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38-Year-Old Record Tumbles As Srinagar Records 2nd Coldest December Night Ever At -8.5°C‘Chillai-Kalan’ Begins On Freezi...
21/12/2024

38-Year-Old Record Tumbles As Srinagar Records 2nd Coldest December Night Ever At -8.5°C

‘Chillai-Kalan’ Begins On Freezing Note In Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 21 (GNS): Mercury plummeted to -8.5°C in Srinagar, the season’s coldest night and the second lowest ever minimum temperature in the summer capital, as Chillai-Kalan’, the 40-day harsh period of winter, started on Saturday.

A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar recorded a drop in temperature by 2.3°C than last night’s 6.2°C which was the previous lowest this season.

According to the records, the previous lowest in 38 years was recorded on 31 December 1986 when mercury plunged to -7.9°C, the MeT official said. The lowest ever temperature was endured on 13 December 1934 when mercury plummeted to -12.8°C, he told Global News Service. In the last decade, Srinagar recorded the previous lowest on 28 December 2018 when mercury plunged to -7.7°C. Kashmir Valley is witnessing one of the worst winters.

Qazigund recorded a minimum of minus 8.2°C against minus 7.6°C on the previous night, he said. Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 8.6°C against minus 8.2°C on the previous night.

Kokernag, also in south Kashmir, recorded a minimum of minus 5.8°C against minus 5.8°C on the previous night

Kupwara town in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 7.2°C against minus 6.5°C on the previous night, the official said.

Gulmarg, the official said, recorded a low of minus 6.2°C against minus 6.0°C on the previous night.

Jammu, he said, recorded a minimum of 5.4°C, same as on the previous night, and it was below normal by 2.0°C for the winter capital of J&K.

Banihal recorded a low of minus 1.8°C, Batote 1.6°C and Bhaderwah minus 0.4°C, he said.

‘Chillai-Kalan’, the 40-day harsh period of winter, started today and it will end on January 29. However it does not mean an end to the winter. It is followed by a 20-day-long period called ‘Chillai-Khurd’ that occurs between January 30 and February 19 and a 10-day-long period ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold) which is from February 20 to March 1. (GNS)

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Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Laid to Rest in US; India's Consul General in San Francisco Pays TributeRenowned tabla maest...
20/12/2024

Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Laid to Rest in US; India's Consul General in San Francisco Pays Tribute

Renowned tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who passed away at the age of 63 on December 15, was laid to rest at Fernwood Cemetery, Mill Valley, near San Francisco, as reported by ANI.

"On behalf of the Government and people of India, Consul General Dr. K. Srikar Reddy paid tribute by draping the mortal remains of Ustad Zakir Hussain with the Indian national flag," the Consulate stated.

Around 300 people, including family, friends, musicians, and music lovers, attended the ceremony. Hussain, known for his collaborations with legends like Pandit Ravi Shankar and for his work in fusion bands like Shakti and Planet Drum, passed away after battling heart complications and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and four Grammy Awards.

Parts of the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar frozen at -6.2°C minimum temperature recorded on Friday amid an extreme cold wa...
20/12/2024

Parts of the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar frozen at -6.2°C minimum temperature recorded on Friday amid an extreme cold wave gripped Kashmir valley.

Photos by hameed

Minimum Temperatures Recorded TodayKashmir Region:Srinagar = -6.2°CQazigund = -7.6°CPahalgam = -8.2°CKupwara = -6.5°CKok...
20/12/2024

Minimum Temperatures Recorded Today

Kashmir Region:

Srinagar = -6.2°C
Qazigund = -7.6°C
Pahalgam = -8.2°C
Kupwara = -6.5°C
Kokernag = -5.8°C
Gulmarg = -6.0°C
Sonamarg = -9.0°C
Zojila = -24.0°C
Bandipora = -7.3°C
Baramulla = -5.9°C
Budgam = -7.6°C
Ganderbal = -6.4°C
Pulwama = -9.5°C
Anantnag = -9.9°C
Khudwani = -8.5°C
Kulgam = -6.8°C
Shopian = -10.0°C
Larnoo = -9.1°C

