Snowfall disrupts life across valley
Flight operations disrupted, Jammu-Srinagar NH closed
Flight operations disrupted, Jammu-Srinagar NH closed
Stranded passenger vehicles cleared
Banihal: Over 500 passenger vehicles were cleared Saturday despite snowfall which disrupted traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, officials said. The traffic on the 270-km highway was suspended around 11 am as a precautionary measure due to slippery conditions between Shaitaninallah and Verinagzig, leaving […]
NC promises to establish commission to probe killings in JK
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Saturday said if his party is elected to power with a majority in the upcoming assembly elections, it would establish a truth and reconciliation commission to probe killings in Jammu and Kashmir. He also asserted that Kashmir is fundamentally a political problem and only reconciliation and dialogue within […]
Pakistan not able to push in infiltrators: Guv Malik
Says Indian forces giving befitting response to Pakistan
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday said Indian forces are giving a befitting response to Pakistan which is “frustrated” because it is not able to push “infiltrators”. Malik expressed happiness over the successful conduct of Panchayat elections in the state and said despite attempts by Pakistan and terrorists to vitiate the atmosphere […]
Pak charges RAW of involvement in Karachi consulate attack
Allegation is ‘fabricated, scurrilous', says India
Karachi/New Delhi: Pakistani police on Friday accused Indian spy agency RAW of being involved in the November terrorist attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, a charge rejected by India as “fabricated and scurrilous”. Karachi police said they have arrested five suspects from a separatist Baloch group for the November 23 attack on the Chinese […]
Pak says not approaching IMF for new bailout programme
We are considering alternative options: Finance Minister
Karachi: Pakistan will not approach the IMF for a new bailout package and is considering alternative options to tide over its economic crisis, Finance Minister Asad Umar said Saturday. Minister Umar made the remarks during a meeting with businessmen at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). Umar told the participants that the Imran […]
Modi govt failed to give befitting response to Pakistan: Cong
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday expressed shock over the killings of two soldiers and an Army porter in Rajouri district and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had “failed” to give a befitting response to the neighbour. An Army Major and a soldier were killed in an IED blast along the Line of […]
Corporators create ruckus at oath-taking ceremony
Jammu: Some elected village heads created a ruckus during their oath-taking ceremony in Jammu city, demanding they be allowed to take the oath in Dogri language. Sarpanch Shiv Dev Singh of Barnoti block of Kathua district led the group to demand that they be allowed to take oath in Dogri, instead of Urdu, and raised […]
Three houses, seven shops gutted in Doda fire mishap
Doda: At least three houses and seven shops were gutted in a fire in this hilly district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The fire broke out in a house at Kahara village, 45 kms from here, around 4.30 AM and quickly spread to adjoining structures, a police official said. He said the […]
Lt Gen J S Nain takes over as Commander of Army’s Rising Star Corps
Jammu: Lt Gen J S Nain on Saturday took over as the 14th Corps Commander of the Rising Star Corps from Lt Gen Y V K Mohan here, a defence spokesperson said. A highly decorated soldier and an alumni of the National Defence Academy, Lt Gen Nain was Commissioned into the 2nd Battalion of the […]
