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Snowfall all night, all day across Kashmir

Airport, highway, major roads all stay closed; work on to restore damaged power lines Srinagar: A full day’s snowfall on Saturday disrupted life in Kashmir...

Heavy snowfall forecast triggers Red alert from MeT, highway shuts down

Srinagar: Rain and snow lashed Kashmir on Friday while the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for heavy to heavy snow in...

Some respite from rain & snow, but not for long

Flights at airport, traffic on Sgr-Jmu highway resume, but bad weather forecast from tonight till Sunday Srinagar: A break in heavy snow and rainfall in...

Snowfall intensifies in Kashmir, grounding flights, postponing exams

Better weather today, but Saturday could be bad: MeT Srinagar: Heavy snowfall in hilly areas and moderate snowfall along with rain in plain areas was...

Rain and snow in Kashmir, weather likely to be same till Jan 9

Srinagar: A mix of rain and snowfall on Tuesday disturbed life across Kashmir Valley, shutting down air traffic most of the day and putting...

Cancer patients growing in Kashmir, but treatment facilities not

SRINAGAR: Decades after the diagnosis and treatment of cancer was developed, Kashmir is still far away from treating the terminal disease in an effective...

Former CMs detained in homes to prevent protest against Delimitation draft

Amid curbs, NC, PDP attempt to take out marches SRINAGAR: Early morning, the authorities on Saturday house arrested several senior leaders of Peoples Alliance of...

Srinagar youth’s struggle to silver screen

Srinagar: Scores of Kashmiris aspire to make acting as their career but only a few of them make it to the silver screen. But Saqib...

Police SIT rules out foul play in Hyderpora shootout

Claim Altaf was used as human shield by militant, Amir was a militant and the militant travelled in Dr Mudasir’s vehicle Srinagar: More than a...

Light snow in plains, moderate in hilly areas, predicts MeT

Srinagar: There was slight improvement in mercury in Kashmir ahead of the two day snow spell beginning December 26 on Friday. Director Meteorological centre Srinagar...

In terse, chiding letter, top official asks for list of ‘deadwood’ in school staff ‘within 15 days’

Srinagar: The government in J&K has started a process, and which it wants to complete in a great hurry, to find ‘non-performing’ teaching and...

From ‘Loach’ to ‘Pairahan’, Pheran is now in fashion!

Srinagar: Pheran, Kashmir’s traditional, unisex wear for the biting, teeth-chattering cold of the Valley’s winters, has these days become a signature fashion trend, though...

Power dept strike called off, without any new demand conceded

Srinagar: Power department employees finally called off their strike on Tuesday, after three days of refusing to repair faults and leaving large areas across...

Power dept staff continue strike for third day

Srinagar: For the third consecutive day on Monday, Power Development Department (PDD) employees in J&K continued to be on strike against the government’s privatisation...

Power dept strike leaves J&K gasping for warmth, army called for restoration work

Srinagar: The JK-wide strike by Power department employees on Sunday entered the second day, leaving people bereft in the harsh winter with long power...

No Friday prayers at Jamia for the 19th week now

Srinagar: Kashmir’s central mosque, the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, continues to remain out of bounds for people on Fridays, for the 19th consecutive week....

Power engineers, employees threaten to boycott repair work of high offices if demands not conceded

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Power Engineers and Employees Coordination Committee (JKPEECC), a joint employee body of power department, among other things has warned it...

Expect more cold as MeT predicts further fall in mercury

Snow forecast issued from December 25 Srinagar: Mercury is expected to dive further in Kashmir ahead of the 40 days harshest period of winter, chillai...

Landing strip for fighter aircraft almost ready on Srinagar-Jammu highway

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is about to finish work on one of the five proposed landing strips for fighter aircraft on the...

Two cops killed in militant attack on police bus on Srinagar outskirts

12 more injured admitted to hospital, IGP Kashmir says JeM’s offshoot carried attack Srinagar: Militants on Monday evening carried out a deadly attack on a...

In a garden in Srinagar, the fruit of passion is an Orange

Srinagar: A willingness to learn and a passion for growing trees has made Manzoor Ahmad successfully grow oranges in his few feet of land...

‘SKUAST could do better with uninterrupted internet, political stability’

Srinagar: The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences & Technology-Kashmir (SKUAST-K) has made it to the sixth rank in the list of agriculture varsities in...

SKUAST’s stellar work earns it 6th all-India ranking

Srinagar: In 1982, the year Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology (SKUAST) was established, it had few buildings, some dozen students on its...

MeT forecasts snow from Saturday in Kashmir

Govt braces up to meet any eventuality Srinagar: The metreteorological centre Srinagar on Thursday predicted snow from Saturday evening in Kashmir and said that there...

The hitchhiker’s guide to life and happiness

Duo from Kerala travels to Kashmir riding on luck and passion, and little else SRINAGAR: Most people’s ambition to travel the world dies at the...

‘A milestone’: Pulwama gets unprecedented power transmission boost

Srinagar: Pulwama has become the first district in Kashmir that can supply power at transmission level almost 40 percent more than the existing capacity....

Tourists flock to Kashmir despite Covid scare this year

More than 4 lakh visitors arrive in Valley so far Srinagar: Fears that Covid-19 will stop the flow of tourists to Kashmir Valley have not...

Fertility rate drops in J&K to lowest in India

Highest reduction over past 5 years among all states, UTs; late marriages one reason, says LD Hospital doctor Srinagar: With better health care facilities, education,...

Mobile, broadband internet both curtailed in downtown, for a month now

Srinagar: For a month now, residents of many downtown areas have been facing mobile internet shutdowns many times a day, causing immense troubles to...

Static Electricity: Traffic dept bars electric buses from Srinagar roads

Srinagar: The Government of India’s initiative of electric vehicles on roads for lowering air pollution has come to a standstill in Kashmir. About 20...

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