Traffic suspended on Jmu-Sgr highway
SRINAGAR: Traffic on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. They said that Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed on Friday for weekly maintenance and repair work. However, traffic could not be restored Saturday morning due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by rain at Panthal and […]
Justice Magrey terms Social Justice vital for maintaining social stability
Presides over Workshop on ‘Social Justice and Role of NGOs’ at Bla
BARAMULLA: J&K High Court Judge, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey Saturday termed the social justice and equality vital for maintaining social stability. He said that the constitution of India gives some fundamental rights and liberties and there is a need to uphold them while discharging one’s duties. Justice Magrey said this during a daylong awareness cum […]
Burglars loot cash from Gurudwara in Bandipora
Bandipora: Burglars struck at a Gurudwara in Nowpora area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district and decamped with cash from the donation box. The Gurudwara is located in the main market of ward number 1 of Nowpora Bandipora, locals said. Sources said that the burglars entered into Gurudwara and broke the iron chest filled with cash. […]
Court quashes detention of Sopore youth under PSA
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of a North Kashmir youth under Public Safety Act (PSA). Tawseef Ahmed Najar son of Ghulam Muhammad Najar, a resident of Brat Kalan Sopore was arrested by police in Sopore a month after the abrogation of Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 on […]
8,623 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, 51 deaths
Mumbai, Feb 27 (PTI) Maharashtra reported more than 8,000 new COVID-19 cases on the fourth straight day on Saturday which took the caseload in the state to 21,46,777, a health official said. The state reported 8,623 new infections and 51 deaths. The death toll in the state due to the pandemic reached 52,092, the official […]
Pakistan ready to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue: PM Imran
Islamabad, Feb 27 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday welcomed the ceasefire agreement with India and said Islamabad remains ready to move forward to resolve “all outstanding issues” through dialogue. In his first comments since the militaries of India and Pakistan jointly announced on Thursday that they have agreed to strictly observe all […]
42 travelers among 97 fresh covid-19 cases in JK
Srinagar, Feb 27: Forty-two travellers were among 97 new cases of novel coronavirus reported in Jammu and Kashmir even as no death due to the virus has been reported in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Among the fresh infections, they said, 24 were from Jammu division and 73 from Kashmir Valley, taking […]
Rains, snowfall in Kashmir as chill increases
Srinagar, Feb 27: Higher reaches of Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall while rains lashed plains of Kashmir Valley, weatherman said on Saturday. A meteorological department official said that Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir received rain or snow of 23.2mm during the last 24 hours. The resort, the venue for the ongoing […]
Traffic suspended on Jmu-Sgr highway
SRINAGAR, Feb 27: Traffic on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. They said that Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed on Friday for weekly maintenance and repair work. However, traffic could not be restored Saturday morning due to landslides and shooting stones triggered by rain at […]
India records 16,488 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths
New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) India registered a single-day spike of over 16,000 COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,79,979, while the recoveries surged to 1,07,63,451, according to Union Health Ministry data. A total of 16,488 novel coronavirus cases were reported in a day, while the […]
