Fire guts 6 houses in Srinagar's Nawabazar
India | March 11, 2021 11:38 ISTSix residential houses were gutted overnight in a fire incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.
Six residential houses were gutted overnight in a fire incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.
Jammu and Kashmir Handloom Development Department organised an awareness camp in Srinagar to reach out to the handloom weavers and artisans.
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday announced that the Srinagar-Leh national highway will be reopened for vehicular traffic on February 28, officials said.
Lieutenant General Devendra Pratap Pandey is all set to take over the reins of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps (XV Corps).
On February 19, two policemen were killed in a terrorist attack in Srinagar's Baghat area of Barzulla. In another encounter on the same day, three terror associates were also killed in the Budgam area of the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Police had said the preliminary investigation on the basis of CCTV footage and other evidence indicates the involvement of two terrorists in the attack in Srinagar's Baghat area of Barzulla on February 19 in which two policemen were killed.
The terrorists shot the two policemen from close range, a police official said. Security forces have launched an operation to track down the assailants.
Two policemen were killed in an attack by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Friday. The attack took place in Baghat area on high security airport road. The two policemen were shot from a close range, a police official said. Security forces have launched a manhunt to track down the assailants. The Resistance Front (TRF), shadow outfit of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has claimed the responsibility for the attack which was caught on CCTV.
Wreath laying ceremony of JandK Police Special Police Officer (SPO) Mohammad Altaf, who lost his life in Budgam encounter on February 19, was held in Srinagar today. SPO Mohammad Altaf lost his life while SgCt Manzoor Ahmad got injured in the ongoing operation.
Two policemen were killed in an attack by terrorists outside a police station in Baghat Barzulla area of Srinagar district in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The terrorists shot the two policemen from close range, a police official said. Security forces have launched an operation to track down the assailants.
The incident took place just a kilometer away from the hotel where foreign diplomats visiting the region are staying.
Shital Nath Temple in Srinagar reopened after 31 years. The temple reopened on February 16, on the occasion of Basant Panchami. A large number of priests assembled at the temple and offered special prayers. Large number of people is expected to visit the temple in coming months.
PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that she was placed under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq, one of the three alleged militants killed in an encounter in Parimpora locality here in December last year.
Srinagar residents woke up to a chilly morning with -8.8 degree Celsius on January 31. Heavy snowfall in the city plummeted the temperature.
Srinagar registered its lowest minimum temperature in 30 years at minus 8.8 degrees Celsius on Saturday night, breaking a decades-old record.
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.
Heavy snowfall in Kashmir has affected life, As most surfaces are covered with snow and water reserves at higher elevations are frozen.
Speaking to ANI in Srinagar on January 17, GOC of Chinar Corps, Lieutenant General BS Raju said, "Terrorists' recruitment in 2020 was fairly in control, especially when compared to 2018.
Continuous snowfall and rains in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir have escalated the demand of warm clothes. Srinagar's Dal Lake also froze on Thursday as the city recorded coldest night since 1991. With severe cold wave throwing the normal life out of gear, people in the valley are keeping hosiery shopkeepers busy by getting new jackets, sweaters, caps and other winter clothes. Bashir Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city said winter items like caps, mufflers and gloves are in great demand because these are essentials in the winters.
SDRF teams have been deployed at Srinagar's famous Dal Lake after temperature dropped to minus. Rescue teams are on spot to avoid any mishap. "We have urged people not to enter the lake as it is frozen due to low temperature.
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