Fresh snowfall in the Bannihal sector on Wednesday forced closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway. The Traffic Department was set to allow one-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu on Wednesday, but the decision was reviewed as weather deteriorated all along the- nearly 300 km long road. “Nightlong rains triggered shooting stones[Read More…]
Jammu: One-way traffic will continue on the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Tuesday, the traffic department said. A department advisory however, said that no vehicle will be allowed to move in from the opposite direction. The highway has remained open for one-way traffic since the last three days. Landslides in the[Read More…]
JKBOSE class 11 (Kashmir division) result 2018 update: Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is expected to announce JKBOSE class 11 (Kashmir division) result 2018 online soon. According to reports, the board will release JKBOSE class 11 (Kashmir division) result 2018 today, February 4, 2019. While the[Read More…]
Mobile internet services were suspended in Srinagar on Sunday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival here, officials said. “Internet services have been temporarily stopped in your area,” the residents of Srinagar awoke to this message from various service providers. Modi is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.[Read More…]
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Saturday due to fresh landslides in the Bannihal-Ramban sector, an official said. Debris clearance operation of earlier landslides was still going on when the fresh landslide hit the road this morning. No traffic will be allowed on the[Read More…]
Two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed on Friday in a gunfight with security forces in a Jammu and Kashmir village in Pulwama district, police said. The information was posted on Udhampur headquartered Northern Command’s website. “Two terrorists killed in joint operation in Drabgam,” it said. Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police[Read More…]
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was hit by a landslide early on Wednesday in the Ramban district, a traffic official said. “An earlier landslide at Panthal was cleared to ensure smooth passage of one-way traffic on the highway. The other one hit at the Anokhi Fall. “One-way traffic from Srinagar to Jammu[Read More…]
JKBOSE D.EL.Ed Exam Schedule update: JKBOSE D.EL.Ed Exam Schedule is now available online. The Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) second year examination for the session Regular 2013-15 and first year examination for the session annual regular/Pvt 2017-19 will commence on February 8, 2019. While The Jammu and Kashmir State Board[Read More…]
On Saturday, even the maximum temperature in Drass did not rise above the freezing point as it settled at minus 10.1 degrees celsius. Drass recorded minus 10.1 degrees Celsius as its maximum temperature. “Minimum temperatures will drop further in the state with the weather likely to remain dry during the[Read More…]
Jammu, The Jammu-Srinagar highway will remain closed on Thursday for the fourth consecutive day following fresh snowfall in Bannihal sector, an official said. Although the debris of an avalanche that hit the Jawahar Tunnel has been removed and both tubes made functional, traffic cannot be allowed on the highway as[Read More…]
Shah Faesal, the IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir, had taken voluntary retirement from Civil Services on January 9.
Srinagar, Incessant rain in Jammu division and light to moderate fresh snowfall in the Kashmir Valley occurred on Tuesday as the Met forecast improvement from Wednesday onwards. “The western disturbance active over Jammu and Kashmir has resulted in rains in the Jammu division and the snowfall in the valley over[Read More…]
Jammu, The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed on Monday following fresh snowfall in the Bannihal sector that saw over a foot deep snow accumulate on the strategic route, a Traffic Department official said. No vehicular movement would be allowed on the highway during the day keeping the safety of travellers in[Read More…]
Srinagar, Fresh snowfall started in the valley on Monday as the Met forecast moderate to heavy rain and snowfall across Jammu and Kashmir over the next two days till Wednesday. “Widespread moderate to rather heavy rain and snowfall is likely to occur during the next 24 hours(till Tuesday),” a Met[Read More…]
Srinagar, Ten people were trapped under snow after an avalanche hit Leh district of Ladakh on Friday, police sources said. Those trapped were travelling in a truck in Khardung La Pass. “Rescue teams of police, Border Roads Organisation and Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Force have reached the spot,” the[Read More…]
After months of speculations, Shah Faesal, the IAS topper from Jammu and Kashmir, has apparently taken voluntary retirement. Faesal is likely to contest elections from Baramulla on a National Conference ticket. To protest the unabated killings in Kashmir and absence of any credible political initiative from Union Government, I have[Read More…]
In a beautiful display of religious harmony, a Sikh boy used his turban as a band-aid to help a Muslim woman who was bleeding due to hit by a truck in road accident. The quick intervention prevented in her blood loss and she survived. The humble 20-year-old Sikh boy named[Read More…]
A Srinagar court has directed Republic TV’s Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder Arnab Goswami to appear to the court on February 9 with regards to a criminal defamation suit filled by PDP leader Naeem Akhtar, according to reports. Akhtar had accused Goswami along with former PDP MLA Molvi Abid Ansari,[Read More…]
Srinagar: In an unusual twist to the earlier version, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said on Tuesday that an Assistant Commandant from Jammu and Kashmir died in Jharkhand during an anti-Maoist operation. Earlier, the family of Gulam Jeelani Khan, who belonged to Manzgam village in Baramulla district, was told[Read More…]
Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umer Farooq-led separatist Hurriyat Conference on Tuesday ridiculed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s expression of outrage over the desecration of Jamia Masjid here. Mehbooba Mufti had on Monday telephoned Mirwaiz Umer to express her condemnation at the attempted desecration of Jamia Masjid by some[Read More…]
As sub-zero temperature sets off a biting cold wave in Kashmir with Srinagar recording season’s low at minus 3.2 degree Celsius, people are hanging warm clothes on the “Wall of Kindness” for the poor and needy on the bank of river Jhelum. A group at least 30 city youth volunteering with[Read More…]
On Saturday, a case was filed against a private firm in Jammu & Kashmir for allegedly duping people. The people were asked to invest the cryptocurrency they had in the company, according to the police. A spokesperson said that the Crime Branch received a complaint from some people that a[Read More…]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday announced ex gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of six Kashmiri labourers who died in a landslide in Uttarakhand a day ago, an official statement said. The six belonging to Uri in Baramulla district[Read More…]
Srinagar: An army patrol party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED), police sources said. The IED was found on the road in Shumnag area. –IANS
A day after the school education department banned the wearing of traditional Kashmiri attire, ‘Phiran’ in its zonal offices in the state, the National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah shared images of him and his father Farooq Abdullah in the attire. Abdullah tweeted, “My father & I have worn pherans to[Read More…]
