Jammu: A woman was killed when she was struck by lightning in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Parveen Akhtar (35) was inside her house in Kandi village when she was struck by the lightning last night, a police official said. Her death raised the number of people killed in lightning incidents […]
Banihal: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened for traffic after weather improved today, with over 200 vehicles including 55 carrying passengers leaving this highway town for Kashmir, officials said. The nearly 300-km arterial road, the only all weather link between the valley with the rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic yesterday after various […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti features among the three ‘poorest’ Chief Ministers in India, a report released by the Association for Democratic Reform on Monday said. As per the report, Mehbooba Mufti is the third ‘poorest’ CM with total assets worth Rs 55.96 lakh. The list is topped by Andhra Pradesh Chief […]
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday issued an advisory asking people not to venture at encounter site in Karan Nagar, Srinagar till the area is completely sanitized. SSP Srinagar Imtiaz Ismail Parray that since there is possibility of live shells in and around the gunfight site, people are advised not to venture near the encounter site till […]
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti this morning laid floral wreaths on the bodies of Army personnel who were killed in Saturday’s militant attack on Sunjwan Army camp. Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh; Ministers, Abdul Haq Khan, Choudhary Zulfkar; MLA, Jammu West, Sat Sharma, senior Army and Police officers also laid wreaths on the bodies […]
Srinagar: Two militant have been killed during an ongoing encounter between the militants and government forces in Karan Nagar area of Srinagar on Tuesday morning. An official said that two militants belonging to Lashkar e Toiba have been killed during the encounter, adding that the gunbattle is over but the search operation is still on. […]
Srinagar: After an overnight lull, an encounter between security forces and militants hiding in a building in Karan Nagar area in Srinagar resumed today, as authorities imposed precautionary restrictions in parts of the city in wake of the operation, officials said. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) official said the gunbattle between militants and security […]
Srinagar: Intermittent snowfall continued at many places across Kashmir, even as the minimum temperature settled below the freezing point across the Valley and the Ladakh region. Kashmir experienced the seasons’s first major snowfall yesterday with the plains receiving snowfall between 5 inches to 22 inches, an official of the Meteorological (MeT) office said here. The […]
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was shut for the second day today due to snowfall, even as air traffic to and fro Kashmir resumed this morning, officials said. “The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed for traffic as landslides have occurred at few places due to rains and snowfall yesterday,” an official of the Traffic Control […]
Jammu: Security forces today launched a massive search operation after Army personnel foiled a suspected militant attack on their camp in Jammu, three days after a deadly strike by Jaish-e-Mohammad group killed seven people at Sunjuwan military station, an official said. “An attack (on a camp) was averted and the militants fled away,” Jammu-based Army spokesperson […]