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Historic Bund along Jhelum losing sheen, splendour; admin in slumber
Historic Bund along Jhelum losing sheen, splendour; admin in slumber
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 27: The historical Bund adding beauty to river Jhelum is slowly losing its sheen and glory due to the carelessness of the residents as well as the indifference of the administration.
For last one year the vehicular traffic that plies continuously on the Residency Road Bund has turned it no more than any ordinary road in the city with clouds of dust rising into the air. The Bund has sustained damages at several places while it losing the character of once being a Royal route.
In Kashmir, Fear of the Pheran Returns in Full Force
Security forces have been asking those wearing the loose, traditional garment â including the reporter â to take it off as they fear it may be used to hide arms.
Photo: Kandukuru Nagarjun/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Srinagar: Civilians wearing
pherans â the long robe traditionally worn in Kashmir in winter as protection against the cold â have found themselves under security forces’ scrutiny once again.
On February 19 two policemen were killed after being shot at close range by a militant in the Baghat area of uptown Srinagar, along the high-security Airport Road.
The incident was captured on CCTV cameras and a section of the video went viral on social media. In it, a militant was seen pulling out an assault rifle hidden inside his
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Major tragedy averted in Srinagar, IED defused
Major tragedy averted in Srinagar, IED defused
1990s like surprise CASO returns to Srinagar
Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Feb 22: Security forces today averted a major tragedy when they detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Railway Station in Nowgam area of Srinagar.
A police official said that the IED was planted a few hundred meters away from the Nowgam Railway station near a bridge. The IED was spotted on a day when rail services between Banihal to Baramulla resumed after a gap of 11 months.
The IED was spotted by the Road Opening Party of the CRPF and the police after which Bomb Disposal Squad was called in. “The IED was fitted in a tin box. It took BDS almost an hour to diffuse the IED,” a police official said.