Grenade attack in Srinagar's Lal Chowk area, 2 CRPF personnel, 2 civilians injured
India | Feb 02, 2020, 01:52 PM ISTAt least one CRPF personnel and two civilians have been injured in a grenade attack at Pratap Park in Srinagar's Lal Chowk area.
At least one CRPF personnel and two civilians have been injured in a grenade attack at Pratap Park in Srinagar's Lal Chowk area.
The Srinagar administration has stepped up efforts to tackle the threat of coronavirus. Apart from screening all arriving passengers at the airport, the health department has set up diagnosis and isolation facilities across the district.
A CRPF dog's salute to a Commanding Officer is winning hearts. Alok Srivastava, Commanding Officer of the 49th Battalion, was distributing sweets on the morning of January 26, when he was greeted by a special salute.
A five-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will begin their week-long visit here on Sunday, during which it will interrogate the disgraced Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Davinder Singh.
The Srinagar Police on Thursday busted a terror module of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, averting a major attack on January 26. The five terrorists were planning an attack on January 26 when India celebrates its Republic Day. The arrested terrorists had worked out two grenade attacks in Hazratbal earlier.
Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Tehri, Pauri, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts even as hail may occur at some places especially in Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri, Tehri, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts, the Met department has said.
"Light snowfall in the plains and moderate to heavy in the higher reaches occurred in the today. Weather is expected to remain inclement during the next 72 hours and this is likely to affect air and surface transport to and from the valley," a MET Department official said.
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel from Madhya Pradesh died while on duty here, a CRPF official said on Friday.
Fresh snowfall has resulted in a rise in temperature in the Kashmir Valley. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.8 degrees Celsius last night. Over 600 vehicles were stranded as fresh snowfall and landslides triggered by rains closed the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Monday, officials said.
Indiatvnews.com takes a look at the photos from the protests across India following the violence in JNU. In today's postcards from India, we also have photos from the marigold flower field in Agartala to Srinagar blanketed in fresh snow. See pics.
A grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir's old Srinagar near Kawdara area is reported to have taken place. Concern authorities are monitoring the situation.
Brace yourself: The snow’s not done yet. Himachal Pradesh experienced dry and cold weather on Wednesday with a number of places of tourist attraction in the state shivering at sub-zero temperatures. The minimum temperature was one to two notches below normal while the maximum hovered three to four degrees below normal since Tuesday. It has predicted snow and rainfall in many places of middle, high hills of the state and thundershowers in the plains till the next seven days.
The fringes of the famous Dal Lake froze on Sunday as the mercury continued its freefall in Srinagar which experienced the coldest night of the season at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the MET Office said. The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying the cold wave in some areas in the region, an official of the Meteorological Department said.
The mercury in Leh and Drass in Ladakh plummeted to minus 19.1 degrees Celsius and minus 28.6 degrees Celsius respectively. Water supply lines froze at several places in Srinagar as the minimum temperature in the city settled at minus 5.8 degrees Celsius on Friday night.
Fresh spell of snowfall on Friday in Kashmir has forced diversion of two Srinagar-bound flights, officials of the Airport Authority of India said here. "Two Srinagar-bound flights have been diverted so far due to snowfall. If the weather continues to remain like this, the operations will have to be suspended for the rest of the day," the officials said.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said people of the country need not visit Kashmir to experience the subjugation of the locals in the valley as the BJP has ensured that a "Kashmir-like" situation prevails in every part of India.
Srinagar-Leh national highway, Mughal Road, Bandipora-Gurez and Kupwara-Tangdhar-Karnah roads were closed on Wednesday morning following fresh snowfall at various places
The long, unsettled issue of relocation of the Damdama Sahib Gurdwara at Zainakote-- whose case has been in court since 2015-- was resolved on the occasion, the spokesman said, adding it was agreed that the administration would provide land at an adjacent spot and reconstruct the Gurdwara.
The night temperature, however, is likely to improve in the coming days under the influence of Western Disturbance which is likely to hit the region on Wednesday, bringing another spell of snow and rains.
The night temperature started a downward spiral across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh after snowfall in the higher reaches and rains in the plains last week. However, the day temperature improved as weatherman had forecast dry weather till December 10.
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