04 employees injured as major fire incident averted at JLNM hospital, Rainawari

04 employees injured as major fire incident averted at JLNM hospital, Rainawari

  Srinagar: Four employees of Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial (JLNM) hospital suffered minor injuries after they successfully averted a major fire incident at the hospital on Monday afternoon. Deputy Medical Superintendent of JLNM hospital Dr Bilques Shah said that a major fire incident was averted as Oxygen plant roof top cached fire while welding work […]

Fresh traffic to be allowed from Srinagar to Jammu on highway tomorrow: Officials

Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, will reopen for “fresh one-way traffic” after two days closure on Tuesday, officials said. The highway remained closed till around 1300 hours on Monday as a “loaded truck was deeply embedded in the mud” near Panthyal area in Ramban district. The […]

Alert on Jammu border ahead of Republic Day: BSF

  Jammu: Ahead of Republic Day, BSF Jammu frontier has sounded a high alert on the border to foil any possible misadventure, Officials said Monday.   BSF in an official statement said that keeping in mind the present security scenario and intelligence inputs on the eve of Republic Day, BSF Jammu has been on high […]

Jammu-Srinagar highway shut as ‘loaded truck gets embedded in mud’ near Panthyal

  Srinagar,: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, has been closed as a “loaded truck is deeply embedded in the mud” near Panthyal area in Ramban district, officials said.   “Highway is still blocked at Panthyal due loaded truck deeply embedded in the mud. Restoration work is going […]

Covid spurt continues with 6253 cases

Covid spurt continues with 6253 cases

Kashmir reports 4499 new cases of infection, 7 deaths in J&K Srinagar: Covid surge continued in Jammu and Kashmir with 6253 new positive cases and seven deaths reported on Sunday. Since the outbreak of the third wave, J&K has been severely hit with an average case of 6000 every day from last week. This steep […]

Snow, rain shuts Srinagar-Jammu highway

Snow, rain shuts Srinagar-Jammu highway

MeT predicts improvement in weather from today Srinagar: Snow and rain continued in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday with meteorological centre Srinagar predicting improvement in weather from Monday. Rains and snow lashed Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir leading to drop in temperature. In south Kashmir, Jawahar Tunnel area received around 1 feet of snow […]

Covid-19: 64hrs Weekly Lockdown from Friday 2 p.m. to continue: Govt

Covid-19: 64hrs Weekly Lockdown from Friday 2 p.m. to continue: Govt

  Srinagar: Amid surge in covid-19 cases, government on Sunday decided to continue with the 64-hour lockdown from 2 p.m. Friday in Jammu and Kashmir. In an order issued by the State Executive Committee headed by Chief Secretary Dr Arin Kumar Mehta, the government has reiterated most of the measures announced by it following the […]

6253 fresh COVID-19 cases in J&K

6253 fresh COVID-19 cases in J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 6253 fresh COVID-19 cases . Among the cases reported today,4469 were reported in Kashmir while Jammu division reported 1678 infections. Reader correspondentkashmirreader.com

Only stranded traffic to be allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway tomorrow

Only stranded traffic to be allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway tomorrow

  Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday said that only stranded traffic shall be allowed on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, tomorrow. The thoroughfare was closed following mudslides and shooting stones at many places earlier in the day.   “Tomorrow on 24-01-2022, subject to fair weather and better road […]

Senior PDP leader from Poonch Yashpal Sharma dies

  Jammu: Senior People’s Democratic Party leader and former MLC from Poonch district of Jammu region, Yashpal Sharma died after suffering a massive cardiac arrest last night, family sources said on Sunday. He was 76.   Sharma remained a vocal voice in the PDP and was known among his followers as ‘Sher-e-Poonch (lion of Poonch). […]