Another avalanche hits army camp in Nowgam, two soldiers missing
Two army men went missing after a snow avalanche hit army post in Nowgam sector of Kupwara on Tuesday, reports said. According to the sources, two army men of 20 Dogra came under the avalanche. Sources said that the army has launched a rescue operation to trace the missing men. Earlier, three army soldiers went […]
Police arrests 03 persons with demonetised currency
Srinagar: Srinagar Police today arrested three persons and recovered more than 13 lacs demonetized currency, police said. According to the sources, Police Station Nigeen Srinagar during surprise Naka checking at Ashai-bagh last evening apprehended three persons namely and recovered denominated currency of Rs. 1363500 ( Thirteen Lacs, Sixty-three thousands & Five hundred) from them. The […]
Three soldiers missing after avalanche hits army camp in Gurez
Three army soldiers went missing after an avalanche hit an army camp in Baktore area of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district following heavy snowfall in the area. According to the sources, three soldiers of army’s 36 RR unit stationed at Baktore are missing since last night after an avalanche hit the army camp. The […]
Jammu-Srinagar National highway closed for traffic
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to snowfall across Jawahar tunnel; landslides and shooting stones at different places, an official from Traffic said on Tuesday. Pertinently Snowfall and heavy rain across Jammu and Kashmir ended a month-long dry spell in the state on Monday. Gulmarg, the famous ski-resort in […]
Srinagar witnesses season’s first snowfall
Srinagar: Srinagar recorded the first snowfall of the season as most areas in the Valley and its plains received overnight snow and rains that provided much—needed relief from the intense cold as the mercury rose due to cloud cover. Due to the cloudy sky, the night temperature at most places in Kashmir division rose, providing […]
3 LeT militants, woman killed in Handwara fire fight
Srinagar: Three militants and a woman were killed in an overnight encounter between government forces and militants in north Kashmir’s Unisoo village in Handwara, police said. “Last night we had information about the presence of three foreign terrorists in a particular house. The joint operation was launched by the RR, Jammu and Kashmir Police and […]
Nightlong rains bring cheer, end dry spell
Srinagar: The night-long rains and fresh snowfall in higher reaches has brought respite to the people of Kashmir from the prolonged dry spell with weatherman predicting more rains and snow for the next 24 hours, predicting that the weather conditions would likely improve from Dec 12 evening. Interestingly, the rains as well as the snow […]
Snowfall brings smiles, festivities
Gulmarg: The people on the upper reaches on Monday morning woke up to a snowy surprise while as the plains received the much awaited rains, putting an end to the long dry spell across the Valley . The snowfall, which started during Sunday night in parts of the Valley, came as a relief to the […]
CM spends long hours to address grievances in Doda
DODA: In what could be described as one of the longest public interactions over the decades, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti disposed the complaints and demands of the deputations till 1.30 am today during her grievances redressal camp here. The camp started which started at 10.30 am on Sunday continued till late in the night and […]
CM praises Sheikh Abdullah
Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti showered praise for the former Chief Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Monday. Sheikh is the founder of National Conference (NC), the main opposition party in the state. Praising Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah for his ‘excellent administrative skills’ Mehbooba hailed his decision of starting his public outreach from Doda district. Soon after […]
