Year: 2017

Srinagar – Jammu highway shut on second consecutive day, Incent weather to continue

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For the second consecutive day on Wednesday, rains lashed plains of Kashmir and upper reaches received fresh snowfall even as the Srinagar-Jammu Highway has been closed for traffic. The weatherman has predicted precipitation in next 24 hours as well. On Wednesday no movement of traffic, either from Jammu or Srinagar, was allowed on the highway. “We did not allow the traffic to ply because of shooting stones on the road at several places,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Traffic, (Rural), Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, told Kashmir Post. He said that due…

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Snowfall on upper reaches Rains lashes plains across Valley, Fresh landslides forces closure of Highway

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Fresh snowfall occurred in the higher reaches on Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as rain lashed the plains. “There has been fresh snowfall in Pahalgam and other places in the higher reaches of the state during the last 24 hours,” said an official of the Met department. “Erratic weather conditions will continue to affect Jammu and Kashmir during the next two to three days, but there is no chance of bad weather causing any major disruption anywhere during this period,” he added. Srinagar recorded 5.6 degree Celsius, Pahalgam 6.6, Gulmarg…

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BJP legislators take party ministers to task for ‘surrendering’ before PDP

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the coalition government were taken to task by the annoyed party legislators for, what they alleged, completely surrendering before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by endorsing highly controversial decisions recently taken by the government. Legislators of the BJP warned that they would come on streets along with people if party ministers failed to convince coalition partner PDP to withdraw such decisions, which would prove to be counter-productive for the party in the Jammu region. Highly placed sources said a meeting of the party legislators…

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Rains lash plains, Fresh snowfall in upper reaches

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The upper reaches of the Valley including the famous ski resort of Gulmarg experienced fresh snowfall on Tuesday while plains including Srinagar were lashed by rains. A weather department official said ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir, Shopian in south Kashmir and upper reaches of Banihal, Jawahar Tunnel, Ramban and Patnitop areas experienced fresh snowfall today. Srinagar and other plains of the Valley experienced rainfall, he said. The Weather department has predicted widespread rain or snow at many places till weekend under the influence of Western Disturbance which hit…

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Mehbooba Mufti promises resolution to Kashmir Issue in return of Peace

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12 militants returned home in 3 months Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday promised youth that if they help her keep peace in Kashmir, she would work toward resolution of Kashmir and revival of former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Kashmir and Pakistan policy. “If you help me, I promise you revival of policy started by Vajpayee, who started dialogue with the neighbouring country and said people of Jammu Kashmir are our own people and we have to start with them,” she said addressing a convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Srinagar to host mega Tulip Festival from April 1: Bahaar-E-Kashmir

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The Tulip garden flaunts more than 20 lakh tulips of 46 different varieties in the back of mighty Zabarwan range. Secretary Tourism and Floriculture Farooq Ahmad Shah today said a mega Tulip festival will be celebrated in Srinagar from April 1. The festival, a part of ‘Bahaar-e-Kashmir’ event, will showcase Asia’s largest Tulip garden in Srinagar, he said. The Tulip garden flaunts more than 20 lakh tulips of 46 different varieties in the backdrop of mighty Zabarwan range. The Secretary announced the 15-day festival will start from April 1. “The…

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Amid increasing unrest in Kashmir, people suspect govt subsidised LED bulbs of being “Spy Sensors”

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In 2016, as a part of the countrywide Ujala scheme for registered domestic consumers, the state government started distributed LED lamps at subsidised price Amid sudden rise in gunfights between militants and security forces in Kashmir, rumor mills are rife that the LED bulbs given on subsidy by the government are equipped with “hi-tech spy sensors” that keep the concerned agencies updated about any militant movement at residential houses. Unnerved, many people have been breaking the bulbs or looking for alternatives. As per the word of mouth (which is going…

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Cordon & Search Operation called off after Stone-pelting in Pulwama

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Government Forces on Monday night called off their operation against ‘hiding militants’ when people in large number hit to roads and resorted to stone-pelting in Newa area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources told news agency CNS that after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in Lonepora Newa area, 55 Rashtriya Rifles, SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police and 183 Battalion CRPF cordoned off the area at around 10 pm on Monday. Police sources said there were inputs about the presence of some top Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in the area.…

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Unchecked circulation of provocative fake news may derail chances of peace: Kashmir Unrest

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The Kashmir Valley may be staring at another tumultuous summer if rumors mongers on social and mainstream media are not prevented from circulating fictitious and provocative fake news. In several of these instances, in fact, the “news” is even supplemented with quotes from officials. Media scholars inside and outside the Valley say this is an alarming situation, and given the unchecked proliferation of fake news in a place as sensitive as Kashmir, even small rumours can potentially snowball into major controversies and even claim lives. “Since the spread of internet…

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Valley to witness Erratic weather (Snow, Rains) for next four days

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Jammu and Kashmir will experience erratic weather conditions beginning from Tuesday evening with snow and rains expected to occur during this period, the Met department announced. “Light rain is likely to occur today (Tuesday) evening which will intensify into moderate rains in the plains and snowfall in the higher reaches,” department director Sonam Lotus official told IANS. “There is also a possibility of hailstorm”. The minimum temperature in Srinagar was 4.3 degrees Celsius while it was minus 0.8 in Pahalgam and minus 4.0 in Gulmarg, the weather office said. In…

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