Flights suspended at Srinagar airport due to bad weather
Srinagar: Following heavy downpour in state especially snowfall in summer capital Srinagar authorities have temporarily suspended operation at Srinagar airport on Saturday. “Landing/take-off [of flights] temporarily suspended at Srinagar airport due to bad weather/snowfall,” said the Information department on Twitter. It said the flights are lined up at the tarmac, waiting for the weather to […]
Wear tyre chain kits between Tangmar-Gulmar: SDM Gulmarg issued advisory
Baramulla: Sub District Magistrate Gulmarg has issued an advisory on Saturday for vehicles intending to travel to Gulmarg. “All Vehicles travelling to Gulmarg from Tangmarg should wear chain kits on tyres. And 4×4 vehicles will not be allowed to move from Tangmarg to Gulmarg,” SDM Gulmarg Shabir ul hassan said, adding none will be allowed to […]
China vows ‘necessary support’ to Pakistan as both countries ink 16 pacts
Beijing PTI: China will provide the “necessary support” to Pakistan to tide over the present financial crisis, a top official here said Saturday as the two countries signed 16 agreements after Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang to boost their “all-weather” strategic ties. Khan is here on his maiden […]
Khanyar youth joins ISJK: Mother appeals Ahtisham to return
Srinagar:- The family members of a youth, who is reported to have joined “militant ranks”, on Saturday appeal to Ahtisham Bilal to return home for the sake of ‘ailing father’. Ahtesham Bilal Sofi (19), a- is a first-year graduate student at Sharda University in Greater Noida, NCR were he was assaulted by Indian students in […]
Kishtwar: Curfew remains imposed for third day following killing of two BJP leaders
Srinagar: Curfew continued for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Saturday. The Curfew was imposed on late Thursday night after the killing of BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother. The Army carried out a flag march in the curfew bound areas of Kishtwar while the police and paramilitary forces were […]
Temperature plummets as snow, rains lash valley
Srinagar: Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday while heavy rains lashed the plains, the weather department said. “Fresh snowfall has occurred in Zojila Pass, Drass, Kargil, Sonamarg, Pahalgam, and Gulmarg during the last 12 hours,” a department official said. “Rains continued in the plains of the valley and the […]
Sopore remains shut for second day over local militant’s killing
Sopore: Sopore is observing shutdown for second consecutive day today over killing of a local militant on Thursday in a gunbattle with government forces. All shops and other business establishments are closed while public transport is off the roads. Educational institutions in Sopore division are shut as well as a precautionary measures. A local militants […]
Trump tweets himself as star of own Iran sanctions movie
Washington PTI: “Game of Thrones” fans are primed for the final season, but starring Donald Trump? Well not quite, though the president had a laugh at Iran’s expense by posing in a GoT-style picture. “SANCTIONS ARE COMING,” reads the mock movie poster Trump tweeted Friday, echoing the HBO swords-sex-dragons-and-zombie series’ signature line: “winter is coming.” […]
Social media posts claim missing Kashmiri student has joined militant ranks
Noida (UP) PTI: Social media posts carrying purported pictures of a Kashmiri boy, who went missing from a private university in Uttar Pradesh days ago, on Friday claimed that he has joined militant ranks in the Valley. Ahtesham Bilal Sofi (17), a resident of downtown Srinagar, was a first year graduation student at Greater Noida’s Sharda […]
Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers USD 100 bn a year: Trump
Washington PTI: Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers USD 100 billion a year, President Donald Trump has said as he slammed the opposition Democratic party for advocating an open border policy facilitating an easy entry of illegal immigrants into the US. His comments came amid a row over a caravan of an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 […]
