SRINAGAR — The J&K Centre of India Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast partly cloudy and dry weather in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. Srinagar recorded 10.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 5.2 degrees and Gulmarg 2.0 degrees as the minimum temperature this morning. In the Ladakh region, Drass town registered minus 5.3 […]
GUREZ — Days after reopening, the administration on Tuesday has decided to close Bandipora—Gurez road till futher orders in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “Traffic movement on Bandipora Gurez road shall remain suspended on 15-03-2022 till further orders,” Officials said. However, it was not immediately known why the instructions were passed by the authorities. On last […]
PULWAMA — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Chersoo village of Awantipora in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Chersoo village following the inputs about presence of militants in the […]
PULWAMA — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested an active militant of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Pulwama district and recovered arms and ammunition from his procession. Police in a statement said, “during surprise naka checking by Police along with 55RR, 182/183Bn CRPF, movement of a suspicious person was noticed, who was apprehended tactfully by the […]
SRINAGAR — In order to formulate the action plan for Rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse and to curb, eradicate the drug menace from the district, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Monday chaired a meeting at Meeting Hall of DC Office Complex, here. Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Superintending Engineer R&B, Programme Officer, […]
SRINAGAR — In a major announcement, the Government of India on Monday said that elevated light metro rail in Jammu & Srinagar cities is expected to be rolled out in 2022-23. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithararaman said that Kashmir will be connected to the rest of the country through a rail network […]
KUPWARA — General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based army’s 15 corps Lieutenant General D P Pandey on Monday said that at least 170-175 militants are still active in Kashmir while militancy have also registered a significant decline from the last two years. “As compared to the last two years, the active militant rate has come […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department on Monday said that it will cancel the registration of those private schools that flouts the transportation guidelines or were disallowing desirous students to avail the facility. The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) said that with the reopening of schools after the winter break 2021-22, various complaints were […]
NEW DELHI — As many as 156 Armymen and three IAF personnel were killed in militant attacks as well as counter-militant operations in the last five years, according to details provided by the Defence ministry in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Responding to a question, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the Army’s fatal […]
NEW DELHI — The education department has been allocated the highest Rs 11,832.77 crore followed by Rs 10,831.18 crore for the home department, which controls police, in the Rs 1.42 lakh crore budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2022-23 presented by Union finance minister in Lok Sabha on Monday. Sitharaman also […]