Severe cold wave continues to grip Kashmir valley
India | Jan 14, 2022, 01:05 PM ISTGulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.5 degrees Celsius, slightly up from minus 11.0 degrees Celsius.
Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.5 degrees Celsius, slightly up from minus 11.0 degrees Celsius.
The tourists were rescued by Snow Bike union who were stuck in a snow-covered mountainous region amid heavy winds. All the tourists were brought to the Gondola base safely.
Traffic dept officials said, "Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed for vehicular movement due to landslides/mudslides and shooting stones at several places.
Zojila Pass has its own unique challenges of freezing temperatures, lack of oxygen and frequent avalanches.
The minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar is 0.8 degrees Celsius today.
The Srinagar police on Monday neutralised a dreaded terrorist of proscribed terror outfit LeT Salim Parray, IGP Kashmir informed.
The tremors, according to the reports, were felt at around 7:01 p.m.
The Centre had informed Parliament on November 30 that 40 civilians have been killed and 72 injured in J&K in terror-related incidents till November 15 this year.
There was an improvement in the minimum temperatures on Tuesday night at most of the places in the Kashmir Valley on the 2nd day of Chilla-i-Kalan, the officials said.
Superintendent of Police, Hazratbal, along with a CRPF team, were conducting checks at a 'naka' point in Soura when a terrorist fired upon them.
The encounter took place at the Harwan area of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 6.0 degrees Celsius on Friday night – down by 2.2 degrees from the previous night's minus 3.8 degrees Celsius.
The mercury in the world-famous resort of Gulmarg settled at minus 8.6 today.
A terrorist was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Usgam Pathri in the Rajpura area of Pulwama.
Three cops, ASI Ghulam Hassan and Constables Shafeeq Ali and Rameez Baba, died of injuries sustained in the attack, while 11 others were undergoing treatment.
The bus came under fire from terrorists in Zewan in the Pantha Chowk area in the evening. The injured were evacuated to various hospitals where three of them have died.
The outfit claimed that the attack was a tribute to "all the martyrs of the Kashmir resistance".
This is a major terrorist attack on the security forces in recent days and it has taken place in an area where many camps of the security forces are situated.
Terrorists on Monday fired upon a police vehicle near Zewan in Pantha Chowk area of Srinagar. At least 14 personnel have been injured in the attack.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
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