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J&K highway closed for traffic, 100 vehicles stranded

Jammu, The 300-km long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which connects Kashmir with the rest of the country, was today closed for the traffic after ladnsldies triggered by heavy rains blocked it this afternoon stranding over 100 vehicles........more

Mufti briefs PM on US visit

NEW DELHI, Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and briefed him on his US visit, including his engagements at the United Nations. .......more

Heavy snowfall makes people shiver

SRINAGAR, : People in the Kashmir valley and Ladakh region continued to shiver under severe cold because of a heavy snowfall resulting in a considerable drop in temperature.A weather office spokesman said the maximum temperature today was recorded 3.3 degrees ......more

Kashmiris braving snowfall and rains with umbrellas in Srinagar on Sunday. (UNI)

Snowfall in Valley, Kargil, highway
Cold wave grips J&K, flights cancelled

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Dec 3: Srinagar City and Kargil town today experienced season’s first snowfall forcing cancellation of all but one Srinagar bound flights as cold wave intensified in both capital cities as well as other areas of the State. Union Minister for Water Resources Saif-ud-Din Soz was trapped on Jammu-Srinagar highway for more than two hours when heavy snowfall blocked Jawahar tunnel for vehicular movement. Leh-Srinagar and Kargil-Zanskar roads were today closed for six months......more

Kashmir rich with heritage, says UnESCO Director

Excelsior Correspondent

Srinagar, Dec 3: Director UNESCO, Mina Yang today had an interaction with various Heads of important department concerning revival of heritage in the Valley. ..........more

Self-rule, autonomy unacceptable: Sajjad Lone

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 3: Claiming that "Independence" was the only solution, Chairman of People’s Conference, Sajjad Ghani Lone has termed the much talked slogans of "Self-rule" and " Autonomy" as unacceptable to the people of Kashmir........more

Ultra’s wife killed, girl rescued
Blast in Gool before Qarra’s arrival

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 3: Finance, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Hamid Qarra today had a narrow escape when militants lobbed a grenade about 300 meters short of Gool at Gool main road minutes before his convoy was scheduled to the point this afternoon............more

Kher for special status to KPs

VARANASI, Dec 3: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who campaigned for the cause of justice in the famous Priyadarshini Mattoo case, today demanded that over 3.5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits living a life of "undeclared refugees" in their own land be awarded special status by the Government. .......more

High level Committee set up
Govt to act against Revenue officers for encroachments

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Dec 3: Even though the Government has ordered regularisation of encroachments on State land barring Forest and ‘kahcharai’ (grazing), it has also set up a high level committee to identify and initiate action against the Revenue officers responsible for making entries of State land in the Revenue record.......more

Tailor, militant killed in Valley

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 3: While suspected militants have shot dead a young tailor at Baramulla and left a student wounded in another shootout at Tujjar Sharief in Sopore, Police and security forces have eliminated a militant in the Harwan outskirts of this capital city since last evening.......more

Baglihar verdict on Feb 12

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The World Bank appointed neutral expert Raymond Lafitte to arbitrate on the dispute between India and Pakistan over Baglihar power project will deliver his verdict on February 12..........more

BJP supports Kalam
for 2nd term

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The opposition BJP has sprung a surprise by coming out in open support for a second term to incumbent A P J Abdul Kalam, almost eight months ahead of the Presidential race. ........more

LeT, JeM using B’desh, Nepal

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The Centre is seriously concerned over Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finances.......more

Self-rule, autonomy poll stunts: Hashim

SRINAGAR, Dec 3: Democratic Liberation Party (DLP) chairman Hashim Qureshi today said the self-rule and autonomy proposals propagated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (nc) respectively were nothing but "election stunts". .....more