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Kashmir Valley witnesses fresh Snowfall, Jammu-Srinagar highway Shut, Schools closed

April 6, 2017April 6, 2017 Editor

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed on Thursday due to landslides and shooting stones as fresh snowfall was witnessed in Srinagar and across the Valley, prompting the authorities to close schools till Sunday. Residents of Srinagar woke up to rains and snowfall, which is rare in April. The MeT Department officials here said moderate to heavy snowfall was reported from higher reaches of Kashmir Valley. The snowfall and rains over the past three days have forced the state government to close schools in the Valley till Sunday. “The schools shall…

US Mediation in Indo-Pak talks acceptable, Stone pelters are `Nationalists`: Farooq Abdullah

April 5, 2017 Editor

Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the youth of Kashmir Valley to choose between tourism and terrorism, National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that those who pelt stones are just fighting for the nation. “If he (stone pelting youth) is giving up his life, he is not doing it for tourism. He is giving his life so that the destiny of this nation is decided which should be acceptable to the people of this place. This needs to be…

National Highway closed due to landslides

April 5, 2017 Editor

The Kashmir highway, linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of the world, was closed yet again due to landslides triggered by heavy rain during the night. “We have again suspended traffic on the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to landslides, particularly between Ramban and Ramsu,” a traffic police official told Kashmir Post this morning. However, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), responsible for the maintenance of the highway, has already pressed into service men and sophisticated machines to clear the landslides and put through the traffic. Traffic will be allowed…

Civilian killings hit Govt’s publicity stunts

April 5, 2017 Editor

PDP-BJP Govt talks down Mehbooba’s year in power The killings of more than 100 civilians since last year at the hands of government forces Tuesday forced Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti-led government to call off its customary promotion of “one-year achievements”. The government neither came up with advertisements in the media about the “accomplishments” of the Mehbooba-led government during the past year nor did it hold any news conference to boast about it. Mehbooba had taken over as Jammu Kashmir CM on April 4, 2016, around three months after her father…

Pellet Horror Continues : Chadoora teenager 65th to lose both eyes

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Editor

27 Persons Fired With Pellets In One Month On Monday, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, a teenager from Chadoora in Central Kashmir was fired with pellets in both his eyes by security forces, making him the 65th victim losing both eyes to the deadly pellets of security forces since July 2016. As many as 27 people have been fired with pellets from March this year. As per hospital records at least 27 persons, mostly young boys, were admitted to SMHS Hospital with pellet injuries in one or both eyes from March 9.…

Evolve plan for restoration of Dal Lake: HC to Panel

April 5, 2017 Editor

Govt to present vision document prepared by IIT-Roorkee before committee The J&K Government has informed the High Court that a ‘vision document’ about the preservation of Dal Lake is being prepared by IIT-Roorkee, which will be put before the high-level Scientific Advisory Committee for consideration. Taking note of the vision document, the court has directed the Monitoring Committee and the Scientific Advisory Committee to evolve an action plan as to how the restoration of Dal Lake should be taken in a scientific manner. These directions have been issued by a…

Chenani-Nashri tunnel to help save fuel, cut pollution

April 5, 2017 Editor

The South-East Asia’s longest tunnel, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Chenani in Udhampur district on Sunday, will not only save time and money, but will also have a positive effect on the environmentally fragile mountainous range of the Lower Shivalik and the Central Himalayas. The 9.2-km-long Chenani-Nashri Tunnel has come as a respite for the travellers on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway as it has reduced the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km and the travel time by two hours. The state-of-the-art engineering marvel has…

After grenades, soldier caught with live cartridge at Srinagar Airport

April 5, 2017 Editor

A day after a soldier was arrested with two live grenades at Srinagar ‘International’ Airport, another Army man was caught by anti-hijacking team of J&K police with a live cartridge at the airport during luggage screening on Tuesday. Police sources said a live cartridge of INSAS rifle was recovered from the arrested Army man during X-ray scanning at the airport. The accused was supposed to board a flight for Mumbai and was identified as Pandiya Raj of Army’s 319 Field hospital, Army Medical Corps (AMC), Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla…

President Donald Trump may get involved in India-Pak peace process

April 5, 2017 Editor

Nikki shocks Delhi with Washington intervention ‘We should be proactive in the way that we are seeing tensions rise’ The United States Tuesday said that it would try and “find its place” in efforts to de-escalate Indo-Pak tensions and not wait till “something happens”, indicating that President Donald Trump could play a role in such endeavours. “It’s absolutely right that this administration is concerned about the relationship between India and Pakistan and very much wants to see how we de-escalate any sort of conflict going forward,” US Ambassador to the…