Snow claims its first causality, 75 year old woman dies at Sadhna top
Srinagar: A septuagenarian woman was killed soon after she got down from a Sumo vehicle along with other passengers and started to travel towards Tanghdar while it was snowing heavily at Sadna Top in Karnah Kupwara on Friday. Reports said that the 75-year-old women died, apparently due to cold, while on way from Kupwara to […]
Trade negotiations with China going well: Trump
Washington: The United States is doing very well in trade negotiations with China, President Donald Trump said Friday. We have a massive trade negotiation going on with China. President Xi is very much involved; so am I. We’re dealing at the highest levels and we’re doing very well. We’re doing very well, Trump told reporters […]
Fresh snowfall drapes Valley in white
Srinagar: The Kashmir Valley on Friday was draped in white after a fresh bout of snowfall was experienced across the Valley including summer capital Srinagar, while as the local Meteorological department predicted heavy rains or snowfall in the higher reaches of the State till Sunday afternoon. The MeT had forecasted major wet spell till January […]
Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed, air-traffic shut
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed Friday as a precautionary measure as the road was rendered slippery due to fresh snowfall, a Traffic Department official said. Moderate to heavy snowfall began across Kashmir this afternoon, bringing relief to the residents from dry weather. “It has been snowing across Kashmir since afternoon. The men and […]
Delhi never extended unconditional dialogue offer to us: Geelani, Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Chairmen of both factions of Hurriyat, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and MirwaizUmerFarooq on Friday rebutted the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over his remarks that the Centre had offered ‘an unconditional dialogue to Hurriyat leadership’. Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani in a statement issued here said that the government of India never […]
SC rejects bail plea of Hizbul Chief Salauddin’s son
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea of Syed ShahidYousuf, son of Hizbul-Mujahideen founder Syed Salauddin, challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his bail petition in a terror funding case. The top court said that once the trial court had granted extension of time to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to […]
Indo-Pak armies trade fire in Poonch
Jammu: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistan army troops resorted to mortar shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Friday. Indian troops fired in retaliation, they said, adding that no casualty or damage was incurred. There were nearly 1,600 incidents of […]
Sikh man shot dead by militants in Tral
Srinagar: A Sikh man was shot dead by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Tral area of Pulwama district Friday, police said. Simranjeet Singh was shot at by the militants at Khasipora in Tral area, a police official said. Singh, whose elder brother was elected as a sarpanch in recently held panchayat elections, was rushed to […]
Pioneer of ENT in Valley, Prof Abdul Ahad dies
Medico bodies express grief, says gem lost
Srinagar: Considered as one of the pioneer in establishing the Department of ENT at SMHS hospital, Prof. Sheikh Abdul Ahad breathed his last on late Thursday night at SKIMS here. He was earlier operated for prostatic malignancy and was on chemo-radiotherapy, lately. Prof Ahad was 74. After completing his MBBS and MS (ENT) from prestigious […]
Two killed as truck falls into gorge in Doda
Bhadarwah/Doda: Two persons were killed and another was seriously injured when a truck skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu division, police said Friday. The truck was on its way to Bhadarwah from Doda when it skidded off the road and rolled down into a 120-feet […]
