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Srinagar, Qazigund coldest places in Kashmir, Drass in Ladakh freezes at -12.6

November 12, 2021 Editor

Srinagar and Qazigund are the coldest places in Kashmir valley while Drass, Leh, and Kargil in Ladakh Union Territory showed a further dip in minimum temperature throwing life out of gear. A Meteorological Department official said cold conditions continued to intensify in Kashmir valley on Thursday with a further drop in the night temperature as Srinagar recorded the lowest minimum temperature of the season at minus 1.2 degrees Celsius as against the minimum temperature recorded as minus 0.5 degrees Celsius previous day. Similarly at Qazigund on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway…

Security pickets removed by UPA, coming up again across Kashmir Valley

November 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu & Kashmir administration has ordered the re-construction of security pickets across Kashmir valley, especially in Srinagar city, where targeted civilian killings have increased since October. The order came on a day when two terrorists were killed in the valley in two separate encounters. One unidentified terrorist was killed in the first encounter between holed-up terrorists and security forces on Thursday morning at the Chawalgam area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said a joint team of police and Army personnel launched a cordon-and-search operation in Chawalgam. As the team…

Businessmen, Students decry Kashmir’s new ‘Unscheduled, Unannounced’ Internet Shutdowns

November 12, 2021 Editor

The unscheduled internet shutdowns in different parts of Kashmir, especially capital Srinagar, have hit the students and businesses hard. By: Auqib Javeed For the last two weeks, Aisha Jan, 22, had to travel over 15 kilometers every day to attend her online classes in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district along with her younger sister. Jaan, who lives in the Soura area of Srinagar city, was accompanied by her younger sister, Aira Jan along with their father, who drops them at a relative’s home in Ganderbal so that his kids don’t miss…

Govt keen to ensure ‘Vibrant Winter Tourism’ season in Kashmir: Chief Secretary

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Editor

“Government is keen to ensure a vibrant winter tourism season in Kashmir and for this purpose, provision of reliable electricity supply is of critical importance,” Chief Secretary A K Mehta said. The Jammu and Kashmir administration is keen to ensure a vibrant winter tourism season in the valley, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Wednesday, urging the officials to provide round-the-clock power supply to the famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam. The Chief Secretary chaired a meeting with senior officers, including Principal Secretary Power Development Department Rohit Kansal, here…

Schools not to ‘Compel’ parents to purchase books, uniforms from ‘Particular Shop’: Warns DSEK

November 11, 2021 Editor

Private schools ‘Force’ parents to pay the transport fee Director School Education Kashmir on Wednesday warned all private recognised schools with de-recognition and withdrawal of NOC for “compelling” parents for purchasing books or uniforms from any particular shop. “Again it has come into the notice of this Directorate that recognised Private schools are still indulging in selling books/uniforms in the school premises and even parents are being forced to purchase books from some specific private shops, besides the exercise of replacing existing books with the new one is becoming habitual…

Two persons injured in grenade attack in Eidgah area

November 11, 2021 Editor

Two persons were injured in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday after terrorists launched a grenade attack in Srinagar’s old city Eidgah. According to news agency ANI, one of the two persons was a policeman. This is the third attack by terrorists in the Valley in only four days, with the previous two ones resulting in the death of two civilians. Moreover, this is the second attack since Sunday’s attack on constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani (29) in which a policeman was targeted. Notably, Wani was shot outside his residence at around…

JDA serves notice to senior BJP leader, Demolish ‘illegal’ house within five days

November 11, 2021 Editor

During the construction in 2017, the Army sent a communication to Nirmal Singh as the land was close to an ammo depot. The Centre moved a contempt notice in 2018 for “violating” the then Jammu DC’s 2015 order notifying the Army depot. The HC had on May 7, 2018, directed Singh and others to “ensure” that the 2015 order is strictly implemented. The Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has served a notice on senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, asking him to demolish his “illegally constructed house”…

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…

5000 additional CAPF men deployed in Kashmir for more security measures, Intense frisking in Srinagar

November 10, 2021 Editor

Day after the targeted killing of a civilian in old Srinagar, the city witnessed more security measures on Tuesday which included intensified frisking. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, a salesman was shot dead by terrorists in the Bohrikadal area of old Srinagar on Monday evening from point-blank range. A resident of Bandipora district of north Kashmir, Khan was employed as a salesman in a shop owned by a minority community popular businessman in the area. Since Tuesday morning, joint parties of police and paramilitary CRPF were witnessed carrying out random searches and…