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 […]
Sgr-Leh highway remains closed for traffic
Srinagar: A 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh highway conecting Ladakh region with summer capital of the state remains closed for third straight day due to Snowfall in higher reaches of Sonamarg including Zojila Pass, zero point, Minimarg. An official said that Sgr-Leh highway was temporary suspended due to Snowfall as precautionary measure.
Mentally-challenged person shot dead near Army camp in Shopian: Police
Mentally-challenged’ person shot dead near Army camp in Shopian Srinagar: Army on Saturday killed an unidentified person after he, according to police, crossed the security fence of an Army camp located in Puhnoo village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. A police spokesman said that at around 3am an unidentified person crossed the fence […]
Exorbitant pricing of school books: DC Srinagar orders immediate inspection, report in 3 days
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Friday directed for immediate inspection of private schools across the district to ascertain the complaints of exorbitant pricing of books and uniforms provided to students in schools. The DC taking a strong note of the complaints directed for joint inspection by concerned executive magistrates of […]
Al badr militant arrested in Handwara
Kupwara: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested an affiliate of Al Badr militant outfit in Handwara. According to police on specific information a joint Nakka of Police/Army/92 CRPF was laid at Chutipora crossing at 1430 hrs. During checking a suspicious person was intercepted. On his search a pistol and 2 grenades were recovered. “The […]