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Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due to snow, landslides

Srinagar-Jammu highway closed due to snow, landslides

Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Friday for the second consecutive day due to fresh snowfall and landslides. A fresh snowfall occurred in Bannihal sector, while landslides at Anokhi Fall, Panthal and Kela Mode blocked the road, a traffic department official said. “No traffic movement will be allowed on the highway on Friday except […]

Fresh snowfall, landslides force closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway

Fresh snowfall, landslides force closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway

Srinagar: Fresh snowfall and landslides have led to closure of Kashmir highway on Friday for the second consecutive day. A traffic police official said that the fresh snowfall has led to slippery road conditions while landslides at Anokhi Fall and Kela Mode have also blocked the road. “Two feet snow has accumulated on the road near […]

Girl shot dead in Shopian: reports

Girl shot dead in Shopian: reports

Srinagar: A girl was shot dead by unknown gunman in South Kashmir’s Shopian District, reports said. Soon after, the shooter released the video of the girl being shot dead from point blank range. The woman in the short video clip can be seen pleading for mercy with folded hands but a man shoots her twice […]

Gunfight breaks out after 5-hour siege in Pulwama village

Gunfight breaks out after 5-hour siege in Pulwama village

Srinagar: A gunfight between militants and government forces broke out after around five hours siege at Drabgam village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday night. Official sources said that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned off Baba Mohalla of Drabgam village today at around 7:30 […]

Forces’s install lights as they lay siege over Pulwama village

Forces’s install lights as they lay siege over Pulwama village

Srinagar, Jan 31: The government forces have installed lights amid strengthening of cordon at Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district following reports about the presence of militants in the presence of some militants in the area. Official sources said that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned […]

Power to remain shut in following Jammu areas on Friday

Power to remain shut in following Jammu areas on Friday

Jammu: According to Chief Engineer, Electrical Maintenance & R.E. Wing Jammu, the power supply to Bakshi Nagar, Shakti Nagar, part of Rehari Colony part of Sarwal, part of Shiv Nagar and adjoining areas fed from 33 KV Canal-Medical line emanating from 132/33 KV Grid Station Canal shall remain affected on February 02 from 10 am […]

Central Kashmir: 30 absentee employees placed under suspension at Budgam

Central Kashmir: 30 absentee employees placed under suspension at Budgam

Budgam: Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Budgam, Khurshid Ahmad Sanai today suspended 30 Government employees for remaining absent from duties, during a surprise inspection to various offices in Budgam, Chadoora and Chrar-e-Shareef. During the inspection 5 employee of Social Welfare Office Budgam, 20 employee of Municipal Committee Chadoora and 05 employees of Municipal Committee Chrar-e-Shareef […]

Geelani convenes ‘Majlis-e-Shoora’ of Hurriyat (G); ‘participation in elections tantamount to treason with blood of martyrs’

Geelani convenes ‘Majlis-e-Shoora’ of Hurriyat (G); ‘participation in elections tantamount to treason with blood of martyrs’

Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Thursday convened a Majlis-e-Shoora of Hurriyat Conference (G), at his Hyderpora residence and discussed the overall political situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Shoora expressed grave concern about the deteriorating condition of the Kashmiri prisoners in and outside state, particularly Tihar. It said that despite repeated statements and […]