JAMMU

Kashmir highway closed; Leh, Mughal road remain shut

Kashmir highway closed; Leh, Mughal road remain shut

Srinagar: Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu highway was suspended on Wednesday, due to fresh landslides and shootings, triggered by heavy rains during the night. Meanwhile, the Srinagar-Leh highway and the historic 86-km-long Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, remained shut since December last year, due to accumulation of snow.  […]

Things happening as per script, Balakot airstrikes are ‘election stunt’: Mehbooba Mufti

Things happening as per script, Balakot airstrikes are ‘election stunt’: Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu:Asserting that things are happening as per the script, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday termed Balakot airstrikes as ‘election stunt’. “Things are happening as per script and there will be a change only after election,” said Ms Mufti while speaking to a select media here this evening. She […]

India, Pak Cross-LoC shelling rattles Sunderbani, Akhnoor sectors

India, Pak Cross-LoC shelling rattles Sunderbani, Akhnoor sectors

Srinagar: Heavy firing exchanges took place between Indian and Pakistani troopers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, a defence official said on Tuesday. “The Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Rajouri’s Sunderbani sector and Jammu’s Akhnoor sector on Monday night,” Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand told the […]

Rusted but shell found near Katra, diffused

Rusted but shell found near Katra, diffused

Jammu,: A rusted but shell was found on Sunday in a forest area at Katra town of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir.’ “A live motrar shell was recovered on Sunday by the police in Kaalsha Khadd near Aarli village at Katra,” police here said. They said that a Bomb Disposal Squad was rushed to […]

Mughal Road to be opened in 20 days: Officials

Mughal Road to be opened in 20 days: Officials

Srinagar: The authorities on Saturday said that at twenty days may be taken to open the historic Mughal road connecting Shopian with twin district of Poonch and Rajouri. “On the direction of District Administration Shopian, snow clearance operations commenced on 84 km long Mughal Road today,” an official spokesman said He said the work was […]

9 injured as speeding bus rams into matador in Jammu

9 injured as speeding bus rams into matador in Jammu

Srinagar: A speeding bus on Saturday rammed into a mini passenger vehicle in Vijaypur area of Jammu injured several passengers on board the bus, three of them critically.  Police said that a speedy bus bearing registration number JK21B-7799 on way to Jammu from Kathua rammed into the mini passenger vehicle bearing registration number JK02R-1460 at Vijaypur. The […]

Power shutdown in Jammu

JAMMU: According to Chief Engineer, Elect. Maintt. & R.E. Wing, Jammu, to carry out the replacement of outdated jumpers at 33KV yard, the shutdown of 132/33/11KV Grid Station Bari-Brahmana-I, Jammu is being observed. During the shutdown, the power supply to Bari-Brahmana, Vijaypur, Smailpur, Jakh, Kartholi, parts of Greater Kailash, Industrial feeder Narbada and Birpur Complex […]