*Jammu Region:*

Jammu = 6.9°C
Banihal = -3.8°C
Batote = 1.0°C
Katra = 6.0°C
Bhaderwah = -1.6°C
Kishtwar = 1.0°C
Padder = -8.5°C
Ramban = 4.5°C
Poonch = 1.2°C
Rajouri = 0.3°C
Samba = 2.1°C
Kathua = 6.6°C
Reasi = 2.4°C
Udhampur = 1.4°C

*Ladakh:*

Leh = -11.8°C
Kargil = -13.8°C
Drass = NA

Compiled By: Kashmir Weather

Advocate Babar Qadri Killing Case: SIA Files chargesheet against Mian QayoomSrinagar, December 19(GNS): State Investigat...
19/12/2024

Advocate Babar Qadri Killing Case: SIA Files chargesheet against Mian Qayoom

Srinagar, December 19(GNS): State Investigation Agency Kashmir today filed a supplementary chargesheet against Mian Abdul Qayoom, Sr. Lawyer and former President High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Kashmir in the much publicized Babar Qadri murder case before the 3rd Addl. Sessions Judge (Special Judge U/S 22 NIA Act) Jammu. Babar Qadri, a promising Srinagar based young lawyer in his late twenties, was gunned down by the terrorists at his residence, Zahidpura (Hawal) Srinagar, on 24.09.2020.

In a handout to GNS, a spokesman for SIA said that briefly stated, Babar Qadri had just returned back home after attending Court on the fateful day that three terrorists visited his house at about 6.30 PM and asked the domestic help for a meeting with him on the pretext of discussing some case. While one of the terrorists waited outside the main gate to keep an eye on the happenings around, the remaining two who were also carrying a dummy case file were made to sit on the chairs placed in the verandah. Soon Babar Qadri came out of the house to meet them and was fired upon minutes later. The terrorists after committing the act fled away from the spot. The badly injured Babar Qadri was shifted to SKIMS Soura, Srinagar but succumbed to his injuries enroute.

Consequent thereupon, Case FIR No.62/2020 U/S 302 IPC 7/27 I A Act 13/16/18/20/39 UAPA was registered at PS Lalbazar Srinagar and investigation was taken up by an SIT framed by IGP Kashmir to be headed by SP Hazratbal. The SIT conducted the investigation and presented the chargesheet against six accused persons on 06.05.2021 before the Special NIA Court, Srinagar, he said.

Thereafter, further investigation in the case U/S 173 (8) CrPC was started on 06.08.2021 by SDPO Zadibal. However on 20.07.2023, PHQ J&K transferred the further investigation of the case from District Police Srinagar to SIA J&K following which the Directorate of SIA J&K framed an SIT which was specifically tasked to unravel the larger conspiracy behind the killing, he said.

The SIT took over the investigation and on the basis of sufficient oral, documentary and technical evidence arrested Mian Qayoom on 25.06.2024 as the principal conspirator behind the deceased’s killing. It was revealed during the in-depth investigation conducted by SIA SIT that Mian Qayoom, who had an inimical relation with the deceased, got Babar Qadri eliminated through terrorists of TRF and their handlers in Pakistan by hatching a criminal conspiracy. TRF is a proxy outfit for the dreaded LeT formed in the aftermath of 5th of August 2019, he said.

Babar Qadri was a very vocal young lawyer who not only questioned Mian Qayoom’s one upmanship at HCBA Kashmir but severely criticized him on multiple occasions for using HCBA Kashmir as a platform for furthering his secessionist agenda. The deceased had also founded a dissident body within the HCBA called Kashmir Lawyers Club which was attracting a sizable number of Young lawyers. Moreover, the deceased was also contemplating to fight the Bar elections against Mian Qayoom which were due to be held around the same time. All this antagonized Mian Qayoom who on several occasions also threatened the deceased.

