Jmu-Sgr highway reopened for stranded vehicles only
No fresh traffic will be allowed today
No fresh traffic will be allowed today
As weather improves in Kashmir, night temperature drops
Srinagar: A significant drop in night temperature was recorded in many places of Kashmir, while the summer capital Srinagar saw the minimum temperature hovering around freezing point, a MeT department official said Wednesday. The minimum temperature settled at minus 0.3 degrees Celsius in Srinagar Tuesday night, he said. Qazigund the gateway town to the Valley […]
Shah Faesal announces campaign for ‘clean politics’ in Kashmir
Resorts to crowd funding to raise political party
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Wednesday launched a crowd funding campaign for “clean politics and corruption-free administration” in Jammu and Kashmir. The 2010-batch topper of the UPSC civil services exam said it was a people’s movement for change. “Be a part of this journey for clean politics and corruption-free administration in J&K. Support Shah […]
Mumbai attack case: Pak court temporarily halts hearing
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has temporarily halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300 in November 2008. The trial, underway in an anti-terrorism court in […]
Hindu woman-Muslim man marriage not ‘regular or valid’: SC
Says child born out of the relationship is legitimate
New Delhi: A marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man is not a “regular or valid” but the child born out of such wedlock is legitimate, the Supreme Court has held. It also said that the legal effect of such an irregular marriage is that a wife is entitled to get dower but […]
Finally Priyanka Gandhi takes a plunge, joins active politics
NEW DELHI: Ending years of speculation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East in a move reflecting the party’s intent to go full throttle in the state ahead of the general elections. She will take over her new assignment in the politically crucial […]
Could Priyanka be an X factor of 2019 poll battle, wonders Mehbooba
Srinagar: Welcoming Priyanka Gandhi Vadra into politics, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday wondered if the Gandhi family scion would become the X factor of the upcoming national elections. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said Priyanka brings with her the grace of the Gandhi-Nehru lineage and her immense personal charm. “Welcome Priyanka Gandhi to […]
Heavy snowfall alarm failed as weather showed improvement
Cold conditions prevailed in Jammu region
Cold conditions prevailed in Jammu region
Snow avalanche blocks Jawahar tunnel
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed on Tuesday after a snow avalanche blocked both tubes of the Jawahar tunnel on Qazigund side, police said. Rescue operations have been launched to evacuate people stranded in the tunnel but there is no report of any casualty so far. “A snow avalanche hit Jawahar tunnel and has […]