Month: February 2019

20 CRPF personnel killed, Scores injured after explosives-laden vehicle rams into a bus in Pulwama

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At least 20 CRPF troopers were killed and some 25 others injured on Thursday when a van packed with explosives reportedly rammed into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. In what is being described as one of the biggest attack on the forces in one single incident, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bus was ambushed in Lethpora town, about 30 km from Srinagar. The incident took place when some 2,547 CRPF personnel were coming in a convoy of 78 vehicles…

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After weeks closer​ Highway opens for one way traffic, No livestock inspection point on new highway

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The Srinagar-Jammu highway remained open for one-way traffic on Wednesday as around 3357 vehicles crossed over to Srinagar from Jammu. IGP Traffic, Alok Kumar told Kashmir Post that the one-way vehicular movement had been restored from Tuesday. “We allowed around 1500 trucks carrying essential commodities, cooking gas, petroleum to cross the highway till 5 am on Wednesday. In addition, 450 other vehicles also crossed,” he said. Alok said, besides, all passenger vehicles that were stranded in Jammu including the trucks on the highway, especially at Ramban stretch, were allowed on…

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For polluting Chenab and Tawi rivers, NGT slaps Rs 2 crore fine on HCC and Gammon India

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The NGT has slapped a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on the Gammon India Limited and the Hindustan Construction Co (HCC) Ltd for damaging the environment by dumping soil in Chenab and Tawi rivers for construction on a stretch of the Udhampur-Banihal Highway in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also ordered them to furnish a performance guarantee of Rs 1 crore for improving the situation within the next three months. “The deposit of compensation be made with the…

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Clashes erupted after 28 students were injured in a ​mysterious blast in Pulwama

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28 students were wounded in a mysterious blast at a school in Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.Reports said that a blast took place inside a private school in Narbal area of Kakapora where the students were getting winter tuitions around 2 pm. Medical Officer, PHC Kakapora Dr Wahid told Kashmir Post that fourteen students with splinter injuries were brought to the facility for treatment.“Three among the injured were referred to Srinagar for specialised treatment,” he said, adding that the students had received injuries mostly in their…

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Two soldiers, Hizb rebel killed during Pulwama gunfight

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Two army soldiers, including a para commando, and a militant were killed and another soldier wounded in a fierce gunfight in Ratnipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. Quoting a senior police officer, news agency GNS reported that a joint team of army’s 50 RR, 10 PARA, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation around 3 am in Ratnipora area following specific inputs about the presence of two to four militants. “During the initial exchange of gunfight, three soldiers suffered injuries and were immediately evacuated to army’s 92…

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Scores injured during a scuffle between students and stranded Kashmiri passengers in Jammu

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A scuffle broke out between a group of students and some stranded Kashmir-bound passengers outside the Gandhi Memorial Science College here on Monday but timely intervention by police brought the situation under control, officials said. The clash took place when the students came out of the college to protest alleged chanting of “objectionable slogans” by some of the stranded passengers while protesting the alleged failure of the administration to help them in the hour of crisis, the officials said. They said police immediately swung into action and resorted to mild…

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Highway remain shut for seventh consecutive​ day, Fruit growers suffer losses worth crores of rupees

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A top traffic police official Monday termed the condition of the Srinagar-Jammu highway, which remained closed for the sixth straight day, as “disastrous”. “The condition of the highway is disastrous,” inspector general of traffic police Alok Kumar told Kashmir Post, when asked about chances of re-opening of the 300-km-long road, the only surface link of Kashmir with rest of the world. The situation along the highway is unpredictable because nobody knows when there will be landslides or shooting stones, particularly between Ramban and Ramsu, he said. Kumar said frequent shooting…

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J&K heading for power crisis as NTPC to stop the ​supply

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The state is heading for an unprecedented power crisis as the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on Monday decided to stop its entire supply of nearly 940 mega watts (MW) from next week due to non-payment of dues amounting to Rs 1,984.65 crore. The corporation sent a regulation notice, a copy of which is with Kashmir Post, to the state’s Power Commissioner and informed him of the decision to stop the entire supply of 939.08 MW. “Power supply to the extent of 100 percent, allocated from the NTPC station, will…

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With divisional status, BJP tries to gain lost ground in Ladakh

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The BJP’s direction to the Ladakh unit to celebrate the grant of divisional status with much ‘fanfare’ is an indication that the saffron party is trying to retrieve its lost ground in the mountainous region through this historic decision by the Governor’s administration. “The divisional status is a gift of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the residents of Ladakh who have been facing discrimination and injustice since 1947,” BJP state president Ravinder Raina told Kashmir Post, adding, “The party has asked its cadre to celebrate the decision in the entire…

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Stranded passengers crying for help as highway remains shut for fifth day, Valley faces shortage of essentials

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The chances of re-opening of the Srinagar-Jammu highway which remained closed for the fifth consecutive day are bleak as massive landslides hit the road on Sunday, officials said, even as the local meteorological department predicted another three-day-long spell of snow and rains from Tuesday evening. “We could not re-open the road today,” inspector general of traffic police Alok Kumar told Kashmir Post. He said a 150-meter-long massive landslide hit the road at Maroog. The highway was closed Wednesday following landslides triggered by incessant rains and snowfall across Jammu and Kashmir.…

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