Flood alert issued for two Jammu districts amid incessant rains
Jammu: A red alert has been issued for Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua and Samba districts along with lower catchment areas amid incessant rains in the region for the third consecutive day on Sunday. The alert was issued by the meteorological department as reports came in from different areas about the water level in rivers and […]
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for second day, restoration work on
Banihal/Jammu: Traffic movement on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained suspended for the second day on Sunday as authorities stepped up efforts to restore the road amid improved weather conditions, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was closed for traffic on Saturday following heavy rains […]
2 soldiers among 5 dead as J and K, Ladakh receive heavy rains, unseasonal snowfall
Jammu/Leh: Two soldiers were among five people killed as incessant rains and unseasonal snowfall lashed a large part of Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir for the third consecutive day on Sunday, officials said. With water bodies swollen, the meteorological department issued a red alert for Monday for certain parts of the Jammu region and Ladakh, […]
Flash floods: Bodies of two soldiers fished out in Poonch
Jammu: Bodies of two soldiers, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), who were swept away by flash floods triggered by heavy rains, have been recovered in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. The Army personnel were crossing Dogra nallah in Surankote area when they were swept away by a strong current […]
Landslide hits bus in Doda, two dead
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Two persons were killed after a landslide hit a passenger bus in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a senior police officer said. The bus came under the landslide triggered by rains at village Bhangroo on Thathri-Gandoh road, Superintendent of Police, Bhaderwah, Vinod Sharma told PTI. He said a rescue operation was […]
JK LG reviews Amarnath Yatra arrangements, traffic restoration work after rains
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday chaired a meeting of civil and police officers to review the arrangements for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. Sinha said he also discussed efforts underway to restore traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which has been closed due to landslides at several places due to rains. […]
Amarnath yatra resumes from J-K’s Panjtarni, Sheshnag base camps after three days
Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra resumed on Sunday from Panjtarni and Sheshnag base camps after remaining suspended for three days due to inclement weather in Kashmir, officials said here. As soon as the skies cleared around the cave shrine, the authorities opened the gates and allowed the stranded devotees to offer prayers at the naturally formed […]
JPDCL worker dies repairing power transformer in J-K’s Rajouri
Rajouri (J&K): A worker engaged with the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) was electrocuted while repairing a power transformer in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Jahangir Khan (35), a resident of Azmatabad village of Thanamandi, was repairing a fault in the electricity transformer at village Manyal Gali when he […]
VHP holds camp to train J&K girls in arts of self-defence, fight ‘love jihad’
Jammu: VHP-affiliated ‘Durga Vahini’ held a training camp for girls in Jammu and Kashmir to teach them the arts of self-defence and how to keep their own during terror attacks, the right-wing outfit claimed here on Sunday. Girls, all aged about 18, from 12 districts of the Union Territory participated in the week-long camp that […]
JK police arrests 6 for planning to revive separatist politics in Kashmir
Srinagar: Police on Sunday said it detained a group of former JKLF ‘terrorists’ who were planning to revive separatist politics in Kashmir. “A Search was conducted on basis of credible info about meeting of some ex-trts (terrorist) of JKLF & erstwhile separatists in a hotel in Srinagar. They were brought to Kothibagh PS for verification. […]
