Day: June 25, 2022

Jammu-Srinagar national highway reopened for one way traffic, stranded vehicles allowed towards Srinagar

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Jammu-Srinagar national highway reopened for one way traffic, stranded vehicles allowed towards Srinagar

Landslides worry officials as pilgrimage round the corner Banihal/Udhampur/Jammu Hundreds of vehicles, stranded for four days, were allowed towards Kashmir on Friday night as one way was restored on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway after freshly building a road stretch to replace the one washed away in flash floods, officials said. The 270-km highway was blocked since Tuesday due to landslides, mudslides and shooting stones at 33 places in Ramban and Udhampur districts. “The highway has been reopened for traffic. On June 20, highway was closed due to shooting stones at…

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J&K suffering due to Centre’s ‘Stubborn Attitude’: Farooq Abdullah

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J&K suffering due to Centre's 'Stubborn Attitude': Farooq Abdullah

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Friday asked the Centre to shun its “stubborn attitude” and reframe its Kashmir policy, saying the people of the erstwhile state were paying a heavy price for it. He also said peace cannot be achieved through force. Addressing a party function in Magam hamlet in central Kashmir, Abdullah lamented the “my way or the highway attitude” of the Centre. “While the government and its air-dropped administration in Kashmir are busy in its usual pomp and show, the people of J-K continue to suffer…

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155 Schools with more than one lakh students face de-registration; Court stays process for now

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155 Schools with more than one lakh students face de-registration; Court stays process for now

At least 155 private schools, with enrollment of more than one lakh students, are grappling to keep their registrations intact as the Jammu & Kashmir administration’s new rules directed the Revenue Department to identity those schools built on the land other than private property in the Union Territory (UT) for de-registration by the Education Department. Hearing the petitions filed by such private schools, judge Moksha Khajuria Kazmi said, “The petitioners have prima facie made out a case for ad-interim relief at this stage. In the meantime, subject to objections to…

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