Highway blockade: Restrictions on civilian traffic on Jmu-Sgr Highway relaxed further
Srinagar: Restrictions on the movement of civilian traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway were further relaxed on Tuesday, with the authorities partially lifting the ban on public vehicles on the Srinagar-Udhampur stretch. The restrictions on civilian traffic in the Srinagar-Udhampur section of the national highway-44 will be lifted on Wednesdays with effect from May 23, […]
Bijbehara teen goes missing, family appeals for home coming
Anantnag: An 18 year old youth has gone missing from south Kashmir’s Bijbehara area since Sunday evening, his family has said. The youth identified as Danish Bhat son of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat resident of Jablipora Bijbehara according to his family went missing on May 05. His father Gulzar Ahmad said that on Sunday 7 pm […]
Cop including five killed in road mishaps, 15 injured
Banihal/Jammu: Five people, including a policeman, were killed and 15 others injured when three private passenger vehicles skidded off mountainous roads and rolled down hills in separate incidents in Ramban and Poonch districts, police said Tuesday. Two people, identified as policeman Bittu Ram and a youth named Neik Ram, were killed and six others injured […]
Commuters defy ‘toll tax’ on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Srinagar: Chaos and confusion prevailed on Kashmir Highway after commuters refused to pay what they termed as ‘unreasonable’ toll tax charged by National Highways Authority of India near Kachkoot on Srinagar-Jammu Highway. Hundreds of vehicles got stranded near Kachkoot Fee (toll) plaza after they were stopped there, asked to pay Rs 85 as toll tax. […]
Setback: SC rejects plea for random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the VVPAT review plea of 21 opposition leaders led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who came unexpectedly to the hearing but returned dejected as it was dismissed in about a minute. Naidu, along with National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah and CPI MP D Raja, was present […]
BJP functionary stages protest in Srinagar surrenders security cover
Srinagar: A senior functionary of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP Tuesday surrendered his security here as a mark of protest against the withdrawal of security to the party activists by the government and the killing of party’ leader by terrorists on Saturday. BJP’s state general secretary (organization) Ashok Kaul surrendered his security and […]
