Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday said the Modi government was committed to equitable development of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir and has created a favourable environment for it. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget Session, Kovind also highlighted the peaceful conclusion of Panchayat elections in the […]
Srinagar: Saudi Arabia has announced the end of a high-profile anti-corruption probe that boosted the state coffers by more than $100 billion and has left dozens detained. The crackdown on graft launched in 2017 saw hundreds of elite princes, ministers and businessmen held at the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a media report […]
Srinagar: Venezuelan authorities have detained five foreign journalists covering the standoff with opposition forces seeking the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro. Two others, from Chile, were deported as the crisis spilled over to hit journalists covering the oil-rich but economically crippled nation’s latest taste of crisis, media reports said. Two of the detained are from […]
Srinagar: Bad weather forced the cancellation of several morning flights Thursday at Srinagar airport. The flights including Air Asia I5-716, Indigo 6E-2554, 6E 576, 6E 653, Go Air 128/129 SXR-DEL, Vistara UK 611 SXR-IXJ, Spicejet SG 161 SXR-IXJ were cancelled, Srinagar Airport officials said. Fresh snowfall began Thursday morning at several places across Kashmir including […]
Srinagar: Body of an elderly woman was Thursday recovered from river jhelum in Srinagar’s old city. Reports said that the body was fished out from Jehlum at Veer Chattabal. A Police party from Safa Kadal police station with the help of locals retrieved the body. The identity of the woman is being ascertained.
Srinagar: Six people including a paramilitary personnel were injured in a grenade attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag Thursday. Reports said that suspected militants hurled a grenade on Sher Bagh police post which missed the target and exploded on the road. Initial reports said that five civilians including three women and a CRPF personnel suffered […]
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall blanketed Kashmir Valley on Thursday while rains lashed Jammu region even as Met has forecast improvement from Friday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 0.3 degrees Celsius while in Pahalgam and Gulmarg it was minus 2.7 and minus 6, respectively. Leh in Ladakh region recorded minus 9.1, Kargil minus 18.4 and Drass […]
Srinagar: The death toll after two migrant boats sank in heavy seas off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 43, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, with scores still feared missing. Search and rescue teams met with grim scenes of bodies strewn across the beach at Obock, a port town down the coast […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Thursday shut the Kashmir highway for vehicular traffic after fresh snowfall and landslides at different places on the arterial highway. A traffic department official said that the roads have turned slippery due to fresh snowfall at Banihal while landslides have blocked the road at some places in Ramban. The official said that […]
Srinagar: A guard room located outside residential quarter of a senior police officer at Tulsibagh here, caught fire on Wednesday night. Official sources said that fire erupted from the guard room, housing SSB men, and flames could be seen from a distance. It created panic in the VIP area. A police official confirming that incident […]
