Heavy snowfall forces suspension of traffic on Jmu-Sgr highway
Banihal: Hundreds of vehicles were left stranded Wednesday after authorities suspended traffic on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, following snowfall, a senior officer said. Over 1,800 Kashmir-bound vehicles, including trucks and light motor vehicles, were stopped at various places between Banihal and Udhampur sector after […]
Gulmarg records minus 8.0 deg Celsius as cold wave grips Valley
Srinagar: Night temperatures dipped Wednesday across the Kashmir Valley with Gulmarg recording minus 8.0 degrees Celsius, Met officials said. Srinagar, recorded a low of 0.2 degrees Celsius, dropping 1.4 degrees compared to previous night, they said. The temperature in Qazigund fell to 0.6 degrees Celsius, while nearby Kokernag town recorded a low of minus 0.4 […]
BJP has become ‘party of the dead’: Yashwant Sinha
Pune: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday slammed the BJP saying it has become a “murdo ki party” (party of the dead), where only two leaders were ruling the roost, while the others were “scared” to challenge them. He ruled out the possibility of a change in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) leadership after […]
Lessons for the BJP
The humiliation that the ruling party BJP had to face in all the five states where assembly election results were announced on Tuesday has left the party red faced as the whole exercise has questioned the myth that the saffron brigade was invincible. The election results have thrown many a challenge for the party leadership […]
National media demonizing JK: Guv Malik
Says media only highlighting negative things
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said that national media largely has been demonizing the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while it has been gravely ignoring the positive things happening in the state. While addressing a press conference in Jammu, Malik said that he has seen so many positive things in J&K, which he […]
Forces lay siege in Gund Brath village in Sopore
Sopore: Government Forces on Wednesday afternoon launched a Cordon and Search Operation in North Kashmir’s Sopore village. Reports said that a team of Army’s 22 RR, Special Operation Group of Police (SOG) and CRPF jointly laid siege in Gund Brath area of Sopore. Reports said that the forces acted after getting specific inputs about the […]
Pesky power cuts trigger protest in Sopore
Sopore: The residents of Nowpora Kalan area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday staged a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for failing to provide adequate electricity to them from the last few weeks. Scores of residents blamed authorities for their sufferings, saying that they are facing immense hardships due to […]
BJP’s debacle in polls reflects triumph of truth over falsehood: NC
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday asserted that the debacle of BJP in Hindi heart land reflects triumph of truth over falsehood and the revulsion of people for divisive and communal politics. In a statement issued here, a party spokesperson said that the recent election results in five states reveal that people are […]
Trade body asks for donations for helping Mujgund victims
Srinagar: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the KCC&I Relief Trust on Wednesday urged the business fraternity to come forward and join hands to provide shelter and basic necessities to families who lost their houses and households in a recent gunfight at Mujgund area of city outskirts recently. In a statement issued Kashmir Chamber […]
Tarigami demands KCC loan waiver in Kashmir
Srinagar: CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Wednesday demanded a one-time waiver of Kissan Credit Card loan of small farmers and fruit growers in Kashmir whose crops were damaged by recent snowfall. The scale of relief announced under the state-specific special natural calamity for damaged orchards due to snowfall is quite inadequate given the quantum […]
