However, there were no reports of any damage yet, they said.The earthquake occurred at 7 AM and its epicenter was is Tajikistan, according to the officials.

Strong tremors were felt in most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, Kishtwar and Doda districts. Tremors were also felt in Jammu, they said.

On Monday an earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale struck 83 km northwest (NW) of Gujarat’s Rajkot at 12:57 pm. Tremors were also felt in Bhachau region of Kutch. It is learnt that tremors were felt twice within five minutes leaving the residents in a state of panic with many rushing out of their homes to save their lives.

This was the second earthquake to struck Rajkot in less than 24 hours. An earthquake measuring 5.8 magnitudes on the Richter Scale struck 122 km north-northwest of Rajkot, Gujarat at 8:13 pm on Sunday.

Gujarat has witnessed three major earthquakes in the past with the most devastating in 2001, another in Anjar in 1956 and the third in 1918 in the Rann of Kutch. The earthquake that struck Gujarat on January 26, 2001, measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and lasted for a little over 100 seconds. it has caused huge loss of lives then .

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The Deputy Superintendent of Police arrested on Saturday with three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists. The details emerged after raids at Davinder Singh’s home soon after the arrest. An AK rifle and two pistols were found, according to sources.

Singh a decorated officer was allegedly transporting hardcore terrorists out of Kashmir when he was caught on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Investigations reveal that the three terrorists captured with the officer had stayed at his heavily-guarded home in Srinagar’s Badami Bagh cantonment.

Sources say Davinder Singh escorted the terrorists from Shopian in south Kashmir to his home on Friday and had them stay overnight. Top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu, who is also police deserter, and his two accomplices Irfan and Rafi, spent the night in the home right next to the Army’s 15 Corps Headquarters.

Sources say they set out on Saturday morning for Jammu, from where they were planning to go to Delhi.
that the police officer, who was awarded President’s Police Medal for Gallantry just six months ago, had transported Naveed multiple times to different places. Last year, he had transported him to Jammu.
Sources say Singh is being treated like a terrorist and is being interrogated by a joint team of security and intelligence agencies. Among the questions they want answers to is whether Singh’s visit to Delhi is linked to Republic Day, just two weeks away.

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Fresh restrictions have been imposed in areas around Hazratbal, while the curbs continued in five police station areas of downtown interior areas of the city, the officials said.

They said the restrictions under Section 144 CrPc have been imposed to support law and order.

The authorities have imposed restrictions in vulnerable areas of the valley every Friday, apprehending that vested interests might exploit the large gatherings at big mosques and shrines to fuel protests.

Friday prayers have not been allowed at any of the major mosques or shrines including Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta or Dargah Sharief in Hazratbal – in the valley for the past over a month now.

The restrictions were first imposed across Kashmir on 5 August when the Centre announced its decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcate the state into two Union territories. The restrictions were lifted in phases from many parts of the valley as the situation improved with the passage of time.

While landline across the valley were functional, voice calls on mobile devices were working only in Kupwara and Handwara police districts of north Kashmir.

The efforts of the state government to open schools have not borne any fruit as parents continued to keep children at home due to apprehensions about their safety.

Most of the top-level and second rung separatist politicians have been taken into custody while mainstream leaders including three former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have also been either detained or placed under house arrest.

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“It is not the situation. Our priority now is to smoothen the transition process from state to union territory,” a senior officer from the Jammu and Kashmir state administration told 

According to him, only 8 to 10 companies have come forward with their plans about investments in the state but more companies are keen after recent developments.

“So, time is required for them to visit and discuss opportunities linked to the summit,” he added.

Critics, however, say it was a very premature move to announce a summit when so much was happening in the state.

“Communication and transportation is such a big issue. How can a summit be organised in the middle of this?” said a business person, requesting not to be named.

The government had announced the first such global event in the state between October 12 and 14, days after ending its special status under Article 370 of the constitution earlier this month.

The centre’s decisions to scrap the provision and Article 35A, which banned outsiders from owning land in Kashmir, would open the floodgates of investment in the state, the government had said.

However, nearly a month after the move, Jammu and Kashmir remains under an unprecedented security lockdown and a communications blackout with severe restrictions on its residents. Mainstream leaders and hundreds political workers are under detention to prevent unrest, according to the government.

Announcing the investor summit, NK Chaudhary, the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s Commerce and Industry Principal Secretary, had been confident that the situation would improve in a month.

“If I did not believe in it, I would not have announced the dates,” he had told reporters.

The event was set be held in Srinagar with officials hoping that eight more countries would take part in the summit.

The central government had scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and split the state into two union territories earlier this month. The revocation of the special status in the constitution meant people there would lose exclusive rights to property, government jobs and college seats and open them up to all Indians.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it will hear challenges to the order in the first week of October. More than a dozen petitions have been filed in the top court questioning the legality the action, which the government said was aimed at developing the region.

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