Category: Srinagar

Srinagar

End of siege, diversions on National Highway lifted

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The traffic on the Pampore-Pantha chowk stretch of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was allowed to ply normally today after remaining in absolute disarray for about three days. Traffic on the NH remained diverted from Saturday afternoon to Monday evening in the wake of the 48-hour gun battle between security forces and militants in Sempora area of Pampore near here. Nine people, including three Army men, two CRPF personnel, three militants and a civilian, were killed in the gunfight. Security agencies, keeping the safety of commuters in view, diverted Srinagar and…

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JNU row escalates; Kashmir University erupts with pro-Kanhaiya Kumar, ‘azaadi’ slogans

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As Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) continues to simmer over the ‘pro-Afzal Guru’ event, slogans in support of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar were raised in Kashmir University on Tuesday. While raising their voice against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar, some students were seen shouting slogans like, “Tum kitne Kanhaiya pakdoge, har ghar se Kanhaiya nikalega” and “Hum chahate azaadi”. Meanwhile, in its latest report on the JNU row, Delhi Police has cited evidence collected by the varsity’s internal inquiry committee suggesting that eight students, including the JNUSU president , allegedly indulged…

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Govt defers NFSA implementation in 4 districts after ration card irregularities

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People of Srinagar, Baramulla, Leh, Kargil to get ration at old rates The Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department has deferred the implementation of National Food Safety Act (NFSA) in areas, where large scale irregularities have come to the notice of the government in updation of consumer data. Sources said ration will be provided at old rates in the districts of Srinagar, Baramulla  Leh and Kargil due to large scale irregularities in the updation of data. As per the NFSA rates, the BPL families will get rice and atta…

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‘Thank you JNU’ posters surface in Srinagar

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Soon after the Friday prayers at the old city Srinagar, a group of youth, shouting pro-freedom slogans, tried to take out a march towards Nowhatta Chowk. For the first time since row over Pro-Azadi protests in Jawaharlal Nehru University erupted, protesters in old city Srinagar carried banners “thank you JNU.” Some of the protesters were also carrying posters of parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, who was hanged in Tihar Jail on February 9, 2013, police said. Soon after the Friday prayers at the old city Srinagar, a group of…

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Clashes in Srinagar as cops stop protest march

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Security forces on Friday scuttled a march here by a group of youth carrying posters of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and messages like ‘Thank you, JNU’, leading to clashes near the historic Jamia Masjid. Soon after the Friday prayers at Kashmir’s main mosque, a group of youth, shouting pro-freedom slogans, tried to take out a march towards Nowhatta Chowk, police said. Some of the youth were carrying the flags of Pakistan and ISIS terror group as also the posters of Afzal Guru who was hanged in New Delhi’s Tihar…

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Fifty youth arrested in Srinagar on stone pelting charges since January

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• Over 250 detained in 2015 At least 50 youth have been detained by police in downtown Srinagar since January 1 this year on charges of being involved in stone pelting. According to the data compiled by police, at least 50 youth have been arrested in Srinagar under charges of pelting stones on cops on Fridays and during shutdowns called by the separatists this year. The figures reveal that 82 stone pelting incidents took place in Srinagar in last two months. “50 youth participating in the stone pelting were identified…

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Two die in slab collapse

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Two cousins were killed when an under-construction slab collapsed in the old city area this afternoon. The police said the labourers, identified as Abdul Majeed Sheikh and Farooq Sheikh, both residents of Housing Colony, Bemina, were at an under construction site in Zaldagar when the slab collapsed around 3 pm. Teams of police, State Disaster Rescue Force (SDRF) and fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.

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Srinagar ranks LOW on cleanliness list

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The summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar has been ranked as one of the dirtiest cities on countrywide survey in terms of cleanliness index. Out of 73 cities, Srinagar has been ranked 48th on the cleanliness index of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). The data was released here by Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Mysore was declared as the cleanest city among all million plus and capital cities while Dhanbad of Jharkhand has been raked the worst. The countrywide survey by the ministry was based on the marks…

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Rumour-monger slapped with death charges, gets bail

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The Jammu and Kashmir Police have slapped charges amounting to death or life imprisonment against a youth for spreading death rumours of children administered polio vaccine in Kashmir. Meanwhile, the Court of the Second Additional Sessions Judge, Srinagar, granted bail to Irshad Ahmad Bhat, a resident of the Pirbagh locality of Srinagar, on the grounds that the offence committed by him was not punishable with death or life imprisonment. Besides, the court said the police had failed to complete the investigation within the stipulated time of two weeks. The police…

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Few inches of snowfall water-logs city centre

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Rains coupled with snowfall today caused water-logging in various areas of the summer capital even as authorities failed put in measures for dewatering. The downpour and few inches of snowfall water-logged several areas of Srinagar. The commercial hub Lal Chowk and its surrounding areas including Residency Road, MA Road and Radio Kashmir crossing also remained water logged. In absence of proper drainage system, Natipora, Exhibition Crossing, Hari Singh high Street, Jawahar Nagar, Indra Nagar and Pandrethan were also water-logged. Despite the forecast of rains and snowfall by the local MeT…

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