Railways in Kashmir suffer losses due to shutdown

Srinagar: As train service continued to remain suspended for the 92nd day on Monday, the Railway department has suffered a loss of over Rs 2.76 crore in Kashmir valley, where shutdown against scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35 A entered 14th week. Official sources said that not a single train operated in Kashmir valley […]
As ‘illegal constrictions’ continue, SMC officials look the other way

Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has turned Srinagar city into a concrete jungle. Influential persons in connivance with SMC officials have managed to raise massive structures that too during the past three months when the government machinery has shifted its focus elsewhere. Sources said that over 200 illegal constructions have come up across Kashmir for […]
PDP terms detention of its chief ‘contrary to norms’
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday termed the detention of its chief Mehbooba Mufti as ‘contrary to norms’ and ‘worst form of human rights violation’. It urged authorities to release all political detainees especially its party chief Mehbooba Mufti. PDP General Secretary Ved Mahajan addressed a presser in winter capital Jammu where he termed […]
Ex-Guv’s 24 hour electricity promise proves a ‘gag’
Power plays hide and seek in Kashmir
Srinagar: Just a month after the former Governor Satya Pal Malik announced 24 hours power supply in Kashmir during winters, the government has utterly failed to fulfill the promises as the unscheduled power cuts here have started irking people across Kashmir. The former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satya Pal Malik on September 18, 2019, announced […]
PDP terms detention of its chief ‘contrary to norms’
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday termed the detention of its chief Mehbooba Mufti as ‘contrary to norms’ and ‘worst form of human rights violation’. It urged authorities to release all political detainees especially its party chief Mehbooba Mufti. PDP General Secretary Ved Mahajan addressed a presser in winter capital Jammu where he termed […]
Two tourists suffer injuries during stone pelting
Srinagar: Two tourists were on Monday evening injured in stone pelting in Srinagar outskirts, an official said. They said miscreant pelted stones at vehicles at Parimpora in city outskirts on Monday evening. “A vehicle, ferrying tourists from world famous ski resort of Gulmarg to Srinagar, was hit by a stone, resulting in injuries to two […]
Militant hideout busted
Srinagar: Security forces have busted a militant hideout and recovered huge quantity of incriminating materials in the apple township of Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla. A police official on Monday said that following specific information, police unearthed a militant hideout in Brath, Sopore in Baramulla on Sunday. He said huge quantity of incriminating […]