POONCH — Six people stranded amid heavy snowfall on the Mughal Road in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir were rescued by police, officials said on Saturday. On Friday night, two vehicles going from Shopian to Surankote got stuck in the snow at Chattapani, leaving their occupants stranded in challenging weather conditions, police said. They […]
BANIHAL — A female tourist was killed after a boulder rolled down a hilltop and struck a mini bus on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred in the landslide-prone Mehar area, where a rock hit the window of the mini bus, causing severe head […]
BANIHAL — Train services on the Banihal-Baramulla section were suspended on Saturday due to heavy snow accumulation on the track, railway officials said. Efforts to clear the track are underway. Due to heavy snow accumulation on the track and continuous snowfall, train services on the Banihal-Baramulla section will remain suspended up to 1 pm on […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday directed officials to facilitate people stranded on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to snowfall. Several vehicles were stranded on the highway — the only all-weather road link between the valley and the rest of the country — due to the snowfall. “Just spoke to DC […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a continued stringent enforcement drive targeting overloading, overcharging, and other major violations under the Motor Vehicles Act and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, the Motor Vehicles Department conducted a special enforcement drive in Jammu district. The operation was carried out under direct supervision of Regional Transport Officer Jammu Pankaj Bhagotra in compliance […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Congress leader and Vice-President of Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), Surinder Singh Channi, has called for the immediate resumption of road connectivity across Sub-district Tral, particularly in the upper regions such as Aripal block and Machama belt, which have been severely affected by the recent moderate to heavy snowfall. In […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — At least nine passengers who were stranded at Sinthan Top in Anantnag district of South Kashmir due to heavy snowfall were successfully rescued, police said on Friday. The incident occurred when a vehicle (Tavera) traveling from Kishtwar to Daksum skidded into a water drain at Sinthan Top, leaving its occupants stranded in […]
SRINAGAR — Several parts of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, including the season’s first in many areas, on Friday, with a slight increase in the minimum temperatures at most places in the valley, officials said. A western disturbance hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, bringing light snowfall in many areas of the valley, the officials said. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In view of inclement weather conditions in the Kashmir Valley, the University of Kashmir has postponed all examinations scheduled for Saturday, December 28. According to an official communiqué, all examinations of the University of Kashmir scheduled for December 28, 2024, stand postponed. Fresh dates for the postponed papers will be notified separately. […]
JAMMU — The shutdown in Katra against the proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway project entered its third day on Friday, with more people sitting on the hunger strike to demand the release of those detained during earlier demonstrations. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti called for a 72-hour shutdown, which began on Wednesday. It announced […]