Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for third consecutive day
Jammu: Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Friday as the work to clear landslides, which disrupted traffic and left over 6,000 vehicles stranded, is on, officials said. Due to the closure of the highway, over 6,500 vehicles were stranded at various places between Jammu to Banihal and other side of the […]
Lieutenant among 4 injured in mine blast along LoC in J-K’s Rajouri
Jammu: Four soldiers, including a lieutenant, were injured in a mine blast along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. The blast took place during patrolling in forward area along the Line of Control in Kalal in Naushera sector, they said. The injured persons were rushed to a hospital, the officials […]
US kills powerful Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad drone strike
Washington: The US military killed General Qasem Soleimani, the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, in a drone strike in Iraq on Friday to protect American personnel abroad, dramatically escalating hostilities between the arch-rivals and spiking tensions in the already volatile Persian Gulf region. Gen Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite al-Quds force and architect of […]
Over 5,000 vehicles stranded on Jammu-Srinagar highway due to landslides: Officials
Jammu: Over 5,000 vehicles are stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar highway for the past two days due to landslides, officials said on Thursday. Landslides were reported from Karol in Chanderkot near Jaiswal bridge on Thursday and from Digdol on Wednesday, they said. Over 5,000 vehicles have been stranded at different places on the highway and no […]
7 killed, 24 injured as bus falls into gorge in Rajouri
Jammu: Seven people were killed and 24 injured, some of them critically, when a bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday, police said. The bus was on its way from Surankote to Jammu when the accident happened at Siot-Lambari in Rajouri district, they […]
