Srinagar is the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies in the Kashmir Valley on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, and Dal and Anchar lakes. The city is known for its natural environment, gardens, waterfronts and houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts and dried fruits. It is the northernmost city of India with over one million people.
They said the curbs, under Section 144 of the CrPC, were imposed in Anchar area under the jurisdiction of Soura police station and the areas around the historic Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta police station.. IndiaTimes - Published
Few vendors had set up stalls on the TRC Chowk-Polo View road, they said. Private transport was plying unhindered in the city here and elsewhere in Kashmir, the officials said, adding auto-rickshaws.. IndiaTimes - Published
The women, who were lodged in central jail Srinagar, were released around 6 pm on Wednesday after the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate granted them bail, they said. Suraiya and Safiya were leading a.. IndiaTimes - Published
Many political leaders, including the Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah have been placed under detention or house arrest DNA - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
On the morning of February 27, when Pakistan counter-attacked in response to the Balakot airstrike, an IAF Mi-17 chopper crashed over Budgam near Srinagar killing all six of its occupants. DNA - Published
At least five people were injured in a grenade attack in India-controlled Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Saturday, police said, the second such attack since India stripped the Himalayan region of.. Reuters - Published
The order, issued by the state General Administration Department on Friday, comes ahead of the 'darbar move' in Jammu and Kashmir. Stay in Srinagar on 'appointed day' for state bifurcation: J&K govt to.. DNA - Published
A PDP delegation from Jammu will meet party president Mehbooba Mufti, who is currently under detention in Srinagar, on Monday, a senior party leader said. This will be the first meeting of PDP leaders.. IndiaTimes - Published
While Farooq Abdullah, 81, is under house arrest at his Srinagar residence, his son and former Chief Minister Omar is detained at a state guest house. DNA - Published
Kashmir showed some signs of normalcy on Thursday, with massive traffic jams witnessed in summer capital Srinagar and some shops opening in the city in the morning hours. Officials said additional.. IndiaTimes - Published
Restrictions under Section 144 CrPc were imposed on Friday morning in various parts of the valley, the officials said. They said the curbs were imposed in five police station areas of Nowhatta,.. IndiaTimes - Published
According to top sources in the government, intelligence agencies have issued warning against a module of eight to 10 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists who will possibly try to carry out a suicidal.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday reached here on the second-leg of his six-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir and said the situation in the Valley is "very bad". Azad, the leader of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha reached the Srinagar airport on Tuesday but was not allowed to enter the city. Surprised on seeing Sinha deboard a flight from Delhi, airport officials and the police.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister and MP Farooq Abdullah was detained at his residence in Srinagar. He is the first political leader to be prosecuted against under the stringent PSA after the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said his trip to J&K will be a "humanitarian" trip to reach out to the common people of his state and he will submit a report to the apex court on his return... IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday thanked the Supreme Court for allowing him to visit Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag and Jammu. DNA - Published
The Supreme Court said the former J&K CM can visit four districts -- Srinagar, Jammu, Baramulla, Anantnag -- to meet people. Senior advocate AM Singhvi, who was appearing for Azad, told the court that.. IndiaTimes - Published
The weekly flea market opened here on Sunday as several vendors put up their stalls on the TRC Chowk-Polo View axis, the officials said. They said people from many areas of the valley thronged the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Some areas in Srinagar witnessed an increased movement of private transport, while few autorickshaws were also seen plying in some areas of the city. However, normal life remained severely affected.. IndiaTimes - Published
"There have been no reports of any fresh local recruitment among the terrorist ranks. Some youth had been misled (in the past) and in a fit of anger gone astray, and we have been able to bring many of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Srinagar witnessed increased movement of private vehicles on Wednesday leading to traffic jams at several places on the Karan Nagar-Batamaloo-Lal Chowk-Dalgate axis, the officials said. IndiaTimes - Published
Over 34,000 distress calls, a majority of them by people concerned about the well-being of family members living in Kashmir, were received by a Srinagar-based helpline of the CRPF following revocation.. IndiaTimes - Published
The restrictions have been lifted from most areas of the valley, but continued in parts of Srinagar in the interior areas and in the jurisdiction of Maisuma police station of the city, the officials.. IndiaTimes - Published
Tarigami, the lone MLA representing Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the erstwhile State Assembly is currently undergoing treatment at the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at.. DNA - Published
The bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices SA Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer allowed the Centre to file a reply to the petition and posted the petitions for hearing on September 16. DNA - Published
Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi said, "Keeping in view the fact that CPI(M) leader, Yousuf Tarigami needs better treatment, he shall be shifted to AIIMS, Delhi, from Srinagar for better.. DNA - Published
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed Iltija, Mufti's daughter, to meet her after she submitted in the court that she has no problem in going to her Srinagar residence but has not been.. IndiaTimes - Published
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it was inclined to shift Tarigami, the former CPI (M) MLA, to AIIMS here. CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told the bench that he has no objection if.. IndiaTimes - Published
An 18-year-old man has died in Indian Kashmir nearly a month after he was injured during a protest, the first official death since India flooded Kashmir with troops, prompting tighter security in parts.. Reuters - Published
Asrar Ahmed Khan, 18, was part of a mob holding protests in Soura on August 6, a day after the Centre announced the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and its bifurcation into two union.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sources said the 10pm-4am window for the Batamaloo wholesale market to operate was fixed by separatist groups and conveyed to the mandi association. Posters of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen and.. IndiaTimes - Published
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