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Kashmir

City continues to remain submerged under rainwater

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Don’t have enough manpower to tackle waterlogging: SMC Despite tall claims by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to ensure immediate draining of rainwater from the city, for the third consecutive day city remains inundated due to rain water. A day before Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) official said that they are putting every effort to drain the rainwater from submerged areas and within a day the situation will be normal in civil lines of Srinagar city, however on Monday situation didn’t change much as the areas were still submerged. Areas like…

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Waterlogging hits normal life in Srinagar

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People suffer, authorities in ”Slumber” Life in the summer capital was thrown out of gear on Sunday as rains and snow led to water-logging of several areas causing immense inconvenience to commuters. Massive water-logging was witnessed at Parraypora, Rambagh, LD Hospital, TRC Junction, Regal Chowk, Jehangir Chowk and Sonwar resulting in slowing down of traffic. The problem was compounded due to slippery roads brought down speed of vehicles to almost 20 kmph leading to traffic snarls at various places. Inhabitants of Jawahar Nagar said water entered compound of several houses.…

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Kashmir Valley blanketed with Snow

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The Kashmir valley received heavy snowfall since Saturday night in the region even as downpour triggered landslides at several locations along the already shut Srinagar-Jammu highway. The snowfall began early on Saturday night and continued till early Sunday morning in the region. Srinagar city, the state’s summer capital, received 61.6 mm precipitation overnight – the highest 24-hour downpour recorded in February in the past decade, according to the data of the Meteorological Department. Qazigund, the gateway town to the Valley, received 82.8 mm precipitation in the past 24 hours, the…

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Srinagar registers 16,000 dog bite cases in last 3 Years

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“It is about 100 more than 2014-15 when 4917 incidents were reported at the same clinic. As many as 6014 dog bite cases were recorded during 2013-14,” said an official. During the past three years, about 16,000 people have been bitten by stray dogs in the summer capital, official data reveals. The data reveals that 5000 dog bite cases were recorded at the Anti Rabies clinic at the SMHS hospital here during 2015-16. “It is about 100 more than 2014-15 when 4917 incidents were reported at the same clinic. As…

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Shiv Sena settles foot in Valley, 200 People joined party at Bandipora

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Right Wing Shiv Sena Hindustan claims that 200 people from north Kashmir’s Bandipora district joined it on Thursday. Abdul Khaliq Bhat, the Mumbai-based party’s Kashmir President, said the people joined the party at Sumbal, Nowgam. “More people were willing to join us, but due to lack of space, only 200 people were able to join Shiv Sena. These people were earlier associated with NC or PDP,” Khaliq told The Kashmir Post. He claimed that these people joined Shiv Sena because they were “deceived by NC, Congress, and PDP since 1947”.…

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Geelani shifted to ICU after chest pain, stable at SKIMS Soura

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Malik, Mirwaiz visit Soura Pak HC Abdul Basit calls over phone to ailing leader; Malik, Mirwaiz visit Soura Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani was Wednesday night admitted to SKIMS, Soura, here for treatment after he complained of severe chest pain. “The ailing leader is now stable and feeling better,” a spokesman of the Hurriyat (G) in a statement today, said, appealing people to pray for his speedy recovery. “Late Wednesday night, Syed Ali Geelani complained of massive chest congestion and pain. He was immediately rushed to SKIMS, Soura,…

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Kashmir Valley braces for another spell of Snowfall, Rains

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Kashmir is bracing for another spell of heavy snowfall and rain this weekend, Skymet Weather reported Thursday. The weather portal reported that after a brief respite, famous hill stations of Srinagar, Manali, and Shimla are all set to witness another spell of rain and snowfall on the weekend. It said the fresh Western Disturbance is approaching Western Himalayas, which is presently marked over Afghanistan and adjoining parts of Pakistan. “The system is gradually moving in east direction towards Jammu and Kashmir,” it said. The report said that at present, the…

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One-way traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway Resumes

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After four days of closure, the highway was restored for one-way traffic from Sunday and vehicles were allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar One-way traffic will be allowed on the Srinagar- Jammu highway on Monday, a traffic department official said. After four days of closure, the highway was restored for one-way traffic from Sunday and vehicles were allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar.

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Two militants killedin Ganderbal Encounter

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Two militants have been killed in an encounter that broke out in Hadoora area of Shuhama in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday morning. An army spokesperson Col Manish Pandey said that two militants have been killed in the gunfight. Importantly, Both the bodies and two AK-47 rifles have been recovered from the site of the gunfight. Pandey said that a sanitization operation is going on in the area.

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BJP’s unprecedented torch procession in the heart of Srinagar to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashish Sareen on Wednesday said that announcing special package for the West Pakistan Refugees in the state of Jammu and Kashmir was the first step towards granting them permanent residence. “The state and central government in collaboration have formulated policies to rehabilitate West Pakistan Refugees in Kashmir,” Sareen, who is part of the BJP’s Delhi team, said on the sidelines of the BJP’s first-ever torch rally in Srinagar. “We have announced a special package for them. This is first step towards granting them permanent…

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