Srinagar: Taliban have attacked a checkpoint in eastern Ghazni province, killing at least 13 soldiers and policemen. Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, told The Associated Press that seven soldiers and six policemen were killed. Four soldiers were also wounded in the early Monday attack at the joint army and police checkpoint in Khogyani district. […]
Srinagar: The weekly Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) has been suspended on Monday, official sources said. They said a message was received from PaK authorities that the cross-Line of Control (LoC) will not operate. All the passengers, including PaK returnees, who were scheduled to travel in the bus […]
Srinagar: The 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, the only road connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir, remained closed for the 5th day on Monday. Meanwhile, Gumri-Sonamarg road has also been closed temporarily due to snowfall and slippery road conditions, a traffic police official said. He said due to accumulation of several feet of snow, which has also […]
Srinagar: Dozens of far-flung and remote villages near the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier district of Kupwara and Bandipora remained cut off from their respective district headquarters for the fourth day on Monday due to accumulation of several feet of snow and slippery road conditions. Several feet of snow had accumulated at Sadhna and […]
Srinagar: Curfew continued for the fifth consecutive day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar town Monday which was imposed following the killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother by suspected militants, officials said. However, the curfew was relaxed in the district for two hours on Saturday and four hours on Sunday, they said. District […]
Srinagar: Landslides in Ramban district on Monday blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway that was restored for one-way traffic less than a day ago, a senior traffic department official said. Landslides hit the Battery Chashma area earlier. “Traffic was restored from Jammmu to Srinagar last evening. Today it was scheduled to open for those travelling from Srinagar […]
Jammu: Over a dozen persons were quizzed after militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen’s posters surfaced in Doda district asking people to stay away from the upcoming panchayat elections. A case was registered Sunday on surfacing of posters in Dhandal and Gurmal area of Kastigarh after which over a dozen suspected persons were rounded up for questioning, […]
Srinagar: The deputy commissioner Srinagar, Syed Abid Shah has said that the authorities have restored 300 Mega Watts of electricity out of the normal load of 380 Mega watts. “Out of the normal load of 380 MW , Srinagar district is feeding approx 300 MW as we speak. Any outages at the local level due […]
November 04: Police and security forces in Khudpora area of District Shopian, launched a cordon and search operation yesterday evening based on credible inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area. As the search operation was going on, hiding terrorists fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter. Meanwhile […]
Srinagar: The power development department (PDD) officials have said that power supply will be restored 100 percent by Sunday evening . The officials said said fifty percent restoration will be done before 2 pm. while the rest will be completed by the late evening. “The transmission lines to grids need to be up. Once that’s […]
