KASHMIR

Srinagar to Jammu: Kashmir highway through for one way traffic

Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway was Saturday reopened for traffic after remaining closed for several hours due to landslides. The highway remained closed due to landslides in Digdol and Ramsoo areas triggered by night-long rains in Ramban district. An official said that men and machinery were pressed into service to clear the landslide. He said traffic is […]

Snowfall, rains force closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, Mughal road

Snowfall, rains force closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, Mughal road

Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu highway was on Saturday closed for vehicular traffic due to snowfall and incessant rains at many places along the highway. Reports said that incessant rains and snowfall triggered landslides along the highway in the mountainous Ramban district. Beacon, the agency responsible for the maintenance of the highway, they said was making efforts […]

Hurriyat leaders protest Geelani’s continuous house detention, ‘killings and atrocities’

Hurriyat leaders protest Geelani’s continuous house detention, ‘killings and atrocities’

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) leaders and activists on Friday held protests after congregational Friday prayers in Hyderpora against the continuous house detention of the Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani for last 9 years; ‘killings, atrocities and prolonged detention of political prisoners’. In a statement, a spokesperson of the amalgam said that the protesters while voicing […]

Overnight rains, winds send Srinagar into darkness

Overnight rains, winds send Srinagar into darkness

Srinagar: A few minutes of winds and overnight rains have sent Srinagar city into darkness. As soon as the rains began last evening along with winds, electricity started playing hide and seek in major city areas including Residency Road, Lal Chowk, Budshah Chowk, Saraibala, Magarmal Bagh, Jawahar Nagar and Rajbagh. The Power Development Department (PDD) […]

Prevailing situation worrisome: Mirwaiz, asks people to forge unity to fight ‘repression’

Prevailing situation worrisome: Mirwaiz, asks people to forge unity to fight ‘repression’

Srinagar: Terming the prevailing situation in Kashmir as worrisome, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday said that Kashmir was passing through the worst phase of “repression as bloodshed and oppression” have touched new heights in the Valley. Addressing  the Friday congregation, at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Mirwaiz said that Kashmir’s every […]