Weather to remain erratic till March 15 in Jammu and Kashmir
India | Mar 10, 2021, 12:27 PM ISTRain and snow lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the meteorological (MeT) department said the weather would remain erratic till March 15.
Rain and snow lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the meteorological (MeT) department said the weather would remain erratic till March 15.
Banned Bangladeshi militant outfits, Ansar Al Islam (AI) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), have sent a huge amount of money to another extremist group in Kashmir in the form of cryptocurrency, a senior police official said.
India and Pakistan signed a ceasefire agreement in 2003, but it has hardly been followed in letter and spirit over the past several years.
Thousands of students returned to classrooms on Monday as schools in Kashmir reopened for classes 9 to 12 after remaining closed for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After remaining suspended for 11 months, train service between the Kashmir Valley and the Jammu division will resume on Monday.
After the recent terrorist attacks in Kashmir earlier this week, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged the Centre to start a dialogue with Pakistan to stop the bloodshed so as to ensure peace in the Union Territory.
Shital Nath Temple is located in the Habba Kadal area of Srinagar. The temple was closed for devotees 31 years ago.
Four terrorist associates, who were arrested earlier, had revealed that terrorist Hidayatullah Malik (terrorist arrested today Feb 6) was planning a major terror attack in Jammu city, J&K Police said on Saturday.
A slight intensity earthquake was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday while officials said no reports of any casualty or damage to property were received from anywhere so far.
Battling the freezing temperature of minus 20°C, the Border Security Forces (BSF) posted at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir celebrated the 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday.
A private hotel in Gulmarg has come up with Kashmir's very first Igloo Cafe, at their hotel.
In a set-back for the Gupkar Alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, Sajad Gani Lone-led J&K People's Conference has pulled out of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
Minimum temperatures across Kashmir stayed several degrees below the freezing point as an intense cold wave sweeps the region, a meteroelogical department official said on Tuesday.
Kashmir is currently under the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan' -- the 40-day harshest winter period when a cold wave grips the region and the temperature drops considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies including the famous Dal Lake here as well as the water supply lines in several parts of the valley.
There was a slight improvement in the minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir on Sunday, but there was little respite from the cold wave as mercury remained several degrees below the freezing point across the valley.
Sameera Fazili, who traces her family's roots to Kashmir, is among the latest wave of Indian American nominees to be named to US president Joe Biden's A-team. Fazili has been appointed as Deputy Director, National Economic Council.
Kashmir's famous Dal Lake froze on Thursday as the cold wave in the valley continued unabated with Srinagar recording the coldest night in at least three decades.
The northern belt shivered on Sunday as cold wave weather conditions continued to sweep the region. Some parts of the Kashmir valley received another spell of snowfall on Sunday. Light rain was witnessed at isolated places over eastern Uttar Pradesh and in almost all divisions of Madhya Pradesh.
Mehbooba Mufti spent nearly Rs 82 lakh in six months from January to June 2018 on the refurbishment of her official residence in Srinagar's Gupkar Road, when she was the Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday donned a Kashmiri "pheran" as he launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance benefits to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
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