Srinagar Dec 19 PTI There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the Army to operate its power supply infrastructure as it means the authorities have accepted a total breakdown of governance NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said on SundayHis remarks came after the Jammu administration sought the services of the police and the Army to operate grid stations in the city Electricity supply was affected in several parts of the region as a strike by power development department employees against privatisation and other issues entered its second dayThe army has been called to operate the power infrastructure in Jammu division of JK There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the army it means a total breakdown of governance has been accepted by the JK government the NC leader wrote on TwitterEarlier the former Jammu Kashmir chief minister had asked the administration to leave privatisation decisions to an elected governmentThe JK administration may be able to claim constitutional authority to privatise the assets of JK but it completely lacks the political authority Decisions of this nature with far reaching consequences should be left to an elected government he said PTI SSB IJT

Srinagar Dec 19 PTI Terrorists shot at a policeman in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday leaving him injured officials saidAt about 710 pm terrorists fired at injured a JKP Follower a police designation namely Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay near his residence at Bundzoo a police official saidHe said the injured has been shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital here for treatmentFurther details were awaited PTI SSB TIR TIR

Srinagar Dec 19 PTI The National Conference NC Sunday condemned the alleged sacrilege bids at the Golden Temple Amritsar and called for a thorough probe into the incidentsNC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said these incidents are unprecedented in nature and have caused a lot of anguish among the Sikh community Dar also urged the people not to play into the hands of those who dont want brotherhood to prevail over all forces of obscurantism and evil that seek to divide usNCs Minority wing Organiser Sardar J S Azad also condemned the alleged sacrilege bids in the strongest possible terms and demanded a thorough probe A day after a man was killed for an alleged sacrilege bid at the Golden Temple in Amritsar another unidentified person was beaten to death by a mob after being accused of disrespecting the Sikh religious flag at a gurdwara in Nizampur village on Sunday morning Villagers and members of Sikh organisations clashed with the police personnel who tried to save the man leaving three cops including a station house officer injured PTI SSB TIR TIR

Srinagar Dec 19 PTI Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir as most places experienced the coldest night of the season so far with the weatherman forecasting further dip in mercury over the next few days officials said on Sunday The temperature on Sunday night was several degrees below the freezing point they said Srinagar recorded a low of minus 6 degrees Celsius on Sunday night same as the previous night which is the lowest minimum temperature of the season so far in the city The minimum was 45 degrees below the normal for this part of the season Gulmarg resort in north Kashmirs Baramulla district recorded a low of minus 75 degrees Celsius The officials said Pahalgam which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra recorded a low of minus 87 degrees Celsius The resort was the coldest recorded place in the valley The mercury in Kupwara in north Kashmir settled at a low of minus 61 degrees Celsius Qazigund the gateway town to the valley recorded minus 65 degrees Celsius while Kokernag recorded a low of minus 6 degrees Celsius The cold wave conditions led to freezing of water supply lines in many areas of the valley as well as the fringes of several water bodies the officials said The weatherman has forecast colder nights over the next couple of days as a further fall in the minimum temperature is expected There is also a possibility of light to moderate snowfall from December 22-25 the officials said PTI SSB AAR