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Rambagh Killing: Amid Shutdown, Mobile internet suspended in old city

November 26, 2021 Editor

Most of the shops in the old areas of Srinagar were shut on Thursday while mobile internet remained suspended in many parts of the city a day after the killing of three militants, including the self-styled commander of The Resistance Front (TRF), in an encounter, officials said. The officials said mobile internet was suspended in several areas of the city as a precautionary measure. Police on Wednesday said security forces killed three militants in a brief encounter in the Rambagh area of the city. The slain included the self-styled commander…

Srinagar records ‘Coldest Night’ so far, shivers at 0.1 degree

November 14, 2021 Editor

Besides Drass being the coldest in Ladakh, Leh recorded minus 9.6 degrees and Kargil minus 6.4 degrees as their minimum temperatures. As the mercury continued to dip, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far at 0.1 degrees Celsius, as Ladakh’s Drass town remained frozen at minus 12.7 degrees, the Met Department said on Saturday. “The minimum temperature in Srinagar was 0.7 degrees yesterday (Friday), but it fell further to 0.1 today. Pahalgam recorded minus 3.5 degrees Celsius, while Gulmarg recorded minus 0.2 degrees as the minimum,” a…

To ease traffic burden a sixteen grade separators proposed in Srinagar

November 10, 2021 Editor

Amid bulging vehicle population adding to the traffic woes in Srinagar, an official report on mobility has recommended 16 junctions for grade separation including Sanat Nagar junction which is often marred by traffic congestion. As per the official report of the J&K government, sixteen junctions are proposed for Grade separation in phase-I & II, eight junctions are proposed in phase-I – Nowgam Chowk, Sanat Nagar Chowk, Tengpora-Batamaloo Crossing, Bemina Chowk, Parimpora Chowk, Shalteng Chowk, Humhama Chowk and Jhelum Bund near GPO to SangarMall.” “Remaining eight junctions are proposed in phase-II…

LockDown: Five areas of Srinagar put under strict corona curfew for 10 days

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Editor

The places where strict corona curfew will be implemented are Lal Bazar, Hyderpora, Chanapora, Bemina (Hamdania Colony), Bemina (Housing Colony, Bilal Colony, SDA Colony). The curfew will be in effect from Nov 9, 2021, as of 12:00 AM. In view of rising covid cases in the city, the Srinagar district administration on Monday has imposed a strict corona induced curfew in five areas of the city for a total of 10 days, as reported by the news agency ANI. The places where strict corona curfew will be implemented are Lal…

In a sudden move J&K Police seizes most Two-Wheeler’s from Kashmir Roads

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Editor

Bikers were spotted waiting outside police stations till late evening in Jammu and Kashmir with cops offering no explanation. Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized hundreds of two-wheelers in the Valley in the past two days, without giving the bikers any reason why. The political parties have condemned the act and asked the government to take pro-people steps, rather than breaking the “back of people” and crippling them economically. Jammu and Kashmir Police, which has a very large social media presence and which tweets about almost all its activities, is…

Ex LG Advisor & Retired IAS officer Baseer Khan’s house raided by CBI

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Editor

Retired IAS officer Baseer A Khan's house raided by CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday raided the house of retired IAS officer Baseer Ahmad Khan, a week after he was relieved as advisor to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. News agency GNS while quoting official sources reported that a team of CBI officials from New Delhi accompanied by local police showed up at Khan’s residence at Bulbul Bagh, Baghat in uptown Srinagar and started searching the house. The raid was going on when this report was filed. Sources told GNS that the raids are being carried in connection…

Due to uncertainty Srinagar fails to attract investors: Report

October 6, 2021 Editor

The erstwhile capital of Jammu and Kashmir—Srinagar— has failed to attract investors in the industrial sector due to prevailing uncertainty, insufficient capital, lack of technology and infrastructure, reveals an official report. Besides, it also states that the poor connectivity and frequent power cuts were some other major reasons to attract them. According to the approved report of Srinagar Metropolitan Region (SMR) 2035, Srinagar is the most urbanized part of Jammu and Kashmir, the Valley has remained an industrially backward region. The documents available with the news agency read, “The valley…

Despite dip in coronavirus cases, no relaxation in lockdown in Srinagar

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Editor

Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Aijaz Asad on Tuesday ruled out any relaxation in the curfew in the city even though there was a decline in the daily Covid-19 cases. The official said that the Covid-19 situation in the district was in a decisive phase during which they can’t take any chances. “The Covid cases are coming down daily. The caseload is reducing but now we need to remain more alert. It can turn much better or even worsen. We still have 6,000 active cases in Srinagar. So there is no option…

Frisking, CASO, Crackdown returned to Srinagar City, Pheran wearing population on hit-list

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Editor

Twenty-five-year-old Abid Lone grew up hearing horrifying stories from his father about crackdowns by the government forces in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. His father would be dragged out of the garments’ shop on Hari Singh High Street in the middle of the day for frisking. “It was normal for my father,” he recalled. However, it never happened with him until today. On Monday afternoon, the clocks turned back to the 1990s, when the insurgency was at its peak in Kashmir Valley and such random frisking was…