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Srinagar witnesses coldest night of season, shivers at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius

Srinagar: The fringes of the famous Dal Lake froze on Sunday as the mercury continued its freefall in Srinagar which experienced the coldest night...

North India in frigid grip of cold; schools closed, rail, air traffic hit

New Delhi: North India continued to reel under intense cold on Sunday as the Haryana government decided to close schools for two days and...

Saudi plans OIC foreign ministers’ meeting on Kashmir

Islamabad: Saudi Arabia plans to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Kashmir, in an apparent move...

Himayat programme making JK youth self-reliant: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday exhorting people to become self-reliant and live their lives with dignity, he also cited the example...

Three dead in separate accidents on Srinagar–Jammu highway

Banihal/Jammu: Three persons were killed on Sunday in two separate accidents on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, police said. While two persons died...

1,300 truckloads of illegally extracted sand, gravel seized in Kupwara

Baramulla: The authorities have seized large quantity of illegally extracted gravel and sand from Mawar Nallah that flows through Kupwara District,besides seizing several vehicles...

To access internet people travel 100 km to Banihal

BANIHAL: A single internet café in Banihal, some 100-kms away from the Srinagar, is offering space to people living life without internet for more...

Intensified pro-people activities after abrogation of Article 370: Army

Jammu: When Centre revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir nearly five months ago, the Army launched a special operation called “Mission Reach...

Northern Army commander reviews security situation in Kashmir

Srinagar: The chief of Army’s Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, reviewed the security situation in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday, a defence spokesman...

BBA students call for change in 6th semester date sheet in view of CMAT exam

SRINAGAR: The undergrad students pursuing Bachelor’s in Business Administration at the SSM College of Engineering and Technology in north Kashmir have demanded an alteration...

Man charged with murder of his daughter-in-law in Shopian

SHOPIAN: Shopian Court on Friday charged a man with murder of his daughter-in-law after 12 years and sentenced him with life imprisonment and Rs...

Dal freezes partially as Srinagar records coldest night

Srinagar: Kashmir continued to reel under intense cold with night temperature in Srinagar dipping to minus 5.6 degree Celsius. This resulted in partial freezing...

Official negligence deprives students of GoI scholarship

Srinagar: Barely two weeks after the J&K government announced to cover all students under scholarship schemes, around 40 percent students were deprived from a...

J&K’s statehood will be restored in near future: Madhav

Jammu: BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday sought to assure the people of Jammu and Kashmir that the statehood of the new...

Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniv, Martyrs’ Day dropped from list of holidays

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has dropped ex-chief minister Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary and Martyrs’ Day from its list of public holidays for...

NC seeks review says, ‘it won’t change his towering stature’

Jammu: Expressing anguish over deletion of National Conference founder Sheikh Abdullah’s birth anniversary from Jammu and Kashmir’s official holiday calendar, the party Saturday sought...

Power Corporation launches monitoring system for electricity distribution in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Power distribution network in future will remotely monitor and controlled after launching Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Distribution Management System (DMS)...

2019: A year that reshaped J&K

Srinagar: For Jammu and Kashmir, 2019 was a year of massive changes with defining firsts and lasts and unprecedented curbs. On October 31, Jammu and...

Vijay Kumar is new IGP Kashmir

Srinagar: The government on Saturday posted Vijay Kumar as Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir replacing SP Pani. An order issued by home department said...

Congress holds flag march in Jammu

Jammu: Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit took out a flag march here on Saturday to mark the 135th foundation day of the party, with...

Fuel shortage hits Srinagar as tankers denied entry

SRINAGAR: Fuel stations in Srinagar are running dry as tankers carrying petrol and diesel are being denied entry into the city. President petrol pump owners...

Panchayat, MC members slam move to reserve Uri constituency for ST community

BARAMULLA: The panchayat and municipal members from Uri have slammed the proposed move by government to declare Uri a reserved constituency for Schedule Tribe...

Gang looting truckers busted in Srinagar: SSP

SRINAGAR: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar, Haseeb Mughal on Saturday said that a gang of four youth were busted who were masquerading as...

Internet restored in Kargil but shutdown continues in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Mobile internet facility was resumed in Ladakh's Kargil district on Friday but there is no word on when internet services will be restored...

Anti-graft body arrests former SMC Deputy Mayor

SRINAGAR: Former deputy mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation Sheikh Imran was on Friday arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a case pertaining to...

Unabated cold wave grips Valley

SRINAGAR: Unabated cold wave continued in Kashmir as temperatures dipped further on Friday with Srinagar resulting in freezing of water taps. Srinagar recorded season’s lowest...

Traffic mismanagement on Srinagar-Jammu highway triggers protest

JAMMU: Heavy traffic jams were witnessed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Nagotra toll post on Friday as authorities did not allow fresh Kashmir-bound...

Students writing examination shiver in freezing cold in absence of heating facility

SRINAGAR: Amid freezing temperatures in the Valley, Cluster University Srinagar (CUS) has failed to put in place appropriate heating arrangements for students appearing in...

LAWDA puts demolition drive on hold after concerned officer transferred

SRINAGAR: Encroachment demolition squad of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) is helplessly looking at illegal constructions coming up in Dal Lake and adjoining...

16 years on, District Hospital Qaimoh nowhere near competition

KULGAM: Sixteen years after it was sanctioned and more than 12 years after the work began on it, the Sub-District Hospital in Qaimoh area...

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