SNOWFALL SHUTS KASHMIR

Power, Communication Hit; Respite Expected By Sunday Afternoon

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 7: A mere few inches of snowfall during last 24 hours led to collapse of major services in Kashmir raising question mark over government’s preparedness.The difficulties for the Valleyites started late Friday evening when summer capital along with other districts of the Valley started More

A few inches bury disaster management

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

Srinagar, Jan 7: Much awaited snowfall, a few inches, in Srinagar was received with joy in our families yesterday, and jubilations on social networking sites. The traditional snow-celebration turned into a cause of worry by incompetent state departments in a couple of hours, for the first time since More

Sgr-Jmu Highway remains closed

Man Buried Under Snow

Jammu, Jan 7: While most parts of the state remained cut off due to the heavy snowfall in the upper reaches, more than 1200 vehicles are stranded on the 300-Km Srinagar- Jammu highway.Officials said that the inter-district road of Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch and Jammu-Doda-Kishtwar has also been suspended More

3 militant attacks in Sopore, 1 killed, 5 hurt

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Jan 7: A civilian was killed and five others including two policemen injured in north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Saturday in a spate of militant attacks, police said. The town witnessed three attacks within a span of 30 minutes.Police sources told Greater Kashmir that suspected militants More

Omar monitors restoration work

Visits Hospitals; ‘No Preference To CM House, VIP Areas’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today arrived in Srinagar to take stock of the situation in the valley in the wake of snowfall.The Chief Minister directed the PDD not to make any preference in supplying electricity to VIP areas when power supply to entire valley is disrupted as a More

Coalition partners iron out differences

Cong Asks NC Not To Underestimate It

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Jan 7: National Conference and Congress tried to iron out their differences in a meeting of its Coordination Committee held here today.Well informed sources, privy to the meeting, claimed that Congress used it as an opportunity to highlight its grievances and made it clear to its alliance More

Stranded passengers face ordeal at Jammu

RANJANA CHARAK

Jammu, Jan 7: Closure of 300 km Srinagar-Jammu highway has left hundreds of passengers, including men, women and children stranded at General Bus Stand (GBS) here.Mostly poor, the passengers are facing immense hardships in absence of any help from the government. They are running short of money More

ADC to record statements on Boniyar incident

Srinagar, Jan 7: The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, who has been nominated enquiry officer for Boniyar tragedy of Jan 2, 2012, has asked the persons having any information regarding the Boniyar firing incident, in which a student was killed, to record their statements in the office of Dy More

KU postpones exams up to January 10

Srinagar, Jan 7: In the wake of snowfall in the Valley, Kashmir University Saturday cancelled all graduate and postgraduate examinations up to 10th January.“All the University examinations up to and including Tuesday, 10-01-2012, have been postponed,” Kashmir University Public Relations Officer Showkat More

JKMM pays tributes to Sajjad Keno

Srinagar, Jan 7: Jammu Kashmir Mass Movement (JKMM), at a meeting of its advisory council and district members held here today with its chairperson Farida Behanji in chair, paid glowing tributes to  More

• Snow clearance operations on: CE
• PDD-PDC daily-wagers seek regularization

Court frames charges against Madhuri Gupta

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 7: A trial court today framed charges against suspended Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta on offences carrying a lighter punishment of three years as Delhi police was unable to establish a case More

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