Cold Wave: Sgr shivers at minus 6.2 degree Celsius, records coldest night of the season
Srinagar, Dec 20: As majority of places across Kashmir continued to witness prolonged dry spell, the mercury has plummeted to the season’s lowest at several parts of the Valley with Srinagar, recording the coldest night so far at minus 6.2 degree Celsius. The cold wave has tightened its grip across Kashmir with the majority of […]
Search operation launched in border areas in Mendhar
Mendhar/Jammu, Dec 19 (PTI) Security forces have launched a search operation in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following inputs regarding suspicious movement, officials said. The search operation was conducted by security forces and police in forward areas of Mendhar on Thursday, they said. The operation is part of the alertness of […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviews J&K security situation
New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the first such meeting on the Union territory since the assembly elections were held there during September-October, sources said. J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and top officers of the Army, paramilitary forces, J&K administration, intelligence […]
CM Omar meets with Amit Shah, to seek timeline for early statehood restoration
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah here to discuss a range of key issues, including the early restoration of statehood, officials said. This is Abdullah’s second meeting with the Union minister after taking over as the first chief minister of […]
Curbing traffic violations: Over 1,000 cameras installed across Srinagar city, says CEO Smart City
Srinagar, Dec 19: CEO Srinagar Smart City, Owais Ahmad Thursday said that over 1,000 cameras have been installed across the city under the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) to curb traffic violations. Speaking tp reporters, the CEO said that cameras are designed to capture various traffic violations, including seatbelt and helmet non-compliance, mobile phone usage […]
Khelo India Games in Gulmarg set to begin on time: Div Com Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 19: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Thursday said that administration is committed to ensuring timely and efficient preparations for the upcoming winter season and major events. Speaking to reporters in Handwara, Bidhuri, said that Khelo India Games in Gulmarg, are all set to proceed as per schedule. “Last time, delay in snowfall […]
Longest surviving top Hizb Commander Farooq Nali killed in Kulgam gunfight: Top Official
Srinagar, Dec 19: In a major breakthrough for security forces, Top Hizb Commander Farooq Nali was killed along with other four terrorists in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday. A top police officer said that Farooq Nali was most wanted terrorist and one of the longest surviving ultra in the Valley has been killed in […]
NDA, INDIA bloc MPs come face to face at Parliament’s Makar Dwar; BJP alleges Rahul pushed its MP
New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) Competing marches by opposition and NDA MPs led to shoving and jostling inside Parliament House premises on Thursday with BJP’s Pratap Sarangi getting injured in the melee amid allegations that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pushed him. Sarangi was taken to hospital with an injury on his forehead. Both the marches […]
Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan kill 50 people and injure 76
Kabul, Dec 19 (AP) Two highway crashes in southeastern Afghanistan have killed a combined total of 50 people and injured 76, a government spokesman said Thursday. One was a collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker on the Kabul-Kandahar highway late Wednesday, said Hafiz Omar, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni province. […]
Kashmir reels under intense cold conditions; Srinagar experiences coldest night
SRINAGAR, Dec 19 (PTI): Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far as Kashmir reeled under intense cold conditions with the minimum temperature plummeting several degrees below the freezing point, officials said here on Thursday. A thin layer of fog was also witnessed in many parts of Srinagar city which recorded a minimum […]