Highway: Only valley bound traffic to ply today
Srinagar: The only road link of Valley with the rest of the world, Srinagar-Jammu highway was opened on Monday for one way traffic and only vehicular movement towards valley will be allowed. “Only Srinagar bound vehicles will be allowed with priority to stranded traffic,” an official said. According to an official around 3,000 vehicles, mostly […]
Weatherman predicts another spell of downpour, Feb 6 and 7 peak days
Srinagar: Weatherman has predicted another spell of wet four days peaking on February 6 and 7. On Monday the forecaster said that scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir in next four days. “…there would be high moisture feeding from Arabian Sea over northwest India specifically over Western Himalayan […]
Pope Francis lands in UAE for historic visit
Abu Dhabi, Feb 4 (AFP) Pope Francis landed in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday for the first ever visit by a pontiff to the Arabian Peninsula — the birthplace of Islam. The pope touched down in Abu Dhabi for the 48-hour trip during which he will meet leading Muslim clerics and hold an open-air mass […]
UK prepares secret plans to evacuate Queen if riots break out in London post-Brexit
London, Feb 3 (PTI) Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and other senior members of the royal family may have to be evacuated if the UK experiences riots as a result of a no-deal Brexit next month, a media report said on Sunday. The UK is set to exit the 28-member European Union (EU) on March 29. As […]
PM’s J&K visit an attempt to regain lost ground: Cong
Srinagar Feb 3 (PTI) The Congress Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh divisions just ahead of Lok Sabha polls was BJP’s attempt to regain the lost ground in the state. Alleging that the saffron party had “miserably failed” to fulfil promises made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Pradesh […]
Will return Padma Bhushan if govt doesn’t fulfil promises: Hazare
Ralegan Siddhi (Maha), Feb 3 (PTI) Social activist Anna Hazare, whose indefinite hunger strike entered the fifth day on Sunday, warned that if the Narendra Modi government did not fulfil its promises, he would return his Padma Bhushan. Earlier in the day, Bharatiya Janata Party ally Shiv Sena came out in Hazare’s support, urging him to […]
PM Modi’s tone remained unchanged in Kashmir
Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his government would break the backbone of militancy in Kashmir and will give befitting response to every militant. “I assure all the youths of Jammu and Kashmir and the country that the government will give befitting response to every terrorist. We will break the backbone of […]
Modi-Shah trying to organise coup in Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata, Feb 3 (PTI) Launching a scathing attack on the Centre after a CBI team made an unsuccessfully bid to question the Kolkata Police commissioner Sunday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah of trying to organise a coup in the state. She also alleged that National […]
Pope heads to UAE for historic trip
Abu Dhabi, Feb 3 (AFP) – Pope Francis heads to the UAE Sunday for the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, birthplace of Islam, where he will hold an open-air mass for tens of thousands of Catholics. The pontiff will take part in an interreligious conference on Monday, meeting Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the […]
Modi has deceived Kashmiri Pandits: Owaisi
Pune, Feb 3 (PTI) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government at the Centre of “deceiving” Kashmiri Pandits as they had failed to rehabilitate the community in the Valley. The Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad was speaking on the ‘Demise of Secularism- The Future of Secularism’ at ‘Words […]
