raid was still going on and the area has been sealed. Reports said that NIA was collecting some documents and details from the house. Jklf chief Yasin Malik was recently […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday warned that any tampering with Jammu and Kashmir’s special status would “undermine and nullify” the state’s accession to the Union, saying the consequences of such a decision would be something the country had not witnessed since 1947. The former chief minister expressed hope that the Supreme Court, which is […]