PSA law will be revoked if NC comes to power, says Omar

Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said Thursday the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), under which a person can be detained without trial for six months, would be revoked if his party was voted to power in Jammu and Kashmir. Making the announcement at militancy-hotbed Pulwama district in south Kashmir, Omar Abdullah said: “I do […]

Educational tour that left bitter memories

Government school children were stranded for 30 hours on Highway

Government school children were stranded for 30 hours on Highway Srinagar: Hundreds of government school children who left for educational tour to various states were stranded for more than 30 hours due to frequent closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The parents of the students complained of poor arrangement by the school education department for the […]

Grenade blast leaves 5 civilians, 2 CRPF men injured in Anantnag

Srinagar: Five civilians and two paramilitary CRPF men were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party outside police post Sheerbagh in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday afternoon. Reports said that suspected militants hurled a grenade on the CRPF party of 96 Battalion in Sheerbagh resulting in injuries to two CRPF men […]

Atmosphere of hate must go in Kashmir: Shah Faesal

Pune: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who recently quit the service to join politics, called for reviving talks with Pakistan to bring lasting peace in militancy-affected Jammu and Kashmir, his home state. The 2010-batch IAS exam topper, while batting for “credible political solution” in the strife-torn state, said separatists and Kashmiri Pandits should be made […]

‘Chillai Kalan’ leaves on a wet note: Snowfall leads to closure of Highway, flights also cancelled

Srinagar: ‘Chillai-Kalan’, the 40-day harshest period of winter in Kashmir, came to an end on Thursday but intermittent snowfall and low visibility has cut off the valley from rest of the country as Srinagar-Jammu Highway remained closed while no flight has been able to land here so far, officials said. The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has […]

MeT predicts another wet spell from Feb 5

Srinagar: The snowfall in the Valley continued for the second consecutive day on Thursday while as the local Meteorological department forecasted improvement in weather conditions from Friday afternoon. The Valley’s higher reaches including famous ski-resort and others including Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg as well as the plains received a fresh snowfall since Wednesday, brining the temperature […]