Srinagar: Despite weather warning which could affect surface and air traffic, Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was through for one-way traffic on Sunday. However, Leh-Srinagar national highway, connecting Ladakh region with the valley, and historic Mughal road remained closed for traffic from last […]
Srinagar: Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday at Khardungla Top area of the Ladakh’s Leh district where two tippers came under an avalanche yesterday morning. While as five bodies were recovered yesterday, two bodies were retrieved by the joint rescue teams on Saturday afternoon. “Two more bodies have been recovered at Khardungla avalanche site. In […]
Srinagar: A 17-year-old deaf and dumb boy from Bandipayeen village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has gone missing from his home two days ago. Maisar Ahmad Najar, son of Abdul Rashid Najar of Bandipayeen left home on 16 January, but did not return back, his brother told The Kashmir Press. The missing boy, he said, […]
Srinagar: The fresh snowfall in Kashmir valley has led to the suspension of road and air connectivity of the valley to the rest of the world. Officials said that the traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway has been suspeded following heavy snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel. The snowfall has led to slippery road conditions. Meanwhile, officials at Srinagar […]
Srinagar: Scores of residents of South Kashmir’s Dadasara village in Tral area Friday locked down the local power receiving station in protest against unscheduled power cuts. Reports said that a the residents including women assembled around the local power receiving station and locked it down in protest. The residents chanted slogans against the Power department. […]
Srinagar: Two Kashmiri boys were ruthlessly beaten by a group of people in Kufri area of Shimla. Zaffar Iqbal and Arshad Khan, the residents of Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, respectively were beaten by the mob on January 10, Pir Panchal post reported on Friday. The report said that during a trip to […]
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said party founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed decided to stitch the common ground with BJP will the sole motive to reincarnate the Vajpayee era in the state and to stop the vicious cycle of unabated killings and violence. She said that her […]
Srinagar: The residents of Rajouri Kadal in Downtown Srinagar Thursday held a protest demonstration demanding release of their jailed kin who they alleged were arrested by jammu and Kashmir police and later were handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Scores of residents mostly women assembled at Rajouri Kadal Chowk and blocked the road. […]
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Wednesday said invoking sedition law against Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the JNU case was travesty of free speech. Nearly three years after former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kumar and 9 others were accused of raising anti-India slogans, the Delhi police Monday charged them with sedition. “Invoking […]
Srinagar: Welcoming Governor Satpal Malik’s offer to Huriyat that it must talk directly to him over the issues pertaining to atrocities against civilians and other related issues, former Langate lawmaker Er. Rasheed has said that Malik should move a step further and facilitate certain genuine CBMs to prove his words. Rasheed today talked to Governor […]
