Amid freezing temperatures and bone-chilling cold wave currently gripping the Kashmir Valley, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced on Sunday that he would station himself in Srinagar for the next week to personally address the challenges faced by the people.
An exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces was reported in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district, police said on Sunday.
At least twelve persons, including women and men, were injured in a grenade explosion in the crowded market on Sunday near the heavily guarded tourist reception centre (TRC) in Srinagar.
In a significant political development, National Conference (NC) MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to honor the people’s mandate by addressing key issues.
Two Indian Army soldiers and two civilians were killed and three soldiers injured on Thursday evening when an Army patrol was attacked by suspected terrorists near the Nagin area of Botapathari in North Kashmir's Gulmarg.
The maximum temperature of 32.8 degrees Celsius was recorded on Wednesday. The weather department has predicted light rain which can lower the temperature.
Mecca is the holiest place for Muslims and around 6000 pilgrims from the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will fly from Srinagar till 20 June.
The tourism development in Kashmir on Thursday fined two top hotels for "exorbitant rates and other service deficiencies".
As a part of the same chain of investigation, it was learnt that the same module was to carry out a targeted killing in the Bemina area of Srinagar city.
In a statement, Tarigami said the authorities, according to reports, have asked the managing body of the Jamia Masjid, not to open the mosque for prayers on Shab-e-Qadar and Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
