Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) The minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city improved marginally on Wednesday, as the Meteorological Department forecast generally dry weather until Friday evening. Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, Gulmarg ski resort minus 8 degrees Celsius, and Pahalgam minus 5.6 degrees.Jammu city recorded a minimum temperature of 8.3 degrees Celsius, Katra town 7.5 degrees Celsius, Batote 1.6 degrees Celsius, Banihal minus 1.1 degrees Ce…
Latest Srinagar News & Updates
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Both maximum and minimum temperatures improved across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, with Srinagar city recording 2.8 degrees Celsius and Gulmarg ski resort minus 5.3 degrees as the night’s lowest temperature.The Meteorological (MeT) Department officials said a weak Western Disturbance (WD) is presently active over the union territory. Under this influence, generally cloudy weather with rain and snow at many places is likely to occur.From February till the evening of Febr…
Srinagar, Feb 2 (IANS) The police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district said on Monday that it has secured a 14-year conviction of the accused in a case filed under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A police statement said, “The Srinagar Police has secured conviction in a case in which an FIR has been registered at M.R. Gunj Police Station under Sections 363, 376 of the IPC read with Section 4 of the POCSO Act.””The case pertains to the kidnapping and sexual assault…
Srinagar, Feb 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out raids at multiple locations across the Kashmir Valley as part of an ongoing investigation into terror-related activities and funding networks.NIA sources said the searches were conducted early in the morning in Srinagar, Baramulla, Sopore, and BandiporaSources said the NIA teams were assisted by local police and the CRPF in raids conducted simultaneously at residential and other premises linked to suspected indi…
Srinagar, Feb 2 (IANS) A moderate-intensity earthquake shook the Kashmir Valley on Monday, as people panicked and rushed out of their homes, while doors, windows and household goods rattled.Although the earthquake measured only 4.8 on the Richter scale, its impact was widespread because its epicentre was in the central Budgam district.Officials of the disaster management authority said the earthquake occurred at 5.35 a.m.Its epicentre was in the Budgam district of the Valley. The earthquake shoo…
Srinagar, Feb 1 (IANS) Due to nightlong cloud cover, the minimum temperature rose above freezing point in Srinagar city as rain and snow lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.Srinagar city recorded 2 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature, while popular tourist destinations Gulmarg and Pahalgam recorded minus 7 and minus 1.4 degrees Celsius, respectively.Jammu city had 9.9 degrees Celsius, Katra town 9.6, Batote 4.2, Banihal 2.4 and Bhaderwah 0.9 as the minimum temperature.The day temperature h…
Jammu, Jan 31 (IANS) Another accused was identified on Saturday by the prosecution witness in the special court during the trial of the 1990 terrorist attack on IAF personnel in J&K’s Srinagar city, in which four IAF personnel were killed. Senior additional advocate general, Monika Kohli, said that after the JKLF chief Yasin Malik, his close confidant Shoukat Bakshi was identified by an eyewitness before a special court on Saturday as one of the shooters involved in the January 1990 ter…
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Saturday commemorated the third anniversary of the culmination of the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi at Srinagar, calling it an event that will be “cherished for decades to come”. Ramesh, General Secretary in-charge Communications of the Congress, said in a social media post, “The Bharat Jodo Yatra concluded three years ago with @RahulGandhi’s stirring speech at Srinagar. The 4,000 km padyatra was und…
Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) Night temperature dropped below the freezing point in the Valley in the wee hours of Saturday and the ski resort of Gulmarg was the coldest at minus 6.5 degrees Celsius.However, the day temperatures improved in J&K after the 40-day period of harsh winter cold known locally as the ‘Chillai Kalan’ ended on January 30.Srinagar city had 10 and Jammu 22.1 as the maximum temperature on Friday.Today, the minimum temperature was minus 0.1 in Srinagar, minus 2.6 in Pahalga…
Jammu, Jan 30 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has arrested a patwari (revenue clerk) in J&K’s Ganderbal district while accepting a bribe from the complainant.A CBI press statement said that the patwari, named Faheem Majid, was arrested in Gadoora village of Ganderbal district while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant.The agency said the case was registered on January 28 on the basis of a complaint lodged by a resident of the Anchar So…