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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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
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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
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