Shutdown in Kunzar against poor power, water supply
Srinagar: Scores of people took to the roads in Kunzar town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district against the poor power supply and the shortage of drinking water in the area. According to the reports, the people took to Srinagar-Gulmarg road and raised slogans in favour of their demands. The protesters blocked traffic for some time […]
BJP’s policies in JK have proved an utter failure: Congress
Srinagar: While expressing serious concern over the unabated cycle of violence which is consuming precious lives day in and day out, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and MLC G N Monga today said that BJP-led Center Government’s policies in the state have proved an utter failure. In a statement issued to […]
Traffic resumes on Srinagar-Leh highway
Srinagar: The national highway, connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir valley, reopened while the historic Mughal road remained closed for the fourth day on Monday due to slippery road condition following the snowfall. Meanwhile, the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, linking Kashmir with the rest of the country was through for traffic though heavy vehicles will continue […]
Karvan-e-Aman bus leave to cross over to PaK
Srinagar: The weekly Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered-Kashmir (PaK) left on Monday morning from here to cross over to other side, official sources said. The weekly bus with eleven passengers left Srinagar this morning for Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the Line of […]
Rail service resumes after remaining suspended for two days
Srinagar: Train service between Banihal and Baramulla resumed on Monday after remaining suspended for two days due to security reasons. “We have resumed train service in the Kashmir valley today,” a senior railway said. He said that the service was suspended on Saturday and Sunday following directions from the administration and police for security reasons.
Over a dozen shops gutted in south Kashmir blaze
Anantnag: Over a dozen shops and buildings were damaged in fire in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district in the wee hours of Monday. According to the reports, property worth crores of rupees has been damaged in the devastating fire in the commercial hub of the district. They said that the fire broke out in major commercial […]
Former IAS officer spills the beans
Srinagar: Perhaps what could turn out to be a major embarrassment for the ruling class, a retired woman IAS officer has openly talked about various ‘scandals’ and divulged details about how people in the state of Jammu and Kashmir are taken for a ride. The former bureaucrat and first woman IAS officer in […]
Aadhar ‘complicates’ life of commoners in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Without going to debate whether it should be mandatory or not, but Aadhar has become a problem for thousands of people in Kashmir valley as they have not been given his all important document so far even as the deadline for obtaining it is approaching fast. BJP-led NDA government at the centre introduced this […]
Interlocutor will seek greener pastures, will visit peripheries also
SRINAGAR: Daneshwar Sinha, Delhi’s new point man on Kashmir, is planning to spend some time in the Kashmir periphery, next time when he is in Srinagar, sources said. He is planning his second visit later this month. “We expect that he would be moving out of Srinagar and going to areas which have, recently, shown […]
Author donates 1/3 of his prize money to Sri Lanka, Rohingya Muslims and Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Anuk Arudpragasam, the Sri Lankan author, whose debut novel ‘The Story of a Brief Marriage’ won the 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, has donated one-third of his prize to the victims of the violence in the region. He dedicated his donation to Northern Sri Lanka, Rohingya Muslims and Kashmir, media reports from […]