Tremors of an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale with its epicentre in Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, were felt in Kashmir Valley on Saturday.
“In view of the overall improvement in the law and order situation and the prevailing circumstances in the Kashmir Valley, there is no justification for fresh registration of migrants at this stage”, he said.
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.
Emphasising their rightful place in Kashmir, Dr Abdullah said that with their children engaged in employment and education, would the migrated community want to return, as they have built homes where they currently reside in other parts of the country?
Srinagar city recorded a minimum temperature of minus 5.7 degrees Celsius on Saturday, against minus 6 degrees Celsius the previous day.
Services were suspended in the Valley as a precautionary measure ahead of the Republic Day.
China is directly concerned with creation of Ladakh as a Union Territory, because it is occupying parts of it including Shaksgham Valley, which has been illegally gifted to it by Pakistan.
Flight operations have remained affected since Sunday when all flights at the Srinagar airport were cancelled. The flight operations did not resume on Monday as well. However, some flights operated on Tuesday.
The reasons for the communication clampdown were ostensibly to prevent terrorist activity or unrest over the government’s sweeping changes in Kashmir’s status.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra shared the teaser of the movie on his official Twitter handle on Friday.
