Vehicle collision in Reasi leaves 16 injured

Jammu: At least 16 persons including 14 pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh were injured on Tuesday in a head-on collision between two vehicles in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place near Sulla Park on the Reasi-Katra road when the two mini-buses, moving in opposite directions collided with each other, a […]
“Free Kashmir” placard holder apologises, bats for J&K peace
Mumbai: The woman behind the controversial “Free Kashmir” placard displayed at the protest rally at the Gateway of India here on Tuesday said she was just demanding lifting of restrictions in the new Union Territory and claimed her act has been “blown out of proportion”. The placard with “Free Kashmir” message, held aloft by a woman […]
Govt wanted Kashmir like rest of India, ended up making India like Kashmir: Yashwant Sinha

New Delhi: The government had claimed of making Kashmir like the rest of India but has ended up doing otherwise, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday, as he slammed the Centre over what he called was its policy of “suppression”. Sinha, who had quit the BJP after being sidelined in the party he […]
Srinagar receives first snowfall of 2020

Srinagar: Srinagar on Monday received first snowfall of this year as the night temperature across Kashmir improved due to fresh downpour. “Light to moderate snowfall has been witnessed across Kashmir, including Srinagar city, since early morning,” an official of the MET department said. He said the snowfall was going on at most places in the […]
JK highway closed due to landslide, snowfall

Banihal/Jammu: Over 600 vehicles were stranded as fresh snowfall and landslides triggered by rains have closed the Jammu-Srinagar national highway again on Monday, officials said. One-way traffic resumed on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway on Sunday after remaining suspended for the past four days due to multiple landslides in Ramban district, the officials added. The highway […]
PDP pays tribute to its founder Mufti Sayeed on his 4th death anniversary

Srinagar: The PDP on Monday paid tribute to its founder and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on his fourth death anniversary. Sayeed died on January 7, 2016 at AIIMS hospital in Delhi after being admitted there briefly. PDP general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura described the the party founder as a […]
JK Students Association condemns JNU violence
Dehradun:The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Monday condemned the attack on JNU students, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, and demanded action against the perpetrators. “Thrashing of students and teachers at JNU without any rhyme and reason is strongly condemnable. We condemn it in the harshest of words,” Nasir Khuehami, the spokesperson of the Association, […]
Pakistan will not allow its soil to be used for any regional conflict: FM Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan will not allow its soil to be used for any regional conflict and play its role to de-escalate tensions between the US and Iran, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday, urging Tehran to refrain from any escalatory measures in response to the killing of a top Iranian general by America. Maj Gen […]
Pak Rangers handover 20 released fishermen to BSF at Wagah Border
Lahore/Attari: The 20 Indian fishermen, who were released from a Pakistani jail on Sunday in a goodwill gesture amidst tense bilateral ties, crossed over to the Indian side through the Attari-Wagah border on Monday. The fishermen, most of whom hail from Andhra Pradesh, were handed over to the Border Security Force by the Pakistan Rangers, officials […]
Wet weekend predicted in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar: The minimum temperature in most parts of Kashmir dropped on Friday, even as the MET Office here has forecast spells of wet weather over the weekend. The minimum temperature decreased at most places in the valley as well as in Ladakh UT on Friday, an official of the Meteorological department here said. He said Srinagar […]