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Curbs on civilian traffic on Jammu-Srinagar Highway
A government notification has stated that the national highway from Baramulla to Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir has been put out of bounds for civilian traffic twice a week till May 31. During this time no civilian vehicles will be permitted on the national highway on Sundays and Wednesdays. Why the Ban is being implemented? ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Banihal • Baramulla • CRPF • Jammu and Kashmir • Jammu-Srinagar Highway • Jawahar-Tunnel • paramilitary forces • Pulwama Terror Attack • Qazigund • Ramban • Srinagar • suicide terror attack • Udhampur
Pakistan Approves Plan to Open Sharda Peeth Corridor
Pakistan government has approved a proposal to establish a corridor which would allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharda Peeth in the region of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). Sharda Peeth Corridor will be the second corridor to be established after the Kartarpur Corridor which provides access to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Adi Shankara • Gurudwara Darbar Sahib • Kalhana • Kartarpur • Kartarpur Corridor • Maha Shakti Peetha • PoK • river Kishanganga • Sharda Peeth • Sharda Peeth Corridor • Srinagar • Thonmi Sambhota • Vairostana
3 Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists arrested from Srinagar’s outskirts
Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists were arrested by security forces yesterday from the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. Police arrested them at Lawaypora on Srinagar-Baramulla road following intelligence input. The arrested terrorists have been pinpointed and identified as Rayees Hurrah, Shahid Bhat and Ishaq Lone. Police has seized ammunition including live rounds from them.
Topics: Baramulla • Elections in Jammu and Kashmir • Indian Army operations in Jammu and Kashmir • Indo-Pakistani wars • Jaish-E-Mohammed • Jammu and Kashmir • Kashmir Conflict • Srinagar • Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
Indian Air Force airlifted passengers to and fro Kargil
Indian Air Force has airlifted 187 stranded passengers to and fro Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir. Air Force airlifted 71 passengers from Jammu to Kargil, 69 from Srinagar to Kargil, 27 from Kargil to Srinagar and 20 from Kargil to Jammu. The AN-32 Kargil courier service operates regularly to provide the stranded passengers of Ladakh ..
Topics: Drang-Drung Glacier • Jammu and Kashmir • Kargil • Ladakh • Leh • Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport • Srinagar • Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir
ED imposed Rs. 14 lakh penalty on Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Srinagar’s Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been imposed with a penalty of around Rs. 14 lakh by Enforcement Directorate after taking cognisance of the Income Tax report. This comes aftermath to illegal possession of 10 thousand dollars in violation of foreign exchange law. This foreign currency was seized during an Income Tax ..
Topics: Income tax in India • Jammu and Kashmir • Kashmir • Kashmir separatist movement • Kashmiri people • Srinagar • Syed Ali Shah Geelani
India’s Second Tulip Garden to Come up in Uttarakhand
The government of Uttarakhand has obtained the permission to develop the tulip garden over 50 hectares of forest land in Pithoragarh district at a cost of Rs 50 crore. It will be the second Tulip garden in the country after the one located in Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir. The Tulip Garden will be developed by ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Chandak hilltop • Corporate Social Responsibility • Jammu and Kashmir • ONGC • Pithoragarh • Srinagar • Tulip Garden • Uttarakhand