Snowfall all night, all day across Kashmir

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 Valley, suspending air as well as road traffic, and keeping homes unlit for many hours together. The snowfall started on Friday evening and continued all through Friday night. On Saturday, […]

Some respite from rain & snow, but not for long

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 Kashmir Valley on Thursday allowed air as well as road traffic to resume, providing respite to troubles faced by travellers for the last three days. However, there is likelihood of […]

Snowfall intensifies in Kashmir, grounding flights, postponing exams

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 witnessed in Kashmir on Wednesday, the third consecutive day of inclement weather conditions, which brought down the day temperature and disrupted both air and road traffic. In charge of the […]

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

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 the administration on alert for any eventuality. The rainfall began on Monday evening and remained scattered throughout the day in plains as well as hilly areas. The weather is likely going […]

Cancer patients growing in Kashmir, but treatment facilities not

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 way. And this is not because of lack of capable doctors, but because of lack of infrastructure, both in private and public sector hospitals. Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing a […]

Former CMs detained in homes to prevent protest against Delimitation draft

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 Gupkar Alliance on Saturday to prevent them holding protest against delimitation commission. But amid the curbs, National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party politicians attempted to take out protest marches from […]

Srinagar youth’s struggle to silver screen

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 Wani, a Srinagar lad, has shown how a mix of patience, hard work and application of skill can get a breakthrough into the world of superstars. Born and brought up […]

Police SIT rules out foul play in Hyderpora shootout

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 month after the Hyderpora encounter in which the killing of three locals who were said to be militants were questioned, Police on Tuesday said that one of them was a […]

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

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 Sonum Lotus told Kashmir Reader that there are chances of receiving snowfall of up to one inch in plains while hilly areas may receive six to seven inches of snow. […]