Srinagar: Unlike the previous years, people of Kashmir this winter season have missed a chance to witness a snow blanket in the ‘Chillai Kalan’, a 40-day harshest winter period. The harshest winter period of the season ended on Wednesday. The forecasters in the local Meteorological department informed ‘Kashmir Vision’ that the next month (February) would […]
Srinagar: Government on Wednesday issued an avalanche warning in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours, shortly after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region jolted parts of north India. The Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment has “informed that medium danger avalanche warning of level-3 exists in higher reaches of […]
Srinagar: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with tremors felt as far away as Srinagar and New Delhi. The quake hit at 12:37 IST near Afghanistan’s northern border with Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush mountains at a depth of 191 kilometres (119 miles), the US […]
Jammu: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti denounced a demand to have a separate state for Muslims, in an apparent reference to a top cleric’s suggestion made yesterday. “J&K was neither a party to the partition of our country nor did we support division on religious lines. We as a state opted for the opposite, but unfortunately […]
Jammu: Pakistani troops today again violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting retaliation by Indian forces, officials said. The firing from across the border in Mankote sector began around 5 pm and was continuing intermittently from both sides, a police spokesperson said. Pakistani troops […]
Jammu: Four major rivers, including Jehlum and Chenab, in Jammu and Kashmir have been declared “national waterways” by the Union government, paving the way for inland navigation on them to boost water transport and tourism, the state government has said. “The Union government has declared four rivers namely Chenab, Indus, Jhelum and Ravi as national […]
Srinagar: The state of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a surge in terms of infrastructure since the sixth financial plan which started from 1981-85, when there were only 609 Sub Centers functional in the state. The figure has now grown to 2805 by the end of twelfth financial plan starting 2012. What seems to be […]
Jammu: Two persons, including a woman, riding on a motorcycle were killed on Wednesday after being hit by a truck on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway in Samba district of Jammu division, a police official said. The driver of the truck, bearing a registration number of Punjab, abandoned the vehicle after the accident. Efforts were on […]
Srinagar: The body of a man was found hanging from a tree in Wayne Halmatpora forests of Kupwara district, police said Wednesday. Police identified the deceased as Aasif Ahmad Pir, son of Abdul Ahad Pir resident of Arambagh Halmatpora Kupwara. Police has registered a case and started investigations, a police spokesman said. Guest
Jammu: Government has ordered a probe into non-availability of ambulances at a district hospital in Udhampur, resulting in the death of a new born. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri said an inquiry has been ordered into the non-availability of ambulance for shifting a pregnant woman from Chenani by authorities at the District Hospital […]