Although Babar Qadri was very active on social and electronic media which he also used to criticize Mian Qayoom, he had a premonition on the fateful day itself. Interestingly he went live on Facebook on 24.09.2020 afternoon, and while denouncing Mian Qayoom for his polices, also expressed his fears of being eliminated at the hands of Mian Qayoom and his coterie. Ironically, few hours later he was killed in cold blood at his own residence.

Mian Qayoom has a history of being a terrorist sympathizer and diehard secessionist. Several cases already stand registered against him for his anti-national activities. He had earned notoriety for treating HCBA Kashmir as his fiefdom and virtually converting it into a constituent of all party Hurriyat Conference (APHC). During the major unrests post 2008 in Kashmir valley, he was at the forefront of anti-India demonstrations and his calls for shutdowns coincided with the hartal calendars issued by APHC. He was very close to late Syed Ali Shah Geelani whom he regarded as his political guru. He had also declared in open court during High Court proceedings that he neither considered himself as the citizen of India nor believed in the Indian constitution.

The SIA SIT today presented a 340 page long supplementary chargesheet against Mian Qayoom for offences U/S 302/120-B/109 IPC 13/18/18-B/38/39 UAPA. Further investigation in the case U/S 173 (8) shall continue.

The initial chargesheet in the case had been filed before the Special NIA Court Srinagar, however, in December 2023 the High Court had transferred the trial to Jammu taking a serious view of the interference in judicial process by Mian Qayoom as well as threat/ intimidation to the deceased’s family. Mian Qayoom is since then lodged in District Jail Amphalla, Jammu, reads the statement.(GNS)

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19/12/2024

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Ist Death Anniversary A Year Without YouAll love and Peace in Heaven"Zameen khaa GayeiAasmaan kaise kaise"It's been a ye...
16/12/2024

Ist Death Anniversary

A Year Without You
All love and Peace in Heaven

"Zameen khaa Gayei
Aasmaan kaise kaise"

It's been a year since you left us, and not a day goes by without the ache of your absence. It feels like yesterday when your friends stood with us at your funeral, offering words of comfort. But now, they’ve moved on, while we’re still here—broken, trying to piece together a world without you.

Your friends never look back to see your ailing father and mother whom they promised will be as good as you after your funeral . But unfortunately time proved what u can do no one can. Your mother always look from window when someone opens the door, her never ending pain kills me deep down inside always

Everything has changed since you left. The house is so quiet now, as if it’s mourning too. Mother hasn’t slept properly in a year; the nights are too long, too empty, haunted by memories of you. Father has become a shadow of himself. He tries to be strong, but I see how frail he’s become. Sometimes he whispers that he wishes he could have just a little more time with you, even if it meant trading his own.

Your Hussain still asks about you. He wanted to play with you more, to hear your laugh and feel your hugs. He misses you in ways his little heart can’t even explain. And Hussain say I miss my Mamu, my confidant, my constant. There are so many moments I wish I could share with you, so many things I wish I could hear you say.Hussain always say, Mama "Athar mamu Jannat mai hai Allah kei pass". And without tears in my eyes I never have anything to say.

They say time heals, but for us, time only deepens the void. We tried to keep going, but the weight of your absence is suffocating. If love could have kept you here, you’d still be with us. You were, and always will be, the heartbeat of this family.

After you left, the world didn’t stop, but I did. I thought people would understand my pain, but they didn’t. Some were kind at first, but as time passed, their words grew sharp, their sympathy faded. They moved on so easily, as if you were just a passing moment. The same people who stood by me at your funeral, promising to be there, vanished when I needed them most. Their cruelty stung, but nothing compares to the emptiness of losing you.

I miss your voice, your advice, and the way you always knew how to make me laugh when life felt unbearable. You were my rock, my shield against the world. Without you, I feel so exposed, so vulnerable. There were moments when I felt I couldn’t go on, when the grief was too heavy, and all I wanted was for you to be here to tell me it would be okay.

We miss you, we love you, and we’ll carry you in our hearts forever. Rest peacefully, my brother.

