Landslides shut Jammu-Srinagar highway
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway No 1-A was closed to vehicular traffic on Monday following landslides in Jammu region's Ramban district. "Landslides were triggered by heavy...
Ensure completion of projects by March 2017, Mufti tells ERA
Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today asked the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to make contractors accountable so that all ongoing projects were completed by March...
Laced with 86000-MW capacity, united J&K can have free power, water for 100 yrs: Survey
The united Jammu and Kashmir has an estimated power potential of whopping 86000 megawatts (MWs) which, if harnessed properly, can pave way for free electricity...
National Highways closed due to snowfall, landslides
Rains continued to lash plains of Kashmir while its higher reaches received fresh snowfall for the second consecutive day Sunday, leading to closure of three...
Present situation in J&K worrisome: Cong
The prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir is "worrisome", state Cong unit said today, while appealing the people to defeat "politics of communalism" hell bent...
NGO questions govt move to defend Article 370
On the eve of the 68th Accession Day, We The Citizens, a Delhi-based NGO, which has challenged constitutional validity of Article 35 (A), has questioned...
Adhere to quality parameters, ERA chief tells contractors
J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) chief executive officer Vinod Sharma has urged the contractors to strictly follow dust suppression measures during construction works. He passed...
Wet Spell, Snow expected in Jammu and Kashmir
A western disturbance is likely to approach Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday and cause snowfall and heavy rain in the state for the next three-four...
Sharif seeks third party mediation on Kashmir issue
Describing Kashmir as "a flashpoint" between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said there is a need for a third party mediation to...
Costly vegetables become unaffordable for common man
The prices of vegetables and pulses have suddenly gone up manifold in Kashmir when their consumption is high due to the arrival of the winter...