They were on duty, guarding the route for the Amarnath Yatra. Then another vehicle hit theirs in the Nowgam area. Three injured, one driver arrested, and this isn't even the first accident this week.
The growing menace of stray dogs and poor solid waste management around Air Force Station Srinagar came under sharp focus on Saturday, with officials ordering urgent measures to prevent risks to aircraft operations and public safety.
The Lieutenant Governor commended the efforts of the members of the foundation for their dedicated community outreach and social initiatives and inspiring greater participation of youth in the fight against substance abuse.
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar arrived in Srinagar on Sunday on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review grassroots electoral processes and interact with voters, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and election officials across the Valley.
In a powerful show of public resolve against growing drug menace, hundreds of citizens from across the Kashmir Valley poured into the streets of Srinagar on Sunday, joining Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in a massive ‘padyatra’ (foot march) that turned into a rallying cry for a drug-free future.
The tragic explosion at a police station in Srinagar, which claimed nine lives and left dozens injured, is a sobering reminder of a persistent and largely unaddressed vulnerability within India’s internal security apparatus: the handling and storage of seized explosives.
A forensic experts’ team of the National Security Guard (NSG) on Sunday visited Srinagar’s Nowgam police station to examine the site of Friday night’s deadly explosion that claimed nine lives and left thirty-two others injured.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday denied the angle of any terrorist conspiracy or external interference in Srinagar's Nowgam police station explosion in which nine cops and officials were killed and 32 injured.
AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal and senior party leader Manish Sisodia, including others, have expressed serious concern, alleging that the government’s failing security apparatus is responsible for the escalating breaches.
Nine people died in the Nowgam Police Station blast in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Officials from the MHA and J&K Police said the explosion occurred accidentally during sampling of seized explosives. A scientific inquiry is underway, and authorities have urged the public not to speculate.
