A neighbourhood altercation in Srinagar takes a threatening turn when a retired police officer's son allegedly brandishes his PSO's official rifle. Police have arrested the accused, while the security officer's role remains under investigation.
Officials said the area within a 1-km radius of the Martyrs' Graveyard in Srinagar was sealed on Sunday ahead of the commemoration. Barricades were erected across the city, while police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in large numbers.
The previous record for the third-highest May temperature was 34.3 degrees Celsius, logged on May 28, 1971. The all-time highest temperature for Srinagar remains 36.4 degrees Celsius, recorded on May 24, 1968.
The ban was announced by Srinagar District Magistrate Mohammad Aijaz Asad.
The Aam Aadmi Party has gone on a hunger strike in Srinagar and demanded an order sparing the poor from the anti-encroachment drive.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addressed the Srinagar rally amid heavy snowfall on Bharat Jodo Yatra finale on Monday. He was spotted playing with snowballs with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party workers ahead of the closing ceremony of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
A pet dog in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri saved its family members and neighbours by alerting them ahead of the terrorist attack.
Amid the Chillai Kalan, that began on December 21, the minimum temperature has dipped below freezing point at several places in Kashmir valley.
The 40-day period of Chillai Kalan began in Kashmir with the mercury dropping below freezing point in Ladakh, Bras and Srinagar.
The 40-day period of Chillai Kalan began in Kashmir from today with mercury dipping below freezing point at night. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the minimum temperature dipped to minus 3.2 degrees Celsius in Srinagar last night.
A group of Kashmiri youngsters are all set to launch e-bicycles for tourists and locals alike in Srinagar. The group plans to begin with 50 e-bicycles and 12 docking stations across the city.
More than one lakh migratory birds from Siberia, Europe and central Asian countries have reached Hokersar wetland near Srinagar.
The Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, extended greetings to all members of the armed forces and their families on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day on Wednesday.
Srinagar recorded the season's coldest night at 3.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday. The mercury settled below the freezing point across Kashmir.
Over 1.62 crore tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir in 2022, which is the highest since independence in 1947. Hotels, houseboat owners and shikara operators have expressed joy over this.
With the fresh snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir on Monday, the Srinagar Kargil Highway and Srinagar Poonch (Mughal Road) have been closed. Along with this, parts of Gulmarg, Pahalgam, and Sonmarag also received fresh snowfall.
Over 2,000 people participated in a human chain celebration around Srinagar's Dal Lake organised by the Kashmir BSF on the occasion of National Unity Day.
A week after a Kashmiri Pandit farmer was killed by terrorists in south Kashmir's Shopian district, a group of people, including social activists, municipal corporators and Kashmiri Pandits, staged a protest outside the Hurriyat Conference office on Monday.
Farmers in North Kashmir's Sopore are planting kiwi to cut down apple exports.
A man from the remote Gurez valley in North Kashmir has turned his house into a museum to preserve local Dard-Shin culture and traditions from the onslaught of modernity.
