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Police Officer, Civilian Killed in two militant attacks in Kashmir

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 Editor

An Assistant Sub Inspector of police was targeted in Bijbehara town of Anantnag. He was critically injured and shifted to the hospital where he died. A police officer and a civilian were killed in two separate attacks by terrorists in Anantnag and Srinagar this evening, police said. An Assistant Sub Inspector of police was targeted in Bijbehara town of Anantnag. He was critically injured and shifted to the hospital where he died. The officer has been identified as Mohammad Ashraf. Police said the area has been cordoned off to track…

Srinagar freezes at -3.9 degrees; Kashmir to see white Christmas

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Editor

There was no snow or rain anywhere during the night despite such predictions by the meteorological department Kashmir recorded the coldest night of the season with the mercury dropping to a low of -8.6°C in the ski resort of Gulmarg on Wednesday amid the forecast of snowfall on Christmas Eve. There was no snow or rain anywhere during the night despite such predictions by the meteorological department. “A western disturbance was over the region but it was very weak and did not bring any precipitation,” said an official of Srinagar’s…

Kashmir records sub-zero temperatures, Srinagar shivers at -3.5 °C

December 14, 2021 Editor

All the weather stations in Kashmir witnessed sub-zero temperatures during the previous night with Srinagar recording -3.5 °C, the weather office said on Monday All the weather stations in Kashmir witnessed sub-zero temperatures during the previous night with Srinagar recording -3.5 °C, the weather office said on Monday. Nights continued to record sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir for the ninth day on Monday with the mercury plunging to – 5.3 °C in the mountain resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir. The days remain dry as the sun makes appearances while occasionally…

Kashmir braces for fresh spell of snowfall; Srinagar records coldest night of season

December 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season as the mercury dipped to minus 3.6°C amid the weather office’s prediction of a coming western disturbance from the night of December 14 which may bring snow and rains. Nights continued to record sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir for the seventh day on Saturday with the mercury plunging to – 6.4 °C in the mountain resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir. The days remain warm as the sun continues to come out bright and break the effect of…

Revised Power Curtailment: Non-Metered areas to face 6.0 – 7.5 & Metered areas to face 4.5 – 6.0 hours load shedding

December 7, 2021 Editor

Already facing unscheduled and prolonged power cuts, Kashmir is set to witness a further increase in power curtailment hours amid chilly winter conditions. Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has announced a power cut schedule in various areas, according to which non-metered areas will face 6 to 7.5 hours of power cuts in a day. While as in metered areas power cuts will last from 4.5 to 6 hours a day. Last month KPDCL had announced a power curtailment schedule of 1.5 hours in metered areas and 3 hours in…

Hurriyat expresses concern over allotment of land to CRPF in Pulwama

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Editor

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed serious concern after a group of locals from Woukho Kakapora of Pulwama district staged a protest at the press enclave against the allotment of their agricultural land for the establishment of CRPF Camp in the area. In a statement, APHC said that authorities are set to take over a large tract of agricultural land in Woukho village of Pulwama district for setting up a big CRPF establishment. “This has put their livelihood in great peril which the locals are resenting,” APHC said that…

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…

Three boys were ‘taken out of car, shot dead on street’: Rambagh Incident Eyewitness

November 25, 2021 Editor

Minutes after police said that “three militants were killed in a shootout” in Srinagar, eyewitnesses have claimed that “three boys were taken out from a car and shot dead on the street”. In a viral video, eyewitnesses claim that the three were “unarmed and were shot dead by the armed forces in front of us”. Witnesses have also alleged that the trio was dragged down from a vehicle and shot dead. Soon after the incident took place, locals gathered near the spot and claimed the killed men were “innocent”. The…

Prolonged power cuts return to haunt people across Kashmir

November 21, 2021 Editor

Power pilferage has pushed energy demand over 2600 MW With the onset of winter, the unscheduled and extended power cuts have aggravated the woes of people in Kashmir. Of late both metered and non-metered areas in Kashmir have started witnessing extended unscheduled power cuts, despite the fact that Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) announced a load shedding program of 1.5 hours in metered areas and 3 hours in non-metered areas. However, despite the load shedding program being announced, the KPDCL is resorting to unscheduled pesky power cuts which have…

Hurriyat calls for shutdown over deaths of civilians in Hyderpora encounter

November 19, 2021 Editor

Issuing a statement, the Hurriyat Conference said it has called the shutdown in support of the families of the two civilians who were killed in the Hyderpora Encounter. The Hurriyat Conference on Thursday called for a Bandh on Friday and demanded justice for the civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter. Issuing a statement, the Hurriyat Conference said the Hyderpora encounter has stunned the people of Kashmir and said it has called the shutdown in support of the families of the two civilians killed in the encounter. A fresh controversy has…