On day 3 Jmu-Sgr highway opens partially

Banihal: The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Saturday as multiple landslides overnight hampered the restoration work, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed for traffic on Thursday after heavy rains triggered landslides, leaving more than 3,000 Srinagar-bound […]

Jailed cop Davinder Singh shifted to Delhi for questioning

His involvement with Punjab militants being probed

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir tainted Police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested for ferrying two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, was brought to Delhi on Saturday. The Special Cell brought Davinder Singh to Delhi from Hira Nagar Jail in Jammu and Kashmir on a seven-day production warrant. The Delhi Police had earlier filed an FIR under Section […]

SRE witnesses surge in JK

Srinagar: The security related expenditure (SRE) in Jammu and Kashmir has seen an increase by Rs 228.84 crores compared to the last fiscal, according to the official data. The expenditure is also higher by Rs 130.85 crores to 2017-18 but lesser by over Rs 500 crores than all-time high spending on security related measures in […]

Zojilla Pass set to be opened in March

Srinagar: The Srinagar-Leh highway is expected to open by the end of this month as Beacon has cleared the highest and avalanche-prone Zojilla Pass much ahead of the scheduled time. The only arterial highway which connects Leh with rest of the country was closed in early December last year as heavy snowfall has shut the […]

Enough Prima Facie evidence to prosecute Yasin Malik, says TADA court

Jammu: TADA court in Jammu on Saturday said there is enough prima facie evidence to prosecute Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik in the case pertaining to the killing of Air Force officers in Kashmir in 1990. The court will give sanctions for framing of charges against the leader of the banned outfit […]

Medium, low danger avalanche warning issued in JK, Ladakh

Jammu: Authorities on Saturday issued a medium and a low danger avalanche warning for high altitude areas of various districts of the twin Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, an official said. The medium danger avalanche warning has been issued for Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar and Udhampur districts of Jammu region […]

Coronavirus suspect quarantined in GMC Anantnag

SKIMS cancels leaves sanctioned to its employees

Srinagar: A woman who had recently returned from Saudi Arabia and is suspected for contracting coronavirus infection has been kept in an isolation ward at Government Medical College Hospital in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Medical Superintendent GMC, Anantnag, Dr Majid Mehraj said that the 75 year old woman who hails from Panzath Ananatnag village arrived […]

Govt orders suspension of Nodal officer for Coronavirus control

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday ordered the suspension of Shafqat Khan, the nodal officer for Coronavirus efforts in the Union Territory for dereliction of duty. “Pending an inquiry into his conduct, Dr Khan, Nodal Officer for Coronavirus Efforts in Jammu and Kashmir, Health and Medical Education Department, is hereby placed under suspension […]

Freedom at last: Farooq released after admin revokes his PSA

Will remain silent till others are not released too

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was released on Friday after he spent over seven months in detention, with the government revoking the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) under which he had been held at his residence here. Immediately after his release, Abdullah demanded that his son and former chief minister Omar […]