They said there were apprehensions that anti-national, anti-social and criminal elements might take refuge in under the garb of tenants or domestic helps.
According to the police, the explosion was reported close to the Kashmir University at the parking. Police teams have reached the spot and have started an investigation.
A man, allegedly involved in organising violent anti-national protests Srinagar against the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution, has been arrested, police said on Monday.
The meteorological department has forecast light to moderate rains or snow in Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours. There is a possibility of scattered light rain or snow over Ladakh region, it said.
The highway has mostly remained blocked since last Thursday, when massive snowfall swept Jammu and Kashmir.
A CCTV footage captured a grenade attack in Srinagar on Monday. The attack targeted vendors in Hari Singh High Street, killing one person and injuring many.
A civilian was killed and 13 others were injured after terrorists hurled a grenade on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Monday. The incident was reported from Hari Singh High Street in Lal Chowk area in Srinagar.
The sanction was accorded in a meeting of the State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik, he said.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team was manning a checkpoint when the grenade attack took place.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team was manning a checkpoint when the incident took place.
A team of police is reportedly present at the spot. Situation in the nearby areas is under control.
A grenade attack took place on Saturday in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The attack took place in Hari Singh High street area near Lal Chowk. At least 5 people have been injured in the attack.
The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar is set to reopen on October 15. Classes in the institution were suspended after abrogation of Article 370 on August 5.
In the first attack on security forces in the valley since abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, militants hurled a grenade at CRPF personnel in downtown Srinagar on Saturday but missed the target.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija to travel to Srinagar to meet her mother, who is in under detention for over a month after abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
The women soldiers will be commissioned into the Corps of Military Police of the Indian Army.
Yechury arrived here in the afternoon and was escorted by police to meet Tarigami at his Gupkar Road residence in Srinagar's Civil Lines area. Officials said the CPI(M) leader spent nearly three hours with Tarigami. Yechury had landed in Srinagar on August 9, too, but was turned away from the airport by the state administration. It was four days after the Centre announced the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370.
High schools in the Kashmir Valley reopened on Wednesday in areas where restrictions have been lifted but students kept away. Jammu and Kashmir Director of Information and Public Relations Sehrish Asgar had said on Tuesday that "The education department has decided to open all high schools in Kashmir Valley from tomorrow in areas where relaxations have been provided."
A bench of justices Manmohan and Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal asked the Central government to file its response on or before September 2 and listed it for hearing on September 3 along with a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Faesal, challenging his detention.
Security agencies arrested a militant in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir during a checking operation even as heavy shelling took place at two locations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, officials said on Tuesday.
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