Incident-free sixth phase records 51.5% voting in J&K

December 14, 2020

SRINAGAR: Polling for the 31 DDC segments (14) in Kashmir division and (17) in Jammu division was held on Sunday peacefully as Jammu division saw a lot of rush on the election booths right from the morning. Poonch district of Jammu recorded the highest voter turnout as over 76% voters...

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC RESTORED ON SRINAGAR-JAMMU HIGHWAY, PARTS OF KASHMIR, LADAKH FREEZE

December 14, 2020

SRINAGAR: Authorities after lot of efforts were able to restore Jammu-Srinagar national highway for one-way traffic on Sunday. After the latest snow and rains, this highway was closed due to the triggering of landslides in the Banihal-Ramban axis of this highway. Srinagar-Leh highway remained closed while an alternate highway from...

AMID GROWING COVID CHALLENGE, LEH-JAMMU FLIGHTS RESUME

December 12, 2020

SRINAGAR: Despite authorities struggling to flatten the curve of Covid-19 wave in Leh, the government has decided to resume the flight operations between Leh and Jammu as there was a demand from the locals for its resumption. Reports said that flight operations between Jammu and Leh resumed on Friday, while...

Security forces helping BJP in DDC polls: Mehbooba, Omar

December 11, 2020

SRINAGAR: Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, two former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, along with PAGD spokesperson Sajad Gani Lone alleged that the security forces and the administration were helping the BJP and its cohorts in the DDC elections. Mentioning a particular village of Shopian in her tweet, Mufti...

MEHBOOBA MUFTI SAYS SHE’S BEEN DETAINED THIRD TIME IN ‘LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT’

December 10, 2020

SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday questioned her detention over security reasons, saying that BJP ministers are allowed to campaign freely for District Development Council (DDC) elections. The former J&K Chief Minister claimed that she has illegally been detained three times in less than a fortnight. “Illegally detained today...

Covid curve yet to flatten in Ladakh

December 10, 2020

SRINAGAR: Although the Union Territory administration of Ladakh got a special team of experts from the Central government to prepare a plan to arrest the growing infection curve of coronavirus, official figures released on Wednesday show that curve is yet to flatten there. According to the data released by administration...

HEAVY SNOW AND RAINS CLOSE ALL IMPORTANT ROADS IN KASHMIR

December 9, 2020

SRINAGAR: Heavy snowfall is being witnessed in higher reaches of Kashmir Valley for the second day on Tuesday while the plains especially the Srinagar city witnessed heavy downpour, inundating low-lying localities and roads. Due to heavy snow, already the roads linking Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region have been closed...

50% VOTING IN 4TH PHASE, NET SNAPPED IN S. KASHMIR

December 8, 2020

Srinagar: Rains and chill, many people came out to vote in Kashmir valley on Monday during the fourth phase of DDC elections. As a precautionary measure, 2G internet services were snapped in South Kashmir as authorities said that they did so after consultations and ground reports. For the 34 segments...

PAKISTAN ARMY SHELLS VILLAGES, BORDER POSTS IN J&K’S POONCH, KATHUA

December 7, 2020

SRINAGAR: Police and officials on Sunday said that Pakistani troops started unprovoked firing and shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and on International Border (IB) in Kathua district. Reports said that mortar shelling has damaged some structures in the villages of Poonch...

THIRD PHASE OF J&K ELECTIONS CONCLUDE WITH 50.53% VOTING

December 5, 2020

SRINAGAR: Third phase of the current District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir concluded on Friday in the 33 segments, 16 in Kashmir Valley and 17 in Jammu region. State Election Commissioner K.K. Sharma said on Friday evening that 50.53% was percentage in this phase. While Kashmir recorded...