By Press Desk on February 4, 2019
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Srinagar: Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi will address a special session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly on Tuesday to reiterate Pakistan’s support to “Kashmir’s freedom struggle”. Pertinently, Pakistan in celebrating Kashmir Solidarity Day on Tuesday, Feb 5. The Pakistan president’s address will be one of the several events and ceremonies scheduled to […]
By Press Desk on February 4, 2019
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Srinagar: Kashmir highway Monday was through for one-way traffic from winter capital city Jammu to Summer capital city Srinagar. An official said that around 3,000 vehicles, mostly trucks, are stranded. He said that the trucks were unable to cross the Jawahar Tunnel on Sunday evening due to slippery road conditions in Banihal and Lower Munda in Qazigund. […]
By Press Desk on February 4, 2019
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Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option”, as Western countries are building pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down and hand over power to opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido. The US, which recognised Guaido as interim president on January 23, is leading a […]
By Press Desk on February 3, 2019
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Srinagar: Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command visited forward locations in Western Ladakh on Sunday. According to the defense spokesperson, Singh was briefed on the operational readiness being maintained in the sector. He met and interacted with troops deployed in some of the most hostile terrain and adverse weather conditions in the […]
By Press Desk on February 3, 2019
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Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has bid farewell to her 2.5 million Facebook followers after deciding to shut down her page on the social network. In a video statement shared on the page on Friday, Merkel attributed the decision to the fact that she was no longer leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, […]
By Press Desk on February 3, 2019
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Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the last leg of day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir, arrived here this afternoon, to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of several development projects, including AIIMS. Mr Modi visited the interior parts of Dal Lake in a motorboat, despite chilly weather conditions. Unprecedented security arrangements have been made in […]
By Press Desk on February 3, 2019
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Srinagar: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday left for the United Kingdom where he is scheduled to attend events organised to highlight human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Qureshi will be addressing the International Kashmir Conference, to be held on Monday at the House of Commons by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan […]
By Press Desk on February 3, 2019
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Srinagar: All roads leading to far flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), in Kupwara and Bandipora in north Kashmir remained closed for the past about three weeks due to accumulation of several feet snow. The main roads from district headquarter Kupwara to border towns of Keran, Karnah, Machil and […]
By Press Desk on February 3, 2019
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Srinagar:Traffic Police authorities on Sunday morning allowed stranded vehicles in Ramban-Banihal area to move to Srinagar and with this the traffic was resumed on Jammu-Srinagar highway after remaining closed for three consecutive days. Traffic police officials allowed stranded vehicles to move to Srinagar from the Ramban-Banihal Sunday morning and a report said that trucks were […]
By Press Desk on February 2, 2019
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Srinagar: Kashmir’s oldest Protestant Church in Gulmarg ski resort came to life this Thursday with the ringing of the wedding bells as an Australian couple tied the knot there. Tim Robertson and Kate Hamilton had come all the way from Australia to get married at St. Mary’s Church in Gulmarg. The only attendance at this church […]