Avalanche, landslides keep J-K highway closed for third day
Kashmir Valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the third day on Wednesday due to heavy snowfall, fresh landslides and an avalanche hitting the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Due to
Snowfall shuts Srinagar-Jammu highway, passengers stranded
The vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was on Monday closed for traffic after heavy snowfall along the arterial route, leaving 250 passengers and 300 vehicles stranded.
A traffic department o
Fresh snowfall likely in Kashmir
Rain and snow has been forecast again across the Kashmir Valley Sunday and over the next two days, an official said.
The fresh snow and rain is due to the western disturbance, he said.
"We are expec
Civilian killed in Kashmir firing
A 22-year-old civilian was killed allegedly in firing by security forces in a remote village of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, leading to protests in the area, official sources said on Friday ni
Omar divests minister of education portfolio
Within hours of Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed sending his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday evening, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah divested
Srinagar: shutdown on JKLF founder's death anniversary
Life across Srinagar and other parts of the Valley was affected Saturday by a shutdown called by separatists to mark the death anniversary of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder Maqbool Bhat
Protests in Baramulla, Omar said killing will be inquired
Kashmir's Baramulla district was hit by protests for the second day on Saturday over the killing of a youth allegedly in firing by security forces, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah saying that gov
Pakistan doesn't want war with India on Kashmir: Gilani
Pakistan and India have fought four wars on the Kashmir issue but can't afford any more in 'this 21st century', Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said while calling for resolving issues through di
Kashmir Valley remains under cold wave's grip
The Kashmir Valley continues to be in the grip of severe cold wave with minimum temperature across the region remaining several degrees below freezing point.
The minimum temperature in Srinagar was
Kashmir and Ladakh in deep freeze, Leh coldest at minus 22
Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded the lowest temperature of the season at minus 22.2 degrees Celsius as intense cold wave conditions continued across the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region