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• LG seeks detailed report on availability of essential commodities in snowbound areas

  Jammu: Amid reports of disruptions in the supply of gas and other essential commodities in Jammu and Kashmir after heavy snowfall, Lt Governor G C Murmu has sought a detailed report on the availability of essential commodities in affected areas, an official spokesman said on Sunday. The Lt Governor has directed that multiple teams of […]

  • 20 Jan, 2020 08:27 PM
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• Srinagar-Jammu highway restored after 4 days

  SRINAGAR: Both aerial as well as surface connectivity to Kashmir was fully restored on Friday as weather conditions significantly improved bringing respite to hundreds of stranded travellers. On Friday, hundreds of vehicles which were stranded on Srinagar-Jammu highway were allowed to ply for the whole day after the road was thrown open for the movement […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:44 PM
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• SMC yet to clear snow in Srinagar interiors

  Srinagar: Four days after a Kashmir experienced heavy snow, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has not cleared snow from interiors of several areas in Srinagar. There is no snow clearness operation in majority of interiors in Srinagar’s downtown causing inconvenience to locals. The areas are Safa Kadal, Rainwari, Fatha Kadal, Noor Bagh, Kak Sarai, Hawal, Vacharnag […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:43 PM
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• Most of UNSC members expressed concern over Kashmir situation: China

  Beijing: Stoutly defending its decision to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council as an attempt to de-escalate Indo-Pak tensions and out of “good will”, China on Friday claimed that “most of the members” of the Council have voiced their concern over the situation in the Valley. China’s comments came a day after […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:42 PM
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• Not ready for peace with India without resolving Kashmir issue: Pak FM

  Washington: Pakistan is not prepared to pay any price for peace with India and certainly not without resolving the Kashmir issue in a just manner, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said. Addressing the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think-tank here on Thursday, Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s demand that US President Donald Trump should […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:42 PM
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• Congress demands restoration of statehood, early polls in J&K

  Jammu: The Congress on Friday demanded restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, safeguards to jobs and property for the local people and release of all political leaders to facilitate early assembly polls in the erstwhile state. A resolution in this regard was passed in an executive committee meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:42 PM
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• Power outages in Srinagar, elsewhere as Pampore line suffers damage

  Srinagar: Hundreds of neighbourhoods in Srinagar and Budgam districts of the Valley on Friday plunged into darkness after the 33 kilowatt power supply line got snapped due to ‘bad weather’. The line supplies electricity to vast areas in Srinagar and Budgam. According to locals, there were unscheduled power outages since morning and electricity was yet […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:41 PM
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• J&K lacks fresh data about out of school children as no survey conducted in last 3 years

  Srinagar: The School Education Department has not conducted any fresh survey of Out of School Children (OSC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the last three years even as the rate of mainstreaming such children is “very low”, the union Ministry of Human Resource Development has said. It came to fore at the Project Approval Board […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:41 PM
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• Shopian villages face water crisis

  Shopian: Twenty water supply schemes meant for over a hundred villages in South Kashmir’s district Shopian were affected due to recent heavy snowfall and freezing. Official sources said that almost all the habitations in this hilly district were affected due to the intense freezing of pipelines in the forested areas. More than 35 villages of […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:41 PM
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• Polls to vacant panchayats likely in Feb

  New Delhi: The elections to the nearly 13,000 vacant posts of panch and sarpanch in gram panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be held next month and a notification is this regard is expected to be issued on January 25, officials said on Friday. If the polls take place, it will be the […]

  • 18 Jan, 2020 08:41 PM
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