Category: Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 5: The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was opened for traffic on Thursday with restrictions in place, allowing the movement of light motor vehicles while imposing regulated movement for heavy vehicles, officials said. According to traffic authorities, light motor vehicles were permitted to ply on the highway from both directions. However, heavy motor vehicles were…

As the United States convened a meeting of several nations on critical minerals on Wednesday, a move seen as an effort to protect it from China’s virtual hegemony, US President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Trump, in a post on Truth Social, spoke about his call with Xi, confirmed his visit to China…

Jammu, Feb 4: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is arriving in Jammu on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.As per his reported tentative schedule, he is likely to reach Jammu at 5 pm on February 5 and will straightway go to Lok Bhavan where he will convene security review meeting and may…

Srinagar, February 5The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has produced a chargesheet in FIR No. 76/2022 under Sections 199 and 420 RPC before the Hon’ble Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against Ms. Afshan Shabir W/o Syed Akeel Ahmad, resident of Shibath Zadibal. In a handout to GNS, the CBK said…

Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo on Wednesday informed the House that the Health Department is conducting regular market inspections and sampling of rice across Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar, to curb the sale of adulterated rice.She was responding to a question raised by Legislator Shamim Firdous regarding the issue of adulterated rice…

Srinagar, Feb 4. A fire incident damaged two adjoining residential houses in the Padshahi Bagh area on the outskirts of Srinagar, with the blaze affecting attic portions of the structures, officials said on Wednesday. Officials said the fire broke out in two three-storeyed pucca residential houses, where the GCI-sheeted attic portions were involved. The fire…

Jammu, Feb 4: The public healthcare system in Jammu and Kashmir is facing an acute manpower shortage, with nearly 10,000 posts lying vacant across health institutions and government medical colleges, the government informed the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.The information was provided in response to a question raised by newly elected Budgam MLA Aga Muntazir Mehdi.…

Srinagar, Feb 4: A flash Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched on Wednesday by Srinagar Police in coordination with personnel of 132 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force in the Abi Guzar area and its adjoining localities. Officials said the joint operation was carried out as part of routine security measures to strengthen…

Russia carried out a major overnight attack on Ukraine in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) was a broken commitment to halt striking energy infrastructure as the countries prepared for more talks on ending Moscow’s four-year-old full-scale invasion. The bombardment included hundreds of drones and a record 32 ballistic missiles, wounding…

Kupwara, Feb 4. The district administration Kupwara launched an overnight rescue and evacuation operation at Sadna Top after heavy snowfall left dozens of vehicles stranded on the high-altitude stretch, officials said on Wednesday. Despite adverse weather conditions and poor visibility, coordinated teams pressed into service late night and worked through the early hours to evacuate…