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NHAI to take over Srinagar-Uri national highway from BRO

March 22, 2016 Editor

The 120-km-long highway connects Kashmir with Muzaffarabad in PoK The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in the process of taking over the Srinagar-Baramulla-Uri national highway from the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). The 120-km-long highway, which connects Kashmir with Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, is currently being maintained by the Project Beacon of the BRO. “Keeping in view the traffic flow and future requirements, it has been decided in principle to upgrade the Srinagar-Baramulla-Uri highway as a four-lane road. As of now, the highway has to be handed over to…

Mehbooba’s indecisiveness not in favour of JK : Omar

March 22, 2016 Editor

QUOTE: “Don’t look as an alternative towards us and if horse-trading comes as an alternative, we will not support it. We were mandated to be in the opposition for six years. We want the crisis to be over now. We are not in favour of pushing the state into a snap poll, but if such a situation arises, we will have no option but to go for fresh elections,” Omar Abdullah, NC working president National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today said that Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti’s indecisiveness…

Three youngsters from J&K ‘assaulted’ in Mohali, Probe on

March 21, 2016 Editor

The PG accommodation is located in Chilla village at Sohana, Mohali. Sanjay, Pradeep and Kunwar work in a private company at Mohali. Three persons hailing from Jammu & Kashmir, living in a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Sohana, Mohali district, were assaulted recently, allegedly by the son of the PG facility’s owner. One suffered serious injuries and two escaped with minor injuries. The Sohana police have booked the PG owner’s son, Gursimran Singh, on charges of attempt to murder and causing grievous injuries. While Gursimran is absconding, four of his…

Centre urged to declare Mughal Road as NH

March 21, 2016 Editor

Governor NN Vohra has requested Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari to declare the historic 84-km-long Mughal Road, connecting Shopian in the Kashmir valley with Bafliaz in Poonch district of the Jammu region, as a national highway. The Governor has also requested the Union Minister to approve construction of an 8-km-long Chattapani-Zaznar tunnel to make the Mughal Road an all-weather link. In a letter, the Governor has conveyed that the road has several avalanche-prone locations near Pir Ki Gali and that a considerable portion of it remains…

Mehbooba Mufti likely to visit Delhi today, meet Arun Jaitley

March 21, 2016 Editor

As the deadlock over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continued, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday said it was fully committed to the agenda of governance in the state, while Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti is likely to make a second trip in five days to Delhi today. Mufti is also likely to call a meeting of senior party leaders in the coming days to clear the ‘misgivings’ about the stalemate over government formation. Though the issue of government formation in J&K did not come up…

National highway reopens to traffic after three days

March 21, 2016 Editor

After remaining closed for three consecutive days, the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road link which connects the Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, was reopened to traffic this evening. The Gammon Indian Limited which was entrusted with the task of four-laning the Udhampur-Ramban project managed to repair a sunken portion of the highway at Kikkad Morh in the Tringla area of Batote after heavy rain on Saturday, allowing traffic authorities to clear all stranded vehicles. “We have cleared the road for traffic after repairing the damaged…

PDP-BJP alliance on brink of collapse

March 19, 2016 Editor

The PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, fraying since the death of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in January, seems on the brink of collapse a little over a year after the coalition government was formed on March 1 last year. BJP sources indicated that the alliance may be all but over – barring a sudden turnaround in relations – as the two sides failed to make fresh commitments after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti made it clear that she wanted assurances on issues she considers central to her party’s political fortunes in…

Govt formation efforts hit dead end: PDP

March 19, 2016 Editor

Efforts to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir have hit a dead end as the BJP has refused to accept the demands of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), PDP sources said. A senior PDP leader close to party chief Mehbooba Mufti told IANS that the negotiations between the two parties had “hit a dead end” and the PDP was unlikely to form a government again with the BJP. Another PDP leader who spoke to IANS said he was not authorised to speak on the subject. The PDP comments came…

Rain, landslides force closure of NH for 2nd day

March 19, 2016 Editor

A continuous spell of moderate to heavy rain and intermittent snow triggered landslides, forcing the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway for the second consecutive day today. The downpour, continuing with fewer pauses over the past 36 hours, triggered fresh landslides at several places along the national highway, the only road link connecting the Kashmir valley with Jammu division, an official of the state Traffic Department said. Two civilians died on Thursday when the vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the highway and fell into a gorge during…

Why the secrecy? Omar asks of Mehbooba Mufti

March 18, 2016 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has questioned the “secrecy” surrounding the meeting between Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah over government formation in the state. “Why the secrecy this time around? Last time she met with flowers and shawls being exchanged,” Omar wrote on Twitter. Mehbooba met Shah on Thursday as the two parties held parleys to establish government in the state that has been under Governor’s rule since its last chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed — Mehbooba…