Month: November 2021

Night temp drops below normal across Kashmir, Srinagar records season’s coldest night so far

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Night temp drops below normal across Kashmir, Srinagar records season’s coldest night so far

Following clear skies, night temperatures fell at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, even as the minimum temperature is expected to drop further by several degrees in the coming days. At 1.6 degrees Celsius, Srinagar city witnessed this season’s coldest night on Monday. The same conditions were witnessed in other parts of the valley. After witnessing over 5 inches of snowfall on Friday, mercury in ski-resort Gulmarg went up by a degree and recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1 degree Celsius. Pahalgam tourist destination, which also serves as…

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Sextortion & Obscenity: The case of unknown video calls in Kashmir, Modus operandi & Precautions

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Sextortion & Obscenity: The case of unknown video calls in Kashmir, Modus operandi & Precautions

Sextortion or obscene video-calling scam has become a new malady for money-minting in Kashmir. Nude video call trick to extort money; fraudsters blackmail WhatsApp users in India By Bhat Yasir Aijaz Baba was sitting with his family one fall day this year when an unknown number rang his cellphone. It was a WhatsApp video call he often receives from his friends and acquaintances. He unwittingly received it and saw darkness with occasional blinking of light in the background. It seemed as if someone was calling him from a dark room. He…

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Considering silence in Kashmir as sign of peace is flawed: Mehbooba Mufti

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Considering silence in Kashmir as sign of peace is flawed: Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti said sending additional forces to Jammu and Kashmir is a clear indication that the situation is not good Former Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that considering the silence in Kashmir as a sign of peace is flawed. Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti said, “The people in Jammu and Kashmir have been muzzled and considering forceful silence here as peace is not good.” She said sending additional forces to Jammu and Kashmir is a clear indication that the…

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Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti express strong objection to using community halls as security barracks

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Omar Abdulla, Mehbooba Mufti express strong objection to using community halls as security barracks

NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir had “regressed” to such an extent that community halls built during his tenure as chief minister of the erstwhile state were being used as barracks for security forces. “My Government built community/marriage halls & demolished bunkers in Srinagar. It’s disappointing to see the security situation in the city has now regressed so far that new bunkers are being constructed & the marriage halls are being used as barracks for security forces,” he wrote on Twitter.…

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

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

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…

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Kashmir Continues To Bleed: Unknown gunmen strike again shot a civilian in downtown Srinagar

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Kashmir Continues To Bleed - Unknown gunmen strike again shot a civilian in downtown Srinagar

The deceased has been identified as Ibrahim Khan hailing from Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipore district, who worked as a salesman for Kashmiri pandit businessman Roshan Lal Mawa. Terrorists shot dead a salesman at Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday. This was the second such attack on a civilian in the city this week after constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani, 29, was killed in Srinagar’s Batamaloo region on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Ibrahim Khan of Bandipore district. He was working as a salesman for Kashmiri pandit businessman Roshan…

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WhatsApp Without Internet: WhatsApp testing new prototype that will allow sending and receiving messages without internet

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WhatsApp Without Internet: WhatsApp testing new prototype that will allow sending and receiving messages without internet

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that allows users to link their account to a second device and continue sending and receiving messages without having to connect it to the primary smartphone over the Internet. This new feature came into force for users of the WhatsApp application, after activating the latest updates of the application on phones running “iOS” or “Android”, according to the “GSM Arena” website. Previously, the user had to ensure that their primary smartphone was still connected to the Internet before any conversations could be carried out…

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Sanction to prosecute Hurriyat leader, eight others sought in MBBS seat ‘Sale’

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Sanction to prosecute Hurriyat leader, eight others sought in MBBS seat ‘sale’

At least four people were arrested by the Counter Intelligence Kashmir in August and it also named two of their accomplices who are at present in Pakistan and its occupied Kashmir areas The Jammu and Kashmir Police has moved the Home Department for granting sanction for prosecution against nine people, including a leader of a Hurriyat constituent and an advocate from south Kashmir, in a case related to “selling” of MBBS seats in Pakistan to Kashmiri students and using the money to support and fund terrorism, officials said on November…

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Srinagarites fume over J&K admin’s move to station paramilitary forces at community halls across city

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Residents fume over J&K admin’s move to station paramilitary forces at community halls across Srinagar City

CRPF spokesperson Abiram Pankaj said they have no say in where their additional troops would be accommodated; added that CRPF’s accommodation is arranged by the civil administration The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to station additional CRPF personnel in the community or marriage halls of Srinagar has triggered resentment from locals and political leaders of the UT. The residents have expressed their opposition after at least two major community halls were occupied by CRPF in the past few days. They have demanded an alternative accommodation for the security personnel. “A…

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Internet shutdown bringing back painful memories of 2019: M Y Tarigami

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Internet shutdown bringing back painful memories of 2019 - M Y Tarigami

Former J&K legislator and CPI(M) general secretary Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami said due to this unannounced ban on internet in some parts of Srinagar, businessmen, doctors, media personnel and other professionals are also suffering immensely Former J&K legislator and CPI(M) general secretary Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami on Saturday expressed pain over the internet shutdown in some parts of the city and said it brought back painful memories of the communication blockade in 2019. Tarigami on Saturday said, “There are reports that internet access is shut for most of the day in many…

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