Snowfall Aftermath: Governor orders immediate restoration of essential services
JAMMU: Governor Satya Pal Malik this morning took stock of the situation arising due to heavy snowfall in Kashmir valley and winter zone of Jammu division. The Governor is personally monitoring the situation and has issued instructions to the PDD and PWD for immediate restoration of electricity supply and road connectivity in the affected areas. […]
J&K Bank restores ATM operations on war footing in Kashmir
Srinagar: After developing a snag in its ATM network in the Kashmir Valley owing to disruption in the power supply following unprecedented snowfall, J&K Bank has made most of its automated teller machines (ATMs) operational in the region. Soon after the bank’s ATM network went out of gear, the bank swiftly constituted special teams in […]
Bomb scare disrupts train services in Sealdah South section
Kolkata: A suspicious object, mistaken for bomb, was detected near the railway track between Sealdah and Park Circus stations on Sunday morning that led to disruption of train services for nearly an hour, an Eastern Railway spokesman said. After examination, it was found to be a hoax, the official added. The suspicious material was removed […]
Darbar Move: J&K secretariat to start functioning from Monday
Jammu: All necessary security arrangements have been put in place as the Civil Secretariat, seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, will reopen here on Monday after a 10-day break owing to the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’. The Civil Secretariat, Raj Bhavan and other Darbar Move offices closed in Srinagar on October 26 after six months […]
Bahrain opposition chief gets life in jail over Qatar spy case
Dubai: Bahrain’s appeals court sentenced the head of the country’s Shiite opposition movement to jail for life Sunday over charges of spying for rival Gulf state Qatar, a judicial source said. Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-outlawed Al-Wefaq movement, had been acquitted by the high criminal court in June, a verdit the public prosecution […]
Valley shivers post snowfall, weather to improve late afternoon
Srinagar: The minimum temperatures across the Kashmir Valley dropped below the freezing point on Sunday with Srinagar recording this season’s coldest night so far at minus 0.4 degrees Celsius, the Met Department said. The temperature in Pahalgam was minus 0.5 degrees Celsius, Gulmarg minus 5.0, Leh minus 1.5 while Kargil was at minus 4.6. According […]
Even after 24 hours PDD failed to restore power supply: Congress
Srinagar: J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G.A. Mir Sunday expressed his dismay over the failure of the government to restore the basic services that were hit owing to few inches of snowfall in the valley. G.A. Mir expressed concern over the power crisis, saying that even after 22 hours, the PDD has filed to […]
Untimely snowfall: Trade body rues failure of administration
Srinagar: Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Khan Sunday said that the administration failed miserably as valley witnessed a few inches of snowfall on Saturday. He said that the valley witnessed poorest-ever civic amenities being provided to the people. Kashmir in general and summer capital of Srinagar in particular are reeling under administrative chaos. […]
Shopian gunfight: Family, locals reject police claim, maintain Shahid was a civilian
Question police’s vague statement, reference to 2004 case Srinagar: Locals on Sunday rejected police claims regarding civilian Shahid Manzoor Mir, one of the two persons killed during an encounter in Khudpora, Gagran area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The other slain has been identified as Irfan Ahmad Bhat son of Ali Mohammad of Bandzoo Pulwama […]
9-yr-old girl killed, 3 injured in landslide
Jammu: A nine-year-old girl was killed and three members of a nomadic family were injured when a landslide struck their tent in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said on Sunday. A Bakarwal family had set up a ‘dera’ (tent accommodation) at Chatyar village near a shrine which came under a landslide […]
