12 flights cancelled at Srinagar airport due to bad weather
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was also shut for vehicular traffic due to snow, shooting stones, landslides and mudslides at several places.
The Jammu-Srinagar highway was also shut for vehicular traffic due to snow, shooting stones, landslides and mudslides at several places.
"The Army personnel detained was identified as Balaji Sampath from Tamil Nadu's Vellore. The live grenade recovered from his possession is a high explosive. He was going on leave,"
Kashmir valley remained cut off from rest of the country for the past four days when the air services and the road links were snapped due to snow and poor visibility.
Srinagar recorded a low of minus 1.5 degrees Celsius, while it was minus 5 degrees Celsius at Gulmarg.
A team of NIA led by an Inspector General of the investigating agency has reached Srinagar where it formally took over the case from the J&K Police.
Davinder Singh was on Saturday arrested with two top terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) while he was driving them in a car to probably make them escape to Jammu.
The official cited the poor visibility at the airport due to heavy fog which resulted in the delay of flights.
The delegation of opposition leaders had arrived at the Srinagar airport earlier in the day even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration had asked them to stay away.
Earlier, Azad while commenting on NSA Ajit Doval’s visit to the Valley on Wednesday, had said that 'anyone can be brought along with money'.
Informed sources said the IT department detained the leader, Aga Syed Hassan, after finding the money but he was later allowed to go home.
