There was some respite from intense cold in Kashmir Valley on Monday as mercury rose in some areas following improvement in weather. Srinagar, which was experiencing biting cold, had a relatively warm night as the minimum temperature settled at 3.0 degrees Celsius, MeT officials said. ...
04:22 PM, Dec 17, 2012
Forty-six houses were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in the wee hours on Sunday at Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, official sources said. The fire broke out at around 2:30 am at Frislan, a peripheral village in Pahalgam, 100 km from here, and quickly engulfed 46 houses and few cowsheds, they said. ...
02:32 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Srinagar: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan arrived here Monday to shoot in the picturesque Kashmir Valley for the first time in his over two-decade-old film career. Shah Rukh immediately left for south Kashmir's Pahalgam hill station in a chopper after his arrival at Srinagar airport Monday morning. He is here to shoot Yash Chopra's next, yet untitled, movie. Chopra and his crew have been camping in Pahalgam for the last...
03:02 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Jammu: The number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the Amarnath shrine this year has crossed the two lakh mark. "As many as 2,10,524 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Ice Lingam of Lord Shiva at Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas till last night," officials associated with the Yatra said on Thursday. Over 21,000 more devotees are on their way to the cave shrine on Thursday from the...
11:27 AM, Jul 06, 2012
Srinagar: Five pilgrims, including two women, died enroute the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the toll during the ongoing yatra to six, police said today. Chander Kanta(63), a resident of Haryana, died at Domail along the shorter Baltal Cave route in Ganderbal district this morning, a police spokesman said. He said another woman pilgrim identified, Geeta(55), a resident of Bengaluru, breathed her...
04:23 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Pahalgam: The annual two-month long Amarnath Yatra began on Monday amid tight security. The first batch of pilgrims set out from the Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam for the cave shrine in South Kashmir. Security has been tightened for the yatra as lakhs of pilgrims are expected to make the journey over the next two months. "All the arrangements have been put in place for the commencement of the yatra...
08:43 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Srinagar: Parts of Kashmir Valley on Thursday received fresh snowfall even as the residents got respite from severe cold wave with minimum temperature increasing by several degrees. Fresh snowfall was recorded at three south Kashmir locations, including the tourist resort of Pahalgam, while light snowfall was recorded in the Srinagar city. Pahalgam received 9 cm snowfall, while Kokernag recorded 10 cm snowfall, a MeT official said. Qazigung town, which acts...
02:34 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Srinagar: Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country for the second day on Monday as snowfall blocked the vital Srinagar-Jammu National highway and delayed all scheduled flights to the Valley. The snowfall, which began on Saturday night, continued overnight in most parts of the Valley including in the summer capital Srinagar, crippling normal life as most of the people preferred to remain indoors. However, the snowfall has...
12:01 PM, Jan 16, 2012
CJ Arafat exposes the plight of illegal construction of hotels in Pahalgam. ...
09:40 PM, Sep 10, 2011
Srinagar: The Amarnath yatra was on Sunday suspended from both Baltal and Pahalgam routes following landslides triggered by heavy rains, officials said. "The pilgrims were not allowed from either Pahalgam or Baltal route today due to landslides triggered by rainfall during the night," an official at the yatra control room said. He said the suspension of the yatra left over 60,000 pilgrims stranded at various base camps including Baltal, Sheshnag,...
01:35 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Srinagar: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will review the security situation in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday and take stock of security arrangements for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage. During his two-day visit, the Home Minister will chair a high-level security review meeting in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and senior officials of the state police, para-military forces and representatives of state and Central Home department. Chidambaram will later go...
06:15 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Srinagar: A 'floating' post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar will soon be a new tourist attraction as the Postal Department of Jammu and Kashmir plans to open it along with several other post offices across the state. Apart from a 'floating' post office on the Dal Lake, a 'tourist post office' will come up in the famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir. The Department is also...
08:58 PM, May 23, 2011
Documents with CNN-IBN show business houses are breaking rules. ...
11:40 AM, Feb 05, 2010
Pahalgam route which is still covered in snow will be opened up later. ...
04:09 PM, Jun 15, 2009
Karachi: Former Pakistan offspinner, Saqlain Mushtaq has been offered the position of spin bowling consultant by the Bangladesh cricket Board (BCB) but he is yet to sign the contract. I am more interested in doing something for Pakistan cricket unfortunately no one is interested in utilizing my experience, Saqlain said on Wednesday. The Bangladesh cricket board at its meeting said it had offered a three month contract to Saqlain, considered...
09:54 AM, Jun 08, 2008
At 35 degrees, Srinagar is like a furnace, something that visiting tourists do not expect. So here’s another option. ...
10:41 AM, Jun 15, 2007
