Jammu-Srinagar highway to open for one-way traffic
Jammu: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway is slated to open for one-way traffic on Monday, according to a traffic department official. “Traffic moved from Srinagar to Jammu yesterday (Sunday). But many vehicles are yet to cross the Ramsoo-Ramban stretch of the highway,” the official said. “After these vehicles cross the Ramsoo-Ramban stretch, one-way traffic will be […]
Civilian injured during Pulwama gunfight succumbs
Srinagar: A civilian who was injured critically in the Pinglena gunfight during the wee hours on Monday has also succumbed. Reports said that a civilian identified as Mushtaq Ahmad received critical wounds during the exchange of gunfight as government forces and militants locked horns in Pinglena area of Pulwama. The civilian is believed to be […]
Army officer among four soldiers killed, another injured in Pulwama gunfight
Srinagar: Four armymen including an officer were killed and a soldier was injured in a gunfight at Pinglena area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 55 RR, CRPF and SOG launched a cordon wee hours today. A police official told that the cordon was laid in the […]
Curfew continues without relaxation in Jammu, efforts on to restore normalcy
Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) Curfew continued without any relaxation in Jammu for the third consecutive day on Sunday even as the Army staged flag march in sensitive areas, officials said. Senior civil and police officers held a marathon meeting with prominent citizens as part of efforts to restore normalcy in the city, they said. Internal […]
Whose purpose is being served by ‘ostracising’ Kashmiris, asks Omar
Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) Kashmir is not just a piece of land, it is the people that inhabit it, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah asserted Sunday, saying by attacking Kashmiris, they were being told there is no place for them outside the valley and no future in the mainland. “Young Kashmiri students studying outside […]
U’khand police asks Kashmiri students to not issue provocative statements
Dehradun, Feb 17 (PTI) Uttarakhand police Sunday appealed to Kashmiri students studying in the state to not issue provocative statements on social media in the wake of Pulwama terrorist attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. “People are outraged across the country over the Pulwama attack and students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in […]
Four Kashmiri students of pvt varsity suspended, booked for ‘celebrating’ Pulwama attack
Jaipur, Feb 17 (PTI) Four female paramedical students of Kashmiri-origin were suspended from a private institute here and later booked for allegedly celebrating the Pulwama terror attack by posting “anti-national” messages on an instant messaging app, officials said Sunday. The second-year students of the National Institute of Medical Science (NIMS), Talveen Manzoor, Iqra, Zohra Nazir […]
Kashmiri student arrested in HP for making ‘anti-national’ remarks on social media
Shimla, Feb 17 (PTI) A Kashmiri student of a private university in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district was “rusticated” and later arrested for allegedly making anti-national remarks on social media, police said Sunday. Tahseen Gul of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar was arrested Saturday as he had made some “anti-national” remarks on photo-video sharing app Instagram, Baddi […]
Jammu: All schools ( government and private) of all districts of Jammu province shall remain closed tomorrow ( 18.02.2019),a government spokesman said Sunday He said that exams scheduled for class 8th and 9th for 18th February are postponed and next date will be notified later.
Paramilitary convoy movement by road in JK to continue: MHA
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Movement of paramilitary convoys by road for logistical and operational reasons will continue in Jammu and Kashmir as it is “necessary”, the Home Ministry said Sunday, even though it has increased air support to carry troops to the state. The statement came after 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five […]
