Srinagar: Authorities have suspended all flights to and fro Srinagar airport following heavy snowfall, Director Srinagar Aiport Akash Deep told The Kashmir Press. Many parts of Kashmir including capital city Srinagar received fresh snowfall Wednesday. The snowfall led to the suspension of air traffic, Deep said. He said that all the flights operations were suspended for […]
Srinagar: Young footballing talents from across the state of Jammu & Kashmir battled the snow and rough weather to showcase their footballing talent to participate in the 6th edition of the adidas FC Bayern Youth Cup. The city tournament kicked off on January 11th, 2019 at DPS Srinagar and witnessed 16 schools participate and win […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall began at many places across Kashmir valley on Wednesday including capital city Srinagar, breaking the intense cold wave conditions. Reports of snowfall were received from almost all the district headquarters of the valley. Kashmir is currently under the grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’ the 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances of snowfall are most […]
Srinagar:The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent organization that advocates for press freedom worldwide, has asked the Governor Satya Pal Malik to release journalist Aasif Sultan, who has been held by Jammu and Kashmir police since August 27, 2018, and drop all legal proceedings against him. “Sultan, a journalist with the Kashmir Narrator, has been […]
Srinagar: The Met on Wednesday forecast heavy snowfall for at least five days starting Saturday that is likely to disrupt air and surface traffic to and from the Kashmir Valley. “A comparatively intense western disturbance is becoming active over Jammu and Kashmir from January 19 and will remain till January 23, peaking on January 22. […]
Srinagar: Facebook says it is investing $300 million over the next three years in news initiatives, with a focus on local news partnerships and other programs. The money will go toward reporting grants for local newsrooms, expanding Facebook’s program to help local newsrooms with subscription business models and investing in nonprofits aimed at supporting local news. […]
Srinagar: Kenya’s government on Tuesday said the situation was under control after six people were killed and some 30 others wounded in a militant attack at an upscale hotel and office complex in this capital. “I can now report we have secured all the buildings,” Interior Minister Fred Matiangi said. “We are in the final […]
Srinagar: The Taliban issued a statement Tuesday threatening to end contact with the US even as Washington’s peace envoy makes another round of the region in pursuit of a negotiated end to Afghanistan’s protracted conflict before a frustrated President Donald Trump makes good on his 2016 campaign promise to end America’s involvement. Earlier in the […]
Srinagar: Chairman Muslims Muslim League, Mushtaq ul Islam was released after a prolonged detention by the authorities after he was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA). In a statement, Muslim League spokesperson Mohammad Saad said that Islam reached his home after being released from the Haryana jail. The spokesman said that Islam was […]
Srinagar: Three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and an army soldier, two of them critically, were injured in separate attacks by the Pakistani army in Rajouri and Kathua district. They were injured after the armies of India and Pakistan traded fire along the Line of Control (LoC) and international border in Rajouri and Kathua districts. […]
