Landslide blocks Jammu-Srinagar national highway

Amarnath batch stopped in Jammu

Banihal/Jammu: A massive landslide blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district early Wednesday following which no fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims was allowed to leave from Jammu, officials said. According to the traffic control room, the landslide hit the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, near […]

Terrorist associate arrested in Bandipora

Srinagar: Security forces arrested a terrorist associate linked with proscribed outfit, The Resistance Front (TRF), in Bandipora district, police said on Wednesday. Police along with the Army and CRPF arrested the terrorist associate at a checkpoint established at Kehnusa Bandipora in north Kashmir, a police spokesman said. The spokesman identified him as Aatif Amin Mir, […]

Man held for allegedly molesting, injuring girl in Srinagar

Srinagar: A man accused of molesting and injuring a girl was arrested in Srinagar district on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Srinagar Police wrote; “One Molester namely Uzair Hameed Mir S/o Abdul Hameed Mir R/o Daulatabad Khanyar arrested for molesting & injuring a girl. He gave lift to the victim, tried […]

Rajouri Chikri Wood Craft, Anantnag’s Mushqbudji Rice get GI tag

SRINAGAR: In a significant developments, Rajouri Chikri Wood Craft from Rajouri district and Mushqbudji Rice of Anantnag district of have received the Geographical Indication (GI) Tag. The process for GI Tagging of nine products was started by NABARD in consultation with Department of Handicrafts & Handloom and Department of Agriculture in December 2020, during the […]

Neelkanth Ganjoo killing: BJP, Kashmiri Pandits welcome reopening of case

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP and several prominent Kashmiri Pandits on Tuesday welcomed the reopening of the Neelkanth Ganjoo murder case, with the latter saying “open wounds” are needed to be healed to restore the community’s “shaken confidence”. The pandits also demanded the reopening of all cases of killings of innocent […]

BSF chief reviews security situation along IB in JK

Jammu: BSF Director General Nitin Agrawal on Tuesday visited the International Border in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir and was briefed about the alertness of the troops to thwart drone and smuggling activities from Pakistan, an official said. Agrawal arrived at the Jammu frontier headquarters of the force on Monday on a three-day […]

Machail Mata yatra progressing smoothly in Kishtwar

Jammu: The annual Machail Mata yatra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district is picking up pace with over 30,000 devotees already paying obeisance at the 9,705-feet-high shrine, officials said on Tuesday. With the partially-constructed Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) road en route now accessible, the devotees can trek on foot to the shrine, cutting […]

Opposition brought no-confidence motion to test its own unity: PM Modi

Says opposition alliance plagued by distrust

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the opposition brought the no-confidence motion against his government to test the confidence of its own alliance members in each other as the INDIA bloc is marked by distrust among its constituents. In his address to BJP MPs at a closed-door meeting of its parliamentary […]

No-confidence motion: Oppn MPs demand resignation of Manipur CM over violence

New Delhi: Opposition MPs on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh over the violence in the state as Lok Sabha took up a discussion on the no-confidence motion against the government. The Opposition MPs claimed that the government has failed on several other issues too like inflation, maintaining communal harmony and […]