Kashmir

Restrictions relaxed on Jammu Srinagar NH 44

Restrictions relaxed on Jammu Srinagar NH 44

Srinagar Udhampur restrictions removed on Wednesdays w.e.f. 13.5.2019 Public movement facilitated and inconvenience reduced SRINAGAR, MAY 7, 2019: The Government has been reviewing the restrictions imposed earlier this month on civilian movement on the National Highway (NH-44) connecting Jammu to Srinagar with a view to balancing the security needs of Forces’ Convoys with the need […]

No fresh traffic on Kashmir highway, stranded vehicles being cleared: Traffic officials

No fresh traffic on Kashmir highway, stranded vehicles being cleared: Traffic officials

Srinagar,:  No fresh traffic was allowed from Srinagar or Jammu on Tuesday on the national highway, the only road linking Kashmir valley with the rest of the country as large number of vehicles are stranded at different places. However, the national highway, the only road connecting Ladakh region with Kashmir and historic 86-km-long Mughal road […]

Train service resumes in south Kashmir after four days

Train service resumes in south Kashmir after four days

Srinagar, :  Train service resumed on Tuesday after remaining suspended for security reasons in south Kashmir since Friday, when three Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants, including a top commander were killed in an encounter by security forces in Shopian. “Trains were running normally in north Kashmir between Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla,” a railway official told UNI. He […]

No Karvan-e-Aman bus to PoK

No Karvan-e-Aman bus to PoK

Srinagar, ;  The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), remained suspended since March 4 on Monday, official sources said. However, the stranded POK residents here and Kashmiris in other side of the Line of Control (LoC) were allowed to cross the sides on April 21 and 29, respectively. […]

Neither gun, nor strike; voting is your ultimate weapon, J&K Guv to people

Neither gun, nor strike; voting is your ultimate weapon, J&K Guv to people

Srinagar, :  Appealing political parties to reach out to electorate and make them understand the power of their votes, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday asserted that neither gun, nor strike, voting is the ultimate weapon of people to make necessary changes. “I would like to appeal to all political parties to […]

Grenade blast outside PS, petrol bomb hurled at another in Pulwama, no injury

Grenade blast outside PS, petrol bomb hurled at another in Pulwama, no injury

Srinagar,: A grenade blast took place at a distance from a Polling Station (PS) while petrol bomb was hurled at another PS in Pulwama in south Kashmir, where voting was going on in the third and last phase of polling in Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency on Monday, official sources said. They said militants fired a rifle […]

Train service suspended in south Kashmir for security reasons

Train service suspended in south Kashmir for security reasons

Srinagar,  :  Train service was suspended on Friday for security reasons in south Kashmir, where two militants were killed by security forces in an encounter during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Shopian district. Train service in north Kashmir between Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla was normal, a railway official told UNI. He said train service […]

BJP gets a shot in the arm after UNSC list Masood Azhar as global terrorist: Omar

BJP gets a shot in the arm after UNSC list Masood Azhar as global terrorist: Omar

Srinagar,  : Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said BJP gets a shot in the arm at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election after UNSC listed Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masoor Azhar global terrorist. Mr Abdullah, vice-president of the National Conference (NC), said it was a symbolic win […]

Further relaxation in restrictions on Jammu Srinagar NH 44

Further relaxation in restrictions on Jammu Srinagar NH 44

SRINAGAR, : Earlier this month, the Government had imposed restrictions on civilian movement on the National Highway (NH-44) connecting Jammu to Srinagar, in order to ensure adequate security to the movement of Security Forces’ Convoys while at the same time minimizing public inconvenience. These restrictions became necessary following the large movement of security forces on […]

Traffic resumes on Mughal road after 5 months

Traffic resumes on Mughal road after 5 months

Srinagar,:  One-way traffic resumed on Wednesday on the historic 86-km-long Mughal road after remaining suspended for about five months due to accumulation of snow, traffic police official said. The road, which connects Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, was closed in December last year due to accumulation of five to […]