JAMMU — Authorities rescued students and teachers trapped in a government school after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods inundating many areas of the Jammu region on Thursday, officials said. Dozens of houses and structures were damaged, some bridges washed away and scores of vehicles stuck on roads and highways in various districts of the region, […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday said no one should have objection to hoist national flag as part of the Centre’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, but there should be no compulsion as well. “Why should anyone have any objection to it. It is the country’s flag, there is a permission to […]
POONCH — Four youth, who were trapped in flash flood in Jhulas area of Poonch district have been rescued during a nightlong rescue operation. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer, a rescue operation was launched last night after four youth were trapped in the flash flood in Jhulas area. He said that […]
SRINAGAR — Widespread light to moderate rain is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours, the MeT department predicted on Thursday. Srinagar recorded 19.4 degrees Celsius minimum temperature, Pahalgam 17.1 and Gulmarg 12.6, an official of the MeT department said. In Ladakh region, Drass registered 13 degrees Celsius minimum temperature, Leh 11.3 […]
GANDERBAL — Amid inclement weather conditions and heavy overnight rains the Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Thursday. Officials said that no yatri was allowed to undertake the yatra from base camp Baltal and Pahalgam towards the cave. They said the decision to allow yatra will be taken after improvement in weather conditions. Meanwhile a mud […]
JAMMU — Authorities have sounded an alert asking people to remain cautious after rise in water level in Chenab river following nightlong rainfall. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that water level of Chenab, recorded at 09:15 AM, was at the danger mark level. He said that due to nightlong rainfall in […]
BUDGAM — A 19-year-old girl died in a cloud burst incident in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday, officials said here. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the girl identified as Rubeena daughter of Alam-Ud-Din a was injured when cloudburst occurred at Khariyan Khansahib. He said that she was rushed to […]
NEW DELHI — Another Kashmiri journalist was on Tuesday barred from travelling abroad as authorities at IGI airport in New Delhi stamped his boarding pass with ‘cancelled without prejudice’. “Immigration officials at IGI airport New Delhi barred me from boarding a flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. I was headed to report on the current crises […]
BUDGAM — A young man, famous for his batting skills, died after suffering cardiac arrest while playing cricket at a local playground in Badipora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Raja Nisar (24), son of Ghulam Ahmad Rather, a local from Badipora Charar-e-Sharief, fell on […]
BANIHAL — The strategic 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which was shut due to mudslides and shooting stones in Ramban district early Wednesday, was opened for vehicular traffic partially, officials said. Authorities allowed stranded vehicles, including an Amarnath Yatra convoy, to move towards Kashmir, they said. Shooting stones struck the highway, the only all-weather road linking […]