One way traffic resumes on Jammu-Srinagar highway after five days closure
Jammu, Mar 2 (PTI) After remaining closed for the past five days, Kashmir-bound traffic from here was allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway Saturday even as fresh snowfall and rains lashed parts of the state, officials said. Thousands of vehicles were stranded after the 270-km strategic highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of […]
Chiefs of Air and Naval staffs to get Z-plus security
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) The chiefs of the Indian Air Force and Navy will get Z-plus security cover after a fresh assessment of their threat perception by the security agencies, officials said. The decision was taken after a thorough review of the threat perception of IAF chief Air Marshal B S Dhanoa and chief of […]
Updated: Toll reaches 6 in Udhampur road mishap, 39 injured
Srinagar: Six passengers including a woman died and 39 others were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in met with an accident in Udhampur district on Friday late night. Reports said that the bus bearing registration ( JK02BR-5503) skidded off the road and fell down into a deep gorge near Chaner area of Majalta. […]
5 killed, 31 injured as bus falls into deep gorge in Udhampur
Srinagar: Five passengers including a woman died and 31 others were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in met with an accident in Udhampur district on Friday late night. Reports said that the bus bearing registration number ( JK02BR-5503) skidded off the road and fell down into a deep gorge near Chaner area of […]
Imran Khan was in Lahore to ensure ‘smooth’ handing over of Indian pilot: Sources
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was present in Lahore to oversee the ‘smooth’ handing over captured Indian Air Force pilot to India at the Wagah border on Friday, official sources said. Khan arrived in Lahore on Friday afternoon, a couple of hours before IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was brought to the Wagah border […]
Saudi Arabia revokes citizenship of Hamza bin Laden
Dubai: Saudi Arabia announced that it had revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who has become an increasingly prominent figure in the terror network. There was no immediate explanation why the royal decree stripping his citizenship, signed in November, was only becoming public now. However, the announcement […]
Winter vacations for schools, colleges extended till March 10
Srinagar: The divisional administration has extended the winter vacation of schools and colleges in Kashmir till March 10. An official said the decision to extend the winter vacation has been taken in view of the prevailing inclement weather in Kashmir. “The class work in all schools upto higher secondary and degree colleges of Kashmir will […]
LoC flare-up: Woman, her two siblings killed during shelling in Poonch
Poonch: Two siblings and their mother were killed while as four others including an army major and a soldier were injured as India and Pakistan troops continued shelling at Salootri in Krishna Ghati area of Poonch district of Jammu. Incharge Police Post Jhullas, Sub-Inspector Rasheed Kasana said that two siblings– Mohammad Faizan (5), and Shabnum […]
Youth killed during clashes at encounter site
5 security men also killed during encounter, 5 other injured
Srinagar: A 21-year-old civilian was killed and several others were injured in alleged government forces action near an encounter site at Babagund, Langate in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the youth identified as Waseem Ahmad Mir (21) son of Mohammad Akbar Mir of Zaloora suffered critical bullet wounds in his […]
Constitutional amendments: NC, PDP mulling moving court against Centre’s decision
Srinagar: The National Conference and the PDP said Friday that they were mulling moving court against the Centre’s decision to extend the 77th and 103rd Amendments of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir in the absence of an elected government in the state. The reactions come after the Union government on Thursday gave its […]
