Twenty days after Jammu and Kashmir loses its special status, the state flag has been removed from Civil Secretariat building in Srinagar and the only tricolour was seen atop the building. The flag of Jammu and Kashmir used to fly along with the tricolour earlier.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Friday said the office would act as a facilitation centre to spread awareness about chartered accountancy course as a tool for social empowerment and provide much needed professional employment opportunities to the local youth.
There is a massive surge in the people going to Deputy Commissioner office daily for thronging the six helplines set up for people for making phone calls. As many as 14,000 phone calls have been made and received ever since the helplines were set up a week back.
Earlier on Thursday, Yechury and CPI general secretary Raja had written to Satya Pal Malik, informing him of their visit and requesting him to facilitate their entry.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was slated to visit Jammu and Kashmir was stopped at the Srinagar Airport today. Azad was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Gulam Ahmed Mir, who also was halted at the Srinagar Airport.
Moments after being put under house arrest in Srinagar in an unprecdented clampdown, national conference's Omar Abdullah tweeted that though this was not the India Jammu and Kashmir acceded to he has not given up hope. There's has been massive unrest in valley following the latest developments in Kashmir Valley.
Panic in the Valley broke out ever since the Jammu and Kashmir government issued a security advisory for tourists and pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra to curtail their pilgrimage. Movement of troops too was intensified.
If you want to fly out of Srinagar this weekend, chances are you might have to shell out more money than normal. Airfares for flights from Srinagar have shot up to abnormally high levels, reason being Jammu and Kashmir's advisory asking pilgrims to curtail their Amarnath Yatra and return as soon as possible.
The national highway has been shut down until the debris is cleared from the road. Weather reports indicate further heavy rainfall in the region.
In a first in Kashmir, a 19-year-old youth died while playing PUBG online game on his mobile phone in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district, police sources said on Friday.
Police said on Tuesday that it has seized demonetised currency notes with a face value of Rs 25 lakh from a person in Rajbagh area of the city.
The police received information on Thursday that a minor girl had been physically abused by three persons inside a 'shikara' in the Dal Lake in the Hazratbal area. The accused were local residents of the area.
The AGES branch office was inaugurated by Jammu and Kashmir Private Schools Association President Gulam Nabi Var in the presence of the consultancy's proprietor, Ravinder Pal Kour.
In order to address the developmental challenges of the rapidly growing Srinagar and Jammu cities, the state government on Thursday announced setting up of two metropolitan region development authorities. Besides infrastructure, through consultative exercise with police, municipal corporations and the deputy commissioners, these authorities will form a comprehensive mobility management plan, sources said.
A Border Security Force (BSF) plane carrying the Home Minister landed at the technical area of Srinagar airport at 3.15 p.m. Shah is accompanied by a high-ranking team of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which includes Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba.
After witnessing heat wave early this month, the day temperature in Jammu fell to 35.6 degrees Celsius following overcast conditions and showers on Monday and hovered around the season's average of 38 degrees Celsius till Friday.
An official statement said today, "The establishment of SCADA/DMS is a major step towards realizing the vision of 24x7 Power Supply to all consumers in the twin cities.
Equipped with all modern facilities and luxury comforts, some of the houseboats are rented out at 5-star hotel rates.
According to police, the group was technically updated and used to take CCTVs and electronic surveillance equipment alongwith them and dispose it off so as to destroy any sort of video evidence.
The arrested youth identified as Adil Dar of Kulgam, Tahir Lone of Shopian, Sameer Bhat of Sopore and Naveed Parra of Pattan in Baramulla district have been handed over to the police, the informed sources added.
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