Snow, rains lash Valley

Winds Smash Houseboats

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Feb 7: Kashmir Valley Monday received rain and snowfall as western disturbances continue to persist over Jammu and Kashmir, the meteorological department said. Srinagar-Jammu highway was closed for the day for vehicular traffic owing to landslides at Panthial.Authorities today issued More

Porter dies in avalanche

2 Labourers Washed Away

Srinagar/Jammu, Feb 7: A porter Jamal Lone son of Muhammad Lone of Gujran Gurez died when an avalanche hit a BSF post located at Kabul Gali, Gurez.Disaster Management Cell coordinator Amir Ali said three paramilitary BSF personnel and two porters were trapped in the camp. Divisional Commissioner More

INDIA,PAK AGREE TO PICK UP THREADS

‘Solid Foundation Laid For Sustained Engagement’

PRIYANKA TIKOO/AJAY KAUL

Thimphu, Feb 7: India and Pakistan appear set to resume their stalled dialogue after a near-freeze of several months with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna announcing Monday that “a solid foundation” has been laid for a “sustained engagement”.Krishna, who arrived here for 33rd SAARC Council More

Kashmir needs fresh look: Qureshi

Islamabad, Feb 7: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that both Pakistan and India need to have a fresh look at the Kashmir issue, and search for ways to address the longstanding demand of self-determination of its people.In an interview to Gulf News, Qureshi said Kashmir was More

Will modify rules of engagement: GOC

Handwara Killing Fallout

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Feb 7: The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army’s 15 Corps, Lt Gen SA Hasnain has termed the Handwara incident as most regrettable saying that he will fully try that rules of engagement are modified as desired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.“I want to clarify that Chief Minister More

14 govt schools show zero result in Matric

152 Institutions Secure Less Than 33%; Have Stopped Increment Of Teachers: DSEK

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Feb 7: At least 14 government schools in Kashmir Valley have registered zero result while 152 others have secured under 33 percent in the recently announced Class 10 result, raising a question mark on the Education Ministry’s oft-repeated claims of providing ‘quality education’ to children More

Population enumeration begins Feb 9

Jammu, Feb 7: After house-listing operations, the population enumeration in Jammu and Kashmir under Census-2011 will begin on February 9 and continue till February 28.The provisional population figures, especially the data of total population and literacy rate in the state will be assessed after More

PM to visit Jammu

Jammu, Feb 7: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to visit Jammu by ending March, to inaugurate the newly built residential flats for Kashmiri Pandit migrants.He will also address the convocation of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu, official More