With all love, endless pain, memories
Your's Sister
Mir Sabeen Gulrez

Drug Smuggling Bid Foiled In Border Village Of Rajouri, Two Accused ArrestedM S NazkiJammu, December 16(GNS): Security f...
16/12/2024

Drug Smuggling Bid Foiled In Border Village Of Rajouri, Two Accused Arrested

M S Nazki

Jammu, December 16(GNS): Security forces on Monday foiled a major drug smuggling bid in Border village in Nowshera area of Rajouri district.

Official sources told GNS said that based of specific inputs regarding transhipment of narcotics a covert operation was launched by police and army in Nowhera. As searches were intensified, two persons were apprehended along with 5.5 kg of suspected Narcotics material.

The accused have been identified as Subash Chander (36) son of Pashori Lal resident of Kaneti and Sajan Kumar (25) son of Om Prakash resident of Sher.

Meanwhile, police have registered a case in this regard and investigation has been taken up.(GNS)

At dawn on a cold winter morning, Srinagar's floating vegetable market on Dal Lake awakens, shrouded in mist and timeles...
15/12/2024

At dawn on a cold winter morning, Srinagar's floating vegetable market on Dal Lake awakens, shrouded in mist and timeless charm.

Photos by Basit Zargar

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SJM Gilani Promoted To DGP Grade By MHASrinagar, December 12(GNS): Government of India, has promoted Syed Javiad Mujtaba...
12/12/2024

SJM Gilani Promoted To DGP Grade By MHA

Srinagar, December 12(GNS): Government of India, has promoted Syed Javiad Mujtaba Gilan(IPS) to the DGP grade.

According to an order by under secretary Government of India copy of which lies with GNS, MHA Gilani has been promoted to the level 16 in the pay matrix with effect from the date of the assumption of charge by the 1994-AGMUT cadre by the officer.

A native of Kashmir, Gillani has earlier remained posted on various challenging and noteworthy assignments of Police organisation in J&K including his posting as IGP Kashmir, Director Vigilance J&K and his deputation to the apex investigation agency of the country, CBI (Government of India).(GNS)

Govt reshuffled 22 JKAS officers, transferring them to various administrative positions.
09/12/2024

Govt reshuffled 22 JKAS officers, transferring them to various administrative positions.

Farmers brave sub-zero temperatures, dipping into the cold waters of Anchar Lake in Srinagar to extract lotus stems, loc...
09/12/2024

Farmers brave sub-zero temperatures, dipping into the cold waters of Anchar Lake in Srinagar to extract lotus stems, locally known as Nadur.

Photos by Basit Zargar

Kashmir shivers as Srinagar records season`s coldest night at minus 4.1 degree celsiusPhotos by Basit Zargar
06/12/2024

Kashmir shivers as Srinagar records season`s coldest night at minus 4.1 degree celsius

Photos by Basit Zargar

Govt announces winter vacation for Kashmir schools in 2 phasesSrinagar, Dec 6(GNS): The Government on Thursday announced...
06/12/2024

Govt announces winter vacation for Kashmir schools in 2 phases

Srinagar, Dec 6(GNS): The Government on Thursday announced winter vacation for all government and recognised private educational institutions in the Kashmir division as well as in the winter zones of Jammu division in two phases.

According to an order issued by government’s School Education Department (SED), winter vacations for classes upto 5th primary shall be December 10 this year to February 28, 2025. Similarly from 6th standard to 12th standard, the vacations shall commence from December 16 to February 28, 2025, according to an order issued by the Principal Secretary to the government School Education Department.

Further, the teaching staff of Government High and Higher Secondary Schools shall remain available at respective Headquarters from 10th of February, 2025 onwards for preparatory arrangements for the ensuing Board Examinations of class 10th, 11th and 12th, the order, a copy of which lies with GNS, reads.

“All teachers shall remain available as required for any online guidance to students during vacation period,” it said.

The government also warned that any default on the part of Heads of Institutions or Teaching staff in observance of the schedule shall attract strict action under the Rules. (GNS)

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