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No let-up in cold wave across Kashmir valley, Condition to continue till Jan 21

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Editor

Srinagar records minus 7.6 degrees C temperature Traffic to ply from Sgr-Jmu today Wet spell likely between Jan 22-25: MeT As Kashmir continues to reel under intense cold wave, it is for the first time in the last almost three decades that summer capital Srinagar recorded minimum temperatures below minus 7 degrees Celsius during five consecutive nights. According to the data of the Meteorological Department, last time the temperature had plummeted to as low as minus 7 degrees for several days was in January 1991. While Srinagar on Saturday night…

A three-day fresh wet spell from Jan 22: MeT

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 Editor

The meteorological department has predicted a three-day wet spell from 22 January onward. Director MeT Sonam Lotus said they are expecting another wet spell of snow and rains from 22 January onwards in the valley. “Western disturbances are likely to affect Jammu and Kashmir during 22-24th January, which may cause moderate rains and snowfall in the valley. We will update it on Saturday evening about more details,” he said. However Lotus said the weather will remain mainly dry till 21st January in both J&K and Ladakh. On Friday, a thick…

At -7.8, Srinagar records coldest night after 8 years

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Editor

Srinagar had minus 7.8, Pahalgam minus 11.7 and Gulmarg minus 10 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature on Wednesday. At minus 7.8 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far as the 40-day long harsh winter period, known locally as the ‘Chillai Kalan’, reaches its peak. “At minus 7.8 degrees Celsius, Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season so far equalling an 8-year-old record when the same minimum was recorded on January 14, 2013”, an official of the local meteorological (MeT) department said.…

Closure of national highway gave rise to black marketing across Kashmir

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Editor

As the Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country continues to remain closed from the last couple of days, black-marketing is at its peak with people alleging that prices of essential commodities have gone skyrocketing across Srinagar. According to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), consumers from different parts of the Valley here have complained of skyrocketing prices of essentials including vegetables, saying that the sellers are selling the stuff as per their will. They said it seems that the sellers have…

Capt Bhoopendra Singh staged Shopian fake encounter for ₹20 Lakh: Police Statement

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Editor

A police statement on December 27 after the filing of the charge sheet said the investigation revealed the conspiracy was hatched to abduct the victims and stage the encounter. The army captain charged with killing three youths in the July 18 fake encounter in Shopian did it for ₹20 lakh in reward money, according to the case charge sheet filed by police. “By staging the encounter, Capt Bhoopendra Singh of 62 RR and two other civilians also purposefully destroyed evidence of the real crime that they have committed and also…

Snowfall affects Surface & Air traffic for 2nd day, Power outage across Kashmir Valley

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Editor

Over 4000 vehicles stranded, No traffic on the highway today 471 feeders, 80 transformers damage, Electricity to be restored today: Govt The plains and higher reaches on Monday received fresh spells of moderate to heavy snowfall for the second consecutive day leading to the closure of Srinagar – Jammu highway and cancellation of all flights at Srinagar airport for the second consecutive day. Due to the landslides, over 4,000 vehicles are stranded at various places along the Srinagar Jammu highway. The Meteorological Department has predicted moderate to heavy snowfall in…

Srinagar Encounter: Slain youth’s kin stage protest, demand bodies, and a fair probe, Omar, Mufti advocates claim

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Editor

The families of two of three youths who were killed in an encounter with security forces on December 30 protested in Srinagar on Monday demanding their bodies and impartial investigation into the matter. While the army and police have maintained that they were militants, the youths’ families have vouched for their innocence. The police also released purported videos of the cordoned house where the trio – Zubair Ahmad of Turkawangam, Shopian; Ajaz Maqbool and Athar Mushtaq of Putrigam, Pulwama – was killed in Hokersar-Lawaypora, Srinagar. The security forced had claimed…

Cold wave tightens grip across Kashmir Valley, Srinagar freezes at -5.9 °C

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Editor

The cold wave sweeping Kashmir intensified on Thursday as the mercury fell several notches to settle well below the freezing point across the Valley, officials said here. Srinagar city — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — recorded a low of minus 5.9 degrees Celsius, which was over three degrees below the previous night’s minus 2.2 degrees Celsius. Gulmarg tourist destination in north Kashmir recorded 10.4 degrees Celsius as against the previous night’s low of minus 11 degrees Celsius, the officials said. They said Gulmarg was the coldest recorded…

Army captain among three named in Shopian Fake encounter charge sheet

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Editor

The 1,400-page charge sheet was filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Shopian, on Saturday in the killings of Rajouri residents Imtiyaz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammed Abrar. Days after the army completed the summary of evidence in an alleged fake encounter in Shopian on July 18 that left three civilians dead, the Jammu and Kashmir police has filed a charge sheet in court against three persons including an army captain. The 1,400-page charge sheet was filed in the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Shopian, on Saturday…

Kashmir Votes, and India hails it as normalcy in a Dominated Region

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Editor

India’s ruling party worked to make Kashmir’s rural development council elections a showcase. But a visit by Times reporters showed a place still struggling under heavy-handed rule. Votes were counted on Tuesday in the first local elections in Kashmir since the Indian government waged a harsh political and security crackdown in the restive region last year. Officials hailed a solid turnout as a sign that democracy has been restored, but little in Kashmir feels normal. “The voting shows democracy being alive at the grass roots,” the region’s top civil servant,…