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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]