Srinagar: The Election Commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to take stock of the situation there before deciding on the assembly elections in the state, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said Friday. Jammu and Kashmir is currently under President’s Rule. The commission will hold a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) […]
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day Saturday due to fresh landslides at Banihal and Ramban areas. A fresh landslide hit the road this morning while the debris clearance operation of earlier landslides was still going on, a traffic police official said. He said that no traffic will be allowed on the highway […]
Srinagar: Two dead bodies have been recovered from Pahalgam avalanche spot while one person has been rescued alive and hospitalised for treatment. Three persons alongwith a bulldozer came under a snow avalanche at tourist resort Pahalgam in southern Kashmir Friday evening. Reports said that during a snow clearance operation on Pahalgam-Aru road one JCB along […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants Friday evening lobbed a grenade at a paramilitary camp in Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district injuring one soldier. Reports said that the grenade was hurled at CRPF camp 43 Batallion at Namtihal village in which a CRPF constable sustained injuries. The injured trooper has been shifted to a medical facility […]
Srinagar: Three persons alongwith a bulldozer came under a snow avalanche at tourist resort Pahalgam in southern Kashmir Friday evening. Reports said that during a snow clearance operation on Pahalgam-Aru road one JCB along with 3 persons came under an avalanche at Gudkhamb point. A state disaster management officia said that one person has been […]
Srinagar: The State government today terminated Director J&K EDI from the services, his reappointment has been found in violation of the law. According to the government order, M I Parray,Director J&K EDI was reappointed after his superannuation by Mehbooba Mufti led government in 2018. It said that his reappointment was “violative” of the JKEDI organisational […]
Srinagar: Crime Branch Kashmir has booked Non Governmental Organization (NGO) for insurance fraud. The crime branch stated that it received communication which revealed that an NGO under the name Regional Social Welfare and Rural Development” planned to provide insurance cover to residential property of people who would like to register themselves with the said NGO […]
New Delhi: Hundreds of Indian students were arrested by US authorties after enrolling in Farmington University, a pay-to-stay scheme run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) undercover agents to lure in foreigners seeking to live and work in the United States without proper authorization. According to the reports, 600 students have enrolled in the university. […]
Srinagar: Air traffic at Srinagar International Airport resumed on Friday after remaining suspended for a day on Thursday due to fresh snowfall and poor visibility. Meanwhile, several airline companies, in addition to scheduled flights, will operate additional flights from Srinagar airport to facilitate stranded passengers on Friday. “After the improvement in the weather we have […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Friday while commenting on the statement of Jammu and Kashmir Governor said that hypocrisy and arrogance touches new heights when a person, “posing as Vice-Roy of Delhi, continues his venomous utterances”. He said that it is surprising and ridiculous that a person “alien” on this soil, […]
