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Heavy rains trigger landslides, block Jammu-Kashmir highway in Ramban
•Officials said efforts were on to ensure early restoration of the highway, which is the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country
In Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azad's new party to take off soon; BJP set to benefit from division of Muslim votes
Ishfaqnaseem •With Azad’s party a possibility, the Assembly seats in Muslim pockets will witness a multi-lateral contest between NC, Congress, PDP and the newly formed Apni Party, and the Azad loyalists in the Jammu region
Part of tunnel on Jammu and Kashmir highway collapses in Ramban; 10 labourers missing
Fp Staff •A small portion of the front side of the tunnel at Khoni Nallah in the Makerkote area of Ramban collapsed late on Thursday night during an audit
Soldier among 3 killed in separate road accidents in J&K
•The road accidents took place in accidents in Samba, Ramban and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir
Landslides shut vehicular traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway; restoration work underway, says police
•Restoration is underway and it will take a few more hours to restore Kashmir-bound traffic, the officials said
Cloud cover raises minimum temperature across Jammu, light snowfall in high altitude areas of Poonch, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban
•Jammu recorded a low of 9.3 degrees Celsius, up by 5.4 degrees from the previous night's 3.9 degrees Celsius
J&K village defence committees protest over pending salaries in Jammu, seek L-G GC Murmu's intervention
•Village Defence Committees (VDCs), which serve as 'security arch' to defend remote and hilly villages against terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday held a protest here demanding the release of pending salaries
Jammu-Srinagar national highway closed for second day after heavy rains and landslides; over 3,000 vehicles stranded
•Heavy rains in the Banihal-Ramban section triggered five landslides, leaving over 3,000 vehicles stranded at various places on the route
Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for third consecutive day as heavy rains hampered debris clearing operations; vehicles carrying commodities to Kashmir stranded
•Roads remained closed as heavy rains hampered the operation to clear the debris brought on the arterial road by a massive landslide in Ramban district
Heavy snowfall in Kashmir forces closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway; all flights to and from capital cancelled
•Heavy snowfall across Kashmir on Thursday cut off the valley from the rest of the country as the arterial Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic while all flights to and fro Srinagar airport were cancelled