Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have busted a militant module in Srinagar with the arrest of its kingpin and recovery of arms and ammunition. Omar Zargar was arrested from the old city, locally known as downtown, a fortnight ago after investigations revealed that he was trying to revive militancy in the city, official sources said on Sunday. Zargar was detained by police at the height of summer unrest...
03:31 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Srinagar: Over 300 stranded passengers were on Tuesday airlifted between Leh town of Ladakh region and Srinagar by special Indian Air Force (IAF) sorties arranged by the Jammu and Kashmir government, officials said. Amir Ali, officer on special duty at the provincial headquarters, told that 313 stranded passengers of Kargil were airlifted by an IL-76 cargo aircraft of the IAF. "(A total of) 171 of these were flown to Srinagar...
08:04 PM, Feb 07, 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
Jammu: With hundreds stranded in Jammu and Kashmir due to inclement weather, the IAF on Saturday ferried 1,100 people, including 250 army personnel, between the state's twin capitals. "Over 1,100 people, 250 of them army jawans, were transported between Jammu and Srinagar which has remained cut off since January seven due to heavy snowfall," Defence spokesman SN Acharya said. Air Officer Commanding, Jammu IAF Station, Air Commodore Nitin Sathe, who...
11:28 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Srinagar: Srinagar erupted in protests on Saturday with protesters demanding justice for the victims of the 1990 killings in Gawakadal. Clashes between the police and Hurriyat activists broke out in Srinagar's Maisuma area earlier this morning. Security personnel fired tear gas shells to disperse stone-pelting protesters and detained some of them. Nearly 52 people died in the infamous killings in Gawakadal during a police firing. The massacre was named after...
05:46 PM, Jan 21, 2012
Srinagar/Jammu: With hundreds of people left stranded due to inclement weather, the IAF on Saturday launched fresh operation by ferrying 550 passengers including 300 civilians between the two capital cities. "The first special flight from Jammu has arrived here and the passengers from Srinagar are boarding the plane now," Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Asgar Hassan Samoon said. Samoon is supervising the airlifting at the Srinagar airport. Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Jammu...
03:18 PM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will evacuate civilians from Jammu-Sringar Highway. Heavy snowfall on the national highway has left nearly 3000 vehicles stranded. Military personnel stuck in the area have already been evacuated. The highway was reopened on Tuesday but the 300-kilometre stretch is completely blocked now. Another flight is being organised to lift stranded around 1000 civilians. Several stranded people have registered themselves with Jammu and Kashmir...
09:12 AM, Jan 21, 2012
New Delhi: Dense fog in many parts of North India on Friday affected rail as well as air traffic with 30 trains running late and more than 60 flights delayed. The Patna-Delhi Rajdhani was among the trains delayed, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said Purshottam Express, Vaishali Express and Jansadharan Express were among the mail and express trains running late. On Thursday, 54 trains, including Rajdhani were rescheduled due to fog....
10:59 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Most villages in the interiors of the valley have been powerless for more than a week. ...
04:03 PM, Jan 16, 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
Srinagar: Heavy snowfall lashed the Kashmir Valley Sunday and the Srinagar-Jammu highway was closed for traffic to prevent accidents. Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar received six inches of snow till 8 AM and the snowfall continued unabated. Gulmarg had received a foot of fresh snowfall, Pahalgam three inches, Ganderbal town six inches, Badgam five inches, Bandipora five inches, Baramulla four inches, Shopian three inches and Anantnag town one inch...
10:13 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Srinagar: There's been absolutely no reprieve from the cold conditions that has been witnessed since last one week in Srinagar when it snowed heavily. The minimum dropped to minus 7 degrees Celsius on Saturday and the Dal Lake remains frozen. The temperatures across the Kashmir Valley dropped further on Friday. Kargil town recorded a minimum of minus 19.6 degrees becoming the coldest place of the region this season and Leh...
05:39 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Even as electricity was restored, Jammu & Kashmir continued to shiver with Srinagar recording a low of minus 4.2 degrees. ...
01:43 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Srinagar: Freezing cold prevailed in Kashmir Valley on Monday where Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 14.5 degree Celsius but there was some respite for people of the city and parts of north Kashmir as electricity was restored after three days. Communication woes, however, continued for the people of the Valley with the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, Kashmir's only road link with rest of the country, remaining closed for the fourth...
12:25 PM, Jan 09, 2012
The Kashmir Valley on Sunday experienced its coldest night this winter. The Jammu Srinagar highway is shut for the third consecutive day today. But the power crisis could abate. A 400 kilowatt line has been repaired, and Kashmir has started getting power from the Northern Grid. The administration says the Kishenpore-Pampore line will be repaired by Monday evening. Snow and rainfall has affected transmission lines in the Pir Panjal range ...
10:24 AM, Jan 09, 2012
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