Muharram processions: Admin imposes severe restrictions in parts of Kashmir
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in parts of Kashmir to prevent people from taking out Muharram processions to mark the eighth day of the 10-day mourning period, officials said. They said restrictions on the movement and assembly of people under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been imposed in Budgam and […]
HC grants permission for Muharram procession in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission for a Muharram procession in the city with stringent restrictions in place in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Madhav Jamdar gave permission after the Maharashtra government granted hearing to a local Shia Muslim organisation that had petitioned the […]
Heavy rains bring respite from heat in Kashmir
Incessant rains continue in most parts
Srinagar/Jammu: Heavy rainfall over the past two days in Kashmir has brought respite from the rising temperatures as the mercury has plunged by several degrees across the valley, officials said on Thursday. They said the continuous rainfall across Kashmir since the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday has also brought relief to the farmers as […]
No flood threat, says official
Srinagar: Chief Engineer, Irrigation, Flood and Control, Kashmir, Iftikhar Ahmed Kakroo said that chances of any floods due to the continuous downpour across Kashmir are very less. He said due to long dry spell water level in rivers had already decreased and as of now there is no flood threat. Kakroo said that water level […]
Sgr-Leh highway closed due to bad weather
Various other roads closed for traffic
Srinagar: Due to landslide followed by torrential rains, the traffic on strategic Srinagar-Leh Highway was temporarily suspended on Thursday as a precautionary measure. A traffic police official told ‘Kashmir Vision’ that Srinagar-Leh Highway was temporarily closed on Thursday afternoon as a precautionary measure following landslides at few places due to the heavy rains along the […]
Muharram processions: SC declines permission to carry out Tazias
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declined permission for carrying out Muharram procession across the country and asked Lucknow-based petitioner to move before the Allahabad High Court with his plea. The apex court said how can it pass a general order for the whole country. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices […]
Restrictions to continue on all religious processions: Govt
SRINAGAR: In wake of Covid-19, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Thursday said that restrictions shall continue on all religious processions and gatherings in all districts. Div Com said this while chairing a meeting regarding arrangements here today. During the meeting, the Shia Anjumans extended their full support to the administration with assurance that […]
Pak evading responsibility for Pulwama ‘terror attack’: India
New Delhi: India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for evading responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack and pointed out that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, a key accused in the case, continues to find shelter in that country. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the charge sheet into the Pulwama attack case has been filed after […]
Former legislator among 11 die of Covid-19 in JK
Srinagar: Eleven people including a former MLC died due to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours, official sources said Thursday. They said the former MLC and Congress leader, who had tested positive for the virus on August 24, passed away at the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Kathua in the […]
India records highest single-day spike
New Delhi: Registering over 75,000 COVID-19 cases for the first time in a span of 24 hours, India’s virus tally sprinted past 33 lakh on Thursday, while the number of recoveries crossed the 25 lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. A record 75,760 infections were added in a day taking the total […]
