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 […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Wednesday said there were no significant protests in Jammu and Kashmir against the report of the Delimitation Commission even though various political parties have expressed different views on the report. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said this in Rajya Sabha replying to a question whether there […]
SRINAGAR — In a laudable achievement, a 26-year-old youth from North Kashmir’s Bandipora district here has hand-written the Holy Quran on a 500-metre-long paper scroll – a calligraphic feat he completed in three months. Mustafa-Ibn-Jameel, a resident of Tulail area of the frontier Gurez, in the north Kashmir district, had embarked on the project last […]
POONCH — A man died while his wife and daughter sustained critical injuries in an accident that took place at Sanai in Poonch district on Wednesday. An official said that an accident took place on Wednesday afternoon when a car and a bus collided with each other at Sanai in Surankote. He said that in […]
SRINAGAR — The minister of state for Home Affairs on Wednesday said that the internet services were temporarily suspended in J&K for the maintenance of law and order and to ensure the safety and security of public in the Union Territory after abrogation of Article 370. In a written reply to a question in Rajya […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said it is no secret that the BJP-led Centre wants to crush journalism, the fourth pillar of democracy. “Immediately after CJIs remarks on the role of journalists in a democracy, @AakashHassan was barred from travelling abroad. Its no secret that GOI wants to crush […]
BUDGAM — Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole on Wednesday said that Muharram processions will be allowed only on permitted routes, which have been already notified by the authorities. Talking to reporters at Budgam, Pole said that decisions regarding Muharram processions have been taken at the appropriate level. “Muharram processions will be allowed only on […]
SRINAGAR — Mohammad Rafique Rather, renowned trade union leader on Wednesday resigned as President (JK EJAC) Jammu and Kashmir Employees Joint Action Committee. Rather in a letter to Senior Vice-President EJAC Mr Shabir Ahmad Langoo cited personal reasons for the resignation. He however said that he will continue to work for the betterment of the […]
SRINAGAR — At least five persons were injured after two vehicles collided along Kupwara-Sopore highway at Awatkul of Natnussa in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this morning. Reports reaching GNS said that an ‘Alto 800’ bearing registration number JK09A 2951 and ‘Espresso’ car bearing registration number JK09A 6170 collided, resulting in injuries to five persons. The […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Wednesday forecast cloudy weather with rain and thundershowers during the next 24 hours for Jammu and Kashmir. Weather was generally cloudy in the union territory during the last 24 hours. “Cloudy weather with rain/thundershowers is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours in J&K,” an official of […]