Month: December 2020

Basit Shah/ Rayees Shah The 434-km-long strategic Srinagar-Leh highway, connecting the Ladakh region with the Kashmir valley, has been officially closed for the winter months to avoid any accidents following fresh snowfall and slippery road conditions due to freezing temperatures. Official sources said that the highway has been closed for winter months after the areas along the highway including Sonamarg, Drass and Zojila Pass experienced heavy snowfall. The highway, which usually remains closed from 1st week of December for about four to five months every year, had remained open for a longer period this time around because of the dry weather, officials said. As per an official communiqué from Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole, the highway has been officially closed from 1st Ja...

Waris Shah The residents of Yakerpora of Kapran area in Verinag of south Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district are up in arms and staged a protest on Wednesday against the failure of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department in providing drinking water to residents. The protesters which included men and women said they had been facing a shortage of water for the past one month. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the residents alleged that With the onset of the winter season and Chilai Kalan, the condition and service of the PHE department has changed from bad to worse. Where we will go in these chilly days and nights”, said a group of locals from Yakerpora. Some protesters alleged that they have brought the matter into the notice of concerned authorities but nothing has been don...

The DG of Jammu Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh has said that there has been a rapid decline in the Militancy related incidents in Jammu Kashmir this year. He said that the incidents of the local youths joining the Militant organizations have increased.buy vega extra cobra online https://nouvita.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/vega-extra-cobra.html no prescription He said that compared to 2018 and 2019, there have been fewer Militant attacks this year. However, there has been an increase in the number of local youth joining Militant organizations this year as compared to 2019. DGP Dilbag Singh said that the good thing is that 70 percent of them have been killed or arrested adding that the shelf life of Militants has also reduced. The DGP further said that if we mat...

Skinder Gull People in large numbers are visiting the families of the three slain youth in Shopian and Pulwama Districts who were killed during an encounter with Government Forces on Wednesday in Srinagar's Lawaypora area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that women and men, in large queues despite restrictions are visiting the families of the slain Zubair Ahmad Lone in the Turkawangam area of Shopian, Ajaz Maqbool Ganai in Putrigam and Athar Mushtaq in Bellow of Pulwama. The businesses in the two districts of South Kashmir are observing a complete shutdown, while traffic is heavily off the roads, The Awantipora is also observing a complete shutdown against the killings. Addressing a joint press conference at 2 RR headquarters at Zainakote, HMT, Srinagar, GoC Kilo Force Sahi said th...

Minimum temperatures plummeted in most parts of Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording a low of minus 5.9°C against minus 2.1°C on the previous night, the weatherman said on Thursday. MeT official said that the night temperature in Srinagar was around three degrees Celsius below normal for this time of the year. On December 19, Srinagar endured the coldest night of the season at minus 6.6°C and it was the second time in a decade that mercury fell to such an extent during the month of December. Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 10.4°C against minus 11.0°C on the previous night, the official said. Pahalgam, the famous tourist destination in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 9.6°C against minus 9.0 on the previous night. Qazigund recorded minus 6.2°C against minus 2.5°C on the...

At least five civilians were injured and several houses damaged after Pakistani troops violated ceasefire in the frontier district of Kupwara, officials said on Thursday.buy xifaxan online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/xifaxan.html no prescription The officials said that Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Kashmir on Thursday morning causing injuries to five persons.buy cialis super active online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/cialis-super-active.html no prescription The injured have been evacuated to the nearby hospital for treatment. Details emerging.

The Jammu Kashmir Police has said that Militants last night lobbed a grenade on a temple in the border village of Jandi in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district but it missed the target and exploded nearby, creating panic among the people there. Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police Shalinder Mishra said that a grenade was thrown by some unknowns on a temple in the Hiranagar sector around 7.30 pm but luckily it missed the intended target and exploded in an open area, without causing any damage or casualty. He said the whole area was immediately cordoned off and a massive operation was launched to nab the assailants. No one has been arrested so far, he said.