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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
Protests continue over killing of youth in Baramulla
Protests rocked Rafiabad area of Kashmir's Baramulla district for the second day on Saturday over the killing of a youth allegedly in firing by security forces.
Ashiq Hussain, a resident of Lesar vi
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
IAF airlifts 313 stranded people
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on W airlifted 313 people of Kargil district who were stranded at Leh and Srinagar as the AN32 courier service to Kargil could not operate for the last two weeks due to incl
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
Five soldiers buried in Kashmir avalanche
Five soldiers and two troopers were buried under an avalanche in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday morning, an official said.
"An avalanche struck one of our posts in Keran sector of the Lo
BSF officer killed, 6 missing after avalanche in Kupwara
A BSF officer was killed while six other security personnel went missing after being hit by an avalanche near the LoC in Kupwara district on Tuesday.
Sub-Inspector Narendra Kumar died while five arm
Missing PDP worker found dead
An opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker, missing for the last two days, was on Monday found dead in Chadoora area of central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said.
Abdul Rashid Dar, a
Srinagar-Jammu highway open for one-way traffic
The Srinagar-Jammu highway will remain open for one-way traffic on Sunday, but only trucks and government-run buses will move from the summer capital to the winter capital.
Inspector General of Polic
IAF to run sorties for stranded passengers in Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir government organised special Indian Air Force (IAF) sorties between summer capital Srinagar and winter capital Jammu to airlift stranded passengers as the Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Saturday morning due to highly slippery road conditions.
