Srinagar: Majority roadside tea stalls, restaurants and shops in ‘Food Street’ were closed on Tuesday in Kashmir valley, including summer capital, Srinagar, as the holy fasting month of Ramadan began after the sighting of moon on Monday night. The ‘Food Street’ in the civil lines, which attracts large number of customers on daily bases, wore a […]
Srinagar: People on Tuesday protested against authorities for imposing toll tax near Sangam on Srinagar-Jammu highway in south Kashmir. A number of commuters said that the toll plaza was made operational from today and every vehicle passing through it was charged toll of Rupees 85 for every light motor vehicle. “This is outrageous. How can […]
Srinagar: Property worth crores of rupees was destroyed in a devastating fire incident in summer capital, Srinagar, in the wee hours of Tuesday, official sources said. They said fire broke out in a house at Maharaji Bazar market at around 2 am. However, before the fire tenders could reach the spot, fire spread to other […]
Srinagar: No fresh traffic was allowed from Srinagar or Jammu on Tuesday on the Kashmir highway as a large number of vehicles are stranded at different places. However Leh highway and historic Mughal road are through for one-way traffic only, a traffic police official said. He said no fresh traffic was allowed from Srinagar or Jammu […]
Mexico City: A private airplane crashed in a remote mountainous area in northern Mexico over the weekend, killing all the 13 people on board, authorities said. Authorities located the remains of the small jet in the northern state of Coahuila and later confirmed the death toll on Monday. Authorities had been searching for the plane […]
Srinagar: State General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Ashok Koul on Tuesday left from Press Enclave Srinagar without government-provided security personnel as a mark of protest. According to KNO correspondent Koul left the city center in an auto rickshaw. Koul before leaving the place said that he is surrendering his security as a mark of […]
Kabul: As many as 150 Taliban and 30 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the US and Afghan forces on the militant group’s drug labs in western Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. The Sunday raids, which were aimed at choking the militant group’s revenue flow from illicit drugs, left 150 suspected Taliban dead, Efe news […]
Jammu: At least three persons were killed and five injured when a van they were travelling in plunged into a gorge in Ramsoo area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. “An Eco vehicle (JK 19-3718), which was on way from Ramban to Senabhati (Paristan) late on Monday night, driven rashly by Rayaz Ahmed of Chulli […]
Jerusalem: Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel, killing at least four Israelis and bringing life to a standstill across the region in the bloodiest fighting since a 2014 war. As Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes, the Palestinian death toll rose to 23, including two pregnant women and two babies. The bloodshed marked […]
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Government’s decision to partially close the national highway in the state for two days in a week for civilian traffic till May 31. A bench of the apex court, headed by […]
