Jammu-Srinagar National Highway closed after overnight snowfall, landslides

Jammu, Dec 12 (PTI) The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed due to overnight snowfall and eight families were moved to safer locations after heavy rains triggered landslides in Gurmul village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Saturday. Nine inches of snow has accumulated on the ground at the Jawahar Tunnel of […]
Kashmir receives fresh snowfall, highways closed

Srinagar, Dec 12: Most parts of Kashmir valley including capital city of Srinagar received fresh snowfall on Saturday morning, reports said. They said that in higher reaches heavy snowfall has been reported while aroud three inches of snowfall was recorded in Srinagar as well. Jammu-Srinagar highway, connecting Kashmir Valley with outside world, was blocked due […]
Solider dies of cardiac arrest in Shopian

Shopian, Dec 12: A Territorial Army (TA) soldier died after suffering a cardiac arrest in Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. An official said that a soldier who was on duty died of cardiac attack early Saturday morning at Zainapora. He said that the soldier fell unconscious and was rushed to a […]
EC toys with idea of digital voter ID card

New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) The Election Commission (EC) is toying with the idea of providing voters with election photo identity card in a digital format for easy accessibility, a senior official said. He, however, made it clear that no decision has been taken by the EC yet in this regard. “We keep getting suggestions […]
Need stimulus for print media Industry: INS

New Delhi, Dec 12: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has once again urged the Centre to announce a stimulus package for the newspaper industry to tide over the crisis in the wake of the pandemic, a request that INS, the representative body of newspapers in India, has made several times over the past few months. […]
US Supreme Court rejects lawsuit to overturn presidential election results

Washington, Dec 12 (PTI) The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas, along with 17 other States, and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to overturn the results of the presidential elections in several key battleground States won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden who now is the president-elect. Texas has not demonstrated […]
Gulmarg, Pahalgam only places in Kashmir with sub-zero night temperatures

Srinagar: Gulmarg and Pahalgam were the only places in Kashmir which recorded sub-zero night temperatures on Friday, even as the MeT office predicted moderate rains or snowfall over the higher reaches of the Union Territory from tonight. The minimum temperature across Kashmir, except in Gulmarg in the north and Pahalgam in the south, stayed above […]
434 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more die
Srinagar, Dec 11 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir recorded 434 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the infection tally to 1,15,207, while 11 deaths in the last 24 hours raised the toll to 1,786, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 202 are from the Jammu division and 232 from the Kashmir division, the officials said. They […]
Roshni Act: CBI submits ATR in J-K HC, process of hearing review petitions initiated
Jammu: The CBI on Friday submitted its Action Taken Report (ATR) in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on the progress in cases registered to probe alleged irregularities in the Roshni Act as the process of hearing review petitions from various individuals was initiated. CBI counsel Monika Kohli submitted the status report in a sealed […]
Over 51 pc votes polled in 5th phase of DDC elections in JK
Jammu: Over 51 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the fifth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, an official said. Ganderbal district recorded the highest of 56.40 per cent polling in the Valley, while Poonch district of Jammu region polled the highest of 71.62 per cent […]