Srinagar-Jammu highway shut for traffic for fifth consecutive day
Srinagar, Jan 7 (PTI) The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was shut for traffic for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday in the wake of heavy snowfall over the past four days, even as the minimum temperature across the valley stayed below the freezing point, officials said. The 260 kilometre-long highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir […]
Joint session of US Congress certifies Biden’s electoral victory over Trump
Washington, Jan 7 (PTI) A Joint Session of the US Congress on Thursday formally certified the electoral victory of Joe Biden as the next US President and Kamala Harris as the Vice President in the November 3 election. The formal certification by the Joint Session came in the wee hours of Thursday. The Joint Session […]
Birds die mysteriously in Rajouri, authorities to collect samples for Bird Flu
Jammu, Jan: Several birds, mostly crows, have died under mysterious conditions in Panj Peer area of Rajouri town over the past few days amid the Bird Flu scare in the country. Officials said that they are going to constitute teams to collect samples from these birds who have died mysteriously. Meanwhile, locals of Panj Peer […]
Lt Guv Sinha announces Rs 28000 Crore Industrial Package for JK
Jammu, Jan 07: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday announced the GoI approved Rs 28400 Crore mega “Industrial Development Package-2021” for the UT’s industrial growth, investments and job creations in the industrial sector. Addressing a press conference in Jammu, the LG Sinha said that the Union Cabinet on January 6, sanctioned the huge […]
Farmers take out tractor march against farm laws
New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Amid tight security, thousands of farmers on Thursday started their tractor-march from protest sites — Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders — against the three agriculture laws. Bharati Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that farmers participated in the march with over 3,500 tractors and trolleys. According to the […]
World leaders are appalled by storming of US Capitol
London, Jan 7 (AP) Leaders around the world condemned the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing shock at the chaos unfolding in a country they once relied upon for global leadership. Disgraceful scenes in US Congress,” tweeted Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, a staunch ally of […]
Twitter, Facebook suspend Trump accounts after violence at US Capitol
Washington, Jan 7 (PTI) In an unprecedented move, Twitter and Facebook have suspended President Donald Trump’s accounts after he continued to push conspiracy theories about the November 3 election following the storming of the US Capitol by his supporters. Twitter suspended Trump’s account for 12 hours and also blocked three of his tweets including a […]
Trump supporters storm Capitol, clash with police; Biden says ‘unprecedented assault’ on democracy
Washington, Jan 7 (PTI) In an “unprecedented assault” on democracy in America, thousands of angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police, resulting in casualty and multiple injuries and interrupting a constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. The police, outnumbered by the maskless protesters, […]
Flight operations resume at Srinagar airport after four days
Srinagar, Jan 7: The Srinagar International Airport today received the first flight early in the morning after air services remained suspended for four days due to heavy snowfall and bad weather in Kashmir. Kashmir remained cut off since Jan 3 with rest of the world as both Air and Road communications remaining suspended. The BRO […]
White terror: Two killed as snowfall wreaks havoc in Kashmir
Several houses damaged, dozens rescued
Srinagar: A CRPF officer and a 74-year-old woman died on Wednesday in separate incidents triggered by heavy snowfall in Kashmir, police said. Meanwhile, the massive snowfall created fear among people as several houses collapsed across Kashmir valley resulting in loses in crores. The people across the valley also witnessed trouble as all the roads remained […]
