Srinagar: Water level in Jhelum river is expected to recede as the rainfall stopped in Kashmir. Earlier, the water level at Ram Munshi Bagh and Pampore gauges have touched the flood declaration mark. The officials, however, said that water level will recede in next two hours and there was no need to panic. Cheif Engineer Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department Kashmir Naresh Kumar told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that water level in Jhelum at Sangam of South Kashmir has already started receding, but the increasing trend in water level in Central part of Jhelum will remain at...
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Srinagar Incessant rainfall across Kashmir valley has resulted in flash floods, inundation of roads, leading to the temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore national highway in North Kashmir, official said on Monday. An official from civil administration told that the heavy downpour has caused rapid increase in the water level, inundation of national highway at multiple locations including Kawari, Wodhpora in Handwara jurisdiction. Keeping in view the same, as a precautionary measure to ensure safety of commuters and to prevent any untoward incident, the stretch has been temporarily closed for th...
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Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to reschedule the Lok Sabha polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency. A local news gathering agency KNO reported that in response to representations submitted by several political leaders citing adverse road conditions and inclement weather, the ECI has intervened by writing a letter to the Chief Secretary of J&K and the Chief Electoral Officer of J&K. The representations were signed by BJP President Ravinder Raina; Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari; Peoples Conference leader Imran Reza Ansari; and candidates Mohammad ...
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Srinagar: An incident of desecration of mosque and a shrine have been reported in Tral following which a probe has been initiated. This is being seen as an attempt to raise communal tensions in the region. Police have registered a case against miscreants attempting to desecrate the shrine and a mosque in Dadsara Tral in Pulwama district on intervening Thursday and Friday night. “Yesterday night, some miscreants attempted to disrespect the local shrine and a mosque in Dadsara in Tral by damaging windowpanes and also tried displacing the Quran in a manner lacking respect,” said a police spokesma...
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Srinagar: Ten days after being closed by authorities “till further orders” following fresh snowfall, Mughal Road, connecting Kashmir Valley’s Shopian district with twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, has been thrown open for traffic partially, officials said on Tuesday. They said that there the thoroughfare was opened after clearance of fresh snowfall at several places along the road including ‘Pir Ki Gali’. DTI Mughal Road Kapil Manhas said that the road has been opened partially for “emergency purposes.” Meanwhile, traffic on Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir...
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Srinagar: In a heart wrenching incident, 6 people including five minor students were drowned, five were rescued while three others are missing after a boat capsized in river Jehlum near Batawara Srinagar early on Tuesday morning. Official sources told GNS that the boat ferrying minor students to a local school capsized leading to the death of 5 minors and the boat while 5 students were rescued by rescuers. They said soon after the news, a massive rescue operation was launched by SDRF, NDRF, local police besides locals. Immediately, 11 people were found and were shifted to hospital however six ...
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Srinagar: The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has recently announced revised school timings for the Kashmir division, slated to be effective from April 12. Intra-Municipal School Timings: Schools within the Srinagar municipal limits are now instructed to operate from 9 am to 3 pm, as per the issued notification.Inter-District School Timings: Schools located outside the Srinagar municipal limits and spanning across various districts within the Kashmir division will now observe revised timings from 10 am to 4 pm.
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared its candidates for three key segments in the Kashmir division. Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is set to contest from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, while Youth President Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra will represent the party in Srinagar, and former Member of Parliament Fayaz Ahmad Mir will contest from Baramulla. The party’s Parliamentary Board formally announced the candidatures, marking Mehbooba Mufti’s bid for Anantnag-Pir Panchal, Parra’s candidacy for Central Kashmir, and Mir’s nomination for the Baramulla Parl...
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Srinagar: National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah Thursday clarified that the party will fight Lok Sabha polls together with Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. He said the Congress will support National Conference in the elections as part of INDIA alliance in Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a youth convention at Nawa-e-Subh Srinagar, Omar Abdullah stated that the party will fight Lok Sabha elections together with Congress on all seats of Jammu and Kashmir. He said being allies of INDIA alliance both parties will provide their support to each other. “Congres...
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Srinagar: The former chief minister of erstwhile J&K state and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday announced that the party will field it’s candidates from Lok Sabha constituencies in Kashmir, saying that the candidates will be announced within a few days. Addressing the media persons, Mehbooba said that National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah has stated that PDP will support them in upcoming Lok Sabha elections, but the fact is the party has not left any door open for it. “According to Omar, PDP doesn’t exist anywhere. Whatever Omar has stated yesterday, could...
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