Farooq calls for early elections

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Wednesday called for early assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying governor’s rule was not an alternative to an elected government. The Lok Sabha member from Srinagar also said governor’s rule was “autocratic rule” and that his party was pressing on the present Jammu and Kashmir administration for polls […]

Section of upper-class India nothing but ‘rotten potatoes’, Guv Malik

Says these people show no sensitivity towards society

Says these people show no sensitivity towards society

Setback to PDP: Basharat Bukhari, Peer Hussain join National Conference

Srinagar: The PDP, which has been on the back foot ever since its alliance with the BJP ended in June, continued to lose its senior party leaders as two more, including former minister Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari, joined the National Conference Wednesday. Bukhari, whose has been popular among the people as a radio journalist, along […]

Temperature shows improvement in Jammu, Srinagar

Jammu/Srinagar: The night temperature in most parts of Jammu region marked further increase, with the city of temples recording a low of 6 degrees Celsius, three degrees below the normal during this time of the season, a spokesperson of the Meteorological (MeT) department said. The temperature also showed a slight improvement in Kashmir also. Jammu […]

Authorities halt movement of fresh traffic on Jmu-Sgr highway

Stranded vehicles being cleared to make way for new ones: Police

Banihal: Authorities Wednesday did not allow fresh traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after a landslide sent stones hurling down a hillock, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, officials said. It was decided to first clear the stranded vehicles, and therefore no fresh traffic was allowed on the 270-km highway either from Srinagar or Jammu this […]