JAMMU, Sep 11: One-way traffic has been allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Thursday due to slippery road conditions in the Tharad section of Udhampur district, officials said. The highway was reopened for traffic on Wednesday after remaining closed for nine days. The 270-km highway, which is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country,...

Rehan Qayoom Mir Srinagar, Sept 11 : Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that India’s new criminal laws will strengthen the country’s policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and help remove terrorism from society. Speaking at J&K Police Public School Bemina, Sinha, news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the new laws have replaced colonial-era criminal justice...

Umaisar Gull Ganie Srinagar, Sept 11 : To strengthen horticultural logistics in Kashmir, two coaches (parcel van) loaded with apples are set to depart from Budgam station today—one attached to a Delhi-bound train and the other to a Jammu-bound train, officials said on Thursday.   Officials told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the initiative is aimed at ensuring...

JAMMU, Sep 10: Prohibitory orders remained in place for the second consecutive day on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district which witnessed clashes between protesters and security forces during demonstrations against the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA). The arch of these restrictions has been widened to Bhaderwah valley, with all shops and...