By Press Desk on November 5, 2018
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Srinagar: The 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, the only road connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir, remained closed for the 5th day on Monday. Meanwhile, Gumri-Sonamarg road has also been closed temporarily due to snowfall and slippery road conditions, a traffic police official said. He said due to accumulation of several feet of snow, which has also […]
By Press Desk on November 5, 2018
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Srinagar: Dozens of far-flung and remote villages near the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier district of Kupwara and Bandipora remained cut off from their respective district headquarters for the fourth day on Monday due to accumulation of several feet of snow and slippery road conditions. Several feet of snow had accumulated at Sadhna and […]
By Press Desk on November 5, 2018
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Srinagar: Curfew continued for the fifth consecutive day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar town Monday which was imposed following the killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother by suspected militants, officials said. However, the curfew was relaxed in the district for two hours on Saturday and four hours on Sunday, they said. District […]
By Press Desk on November 5, 2018
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Srinagar: Landslides in Ramban district on Monday blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway that was restored for one-way traffic less than a day ago, a senior traffic department official said. Landslides hit the Battery Chashma area earlier. “Traffic was restored from Jammmu to Srinagar last evening. Today it was scheduled to open for those travelling from Srinagar […]
By Press Desk on November 5, 2018
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Jammu: Over a dozen persons were quizzed after militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen’s posters surfaced in Doda district asking people to stay away from the upcoming panchayat elections. A case was registered Sunday on surfacing of posters in Dhandal and Gurmal area of Kastigarh after which over a dozen suspected persons were rounded up for questioning, […]
By Press Desk on November 4, 2018
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Srinagar: The deputy commissioner Srinagar, Syed Abid Shah has said that the authorities have restored 300 Mega Watts of electricity out of the normal load of 380 Mega watts. “Out of the normal load of 380 MW , Srinagar district is feeding approx 300 MW as we speak. Any outages at the local level due […]
By Press Desk on November 4, 2018
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November 04: Police and security forces in Khudpora area of District Shopian, launched a cordon and search operation yesterday evening based on credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area. As the search operation was going on, hiding terrorists fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter. Meanwhile […]
By Press Desk on November 4, 2018
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Srinagar: The power development department (PDD) officials have said that power supply will be restored 100 percent by Sunday evening . The officials said said fifty percent restoration will be done before 2 pm. while the rest will be completed by the late evening. “The transmission lines to grids need to be up. Once that’s […]
By Press Desk on November 4, 2018
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November 04: Jammu and Kashmir Police Traffic Police evacuated about 700 civilians from Jawhar Tunnel and Sonmarg who were stranded due to inclement weather and snowfall. Besides over 1000 civilians were provided food and shelter in Banihal by Police and civil administration. In the aftermath of snow fall J& K police has deployed rescue teams […]
By Press Desk on November 4, 2018
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Srinagar:Almost entire Kashmir valley, including summer capital, Srinagar, plunged into darkness during the past 24 hours due to major power breakdown following light to moderate snowfall, exposing the Power Development Department (PDD) claims to have made all arrangements for electricity supply to consumers during winter. Power supply remained affected even after Advisor to Governor Khursheed […]