Kashmir to remain cutoff for five days

Jammu-Srinagar NH closed, repair work started: Officials

Banihal/Jammu: The 270-kilometre Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed for traffic after a portion of the road caved in near Ramban town, officials said on Monday, adding the repair work would take at least five days to restore the arterial route. A portion of the road near Kela Morh, about four km ahead of the Ramban district […]

Centre to bear expenses for first round of vaccination: PM

3 Cr healthcare, frontline workers to be inoculated

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round and suggested that public representatives, a reference to politicians, should not be part of this initial exercise. Interacting with state chief ministers, Modi underscored the […]

LAC standoff: CDS Rawat visits Ladakh, reviews security situation

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is on a visit to Ladakh to review the country’s overall military preparedness as thousands of Indian and Chinese troops remained deployed in a high state of combat readiness in various mountainous locations in the region amid the eight-month-long border standoff. Official sources said on Monday […]

Captured PLA soldier handed over to Chinese authorities

New Delhi: The Indian Army on Monday handed back to China a soldier of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), three days after apprehending him at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. The soldier was returned to China at the Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh at 10.10 am, […]

Forces on alert to foil infiltration bid from across LoC: Jammu IGP

Jammu: The Army and police are on alert to foil any attempt of infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir by militants assembled at launching pads across the Line of Control, a top police officer said on Monday. Asserting that attempts were being made revive terror in Poonch, a border district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said […]