HIGHWAY HASSLES CONTINUE

After 9 Days Trucks Move From Srinagar To Jammu; Lohia Says No Chance Of Two-Way Traffic In Near Future

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 22: With slight improvement in weather and road conditions, more than 1500 vehicles which included mostly stranded trucks proceeded towards Jammu from here Sunday.  This was the first time since January 13 that traffic was allowed to ply towards Jammu from Srinagar as in the More

Stranded passengers stage protest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 22: Hundreds of valley-bound passengers lodged at Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas, for the past many days staged protests against the administration for its failure to airlift them to their respective destinations. Amid shouting of slogans against the state government, the passengers were More

Cold wave grips Kashmir amid snowfall forecast

Gulmarg Shivers At -14

Srinagar, Jan 22: Amid weather office forecast of fresh snowfall in next couple of days, an intense cold wave gripped Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley Sunday. Bone-chilling winds lashed the region as night temperatures fell much below the freezing point while the day temperatures showed More

US experts train JK cops in mob control

Experts From Harvard University Conduct Eight-Day Workshop

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Jan 22: After facing scathing criticism for ‘cavalier’ policing, Jammu and Kashmir government has invited US experts to train its cops in handling law and situations in a humane way. A workshop is currently on in Srinagar where the US experts are imparting tips to the state’s police officials More

Omar talks to Madhya Pradesh CM

FIRING ON KASHMIRI STUDENT

Srinagar, Jan 22: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday spoke to his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan, inquiring about the shooting of a Kashmiri student in Ujjain district. “Spoke to the CM of MP regarding Ujjain shooting of Kashmiri youth. He has assured guilty will be punished More

Wajahat for extension of NCM Act to JK

‘Aimed At Safeguarding Interests Of KPs, Other Minorities’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 22: In a bid to safeguard interests of Kashmiri Pandits and other minorities in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has written to the government to amend the NCM Act to make it applicable to the state. The Commission, which has been taking up the More

Concerned over Pak situation:S M Krishna

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Bangalore, Jan 22: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna Sunday said the developments in Pakistan are of "deep concern" from the point of stability in South Asia."Peace prevailing in Pakistan brings some kind of stability in south Asia", he told reporters at the Taluk headquarters town of Sira in More

Div Com reviews stock position

DCs Complain Of LPG Shortage

Srinagar, Jan 22: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon Sunday held video conference with the Deputy Commissioners of Pulwama, Shopian, Baramulla, Bandipora, Budgam, Kulgam, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Anantnag and reviewed the availability of stock position of essential commodities More

Black-marketers active in Old City

Srinagar, Jan 22: Even after the Government claimed to have made available adequate stock of essentials in Old City here, the locals alleged that essential commodities including kerosene and LPG cylinders More

YOUTH SICKENED BY SOCIAL MEDIA: SURVEY

‘It’s Adversely Affecting Health, Academics’

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Jan 22: Youngsters in urban India have started experiencing social-media fatigue as excess use of these sites has started telling on their mental and physical health and even their professional More