The grenade exploded with a bang causing panic in the area, they said
According to the official, the explosion also damaged windows of a vehicle parked nearby.
The grenade was hurled at CRPF's 38 battalion personnel deployed on law and order duty in Nawa Kadal area of the city this afternoon, officials said
Security forces were deployed along the axis to keep an eye on miscreants who might try to force vendors to wind up the stalls, the officials said
Markets and other business establishments remained closed, while public transport was off the roads across the valley
Despite the government's assertion that normalcy has returned, shops and businesses remained shut in Kashmir. Shops opened only twice a day, early morning and late evening.
It was the lowest voter turn out in any election in Srinagar City, which has shown more inclination towards abstention from the electoral process since the eruption of militancy in the state in 1989
The jail had attracted the attention of the security agencies after LeT militant Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hunzullah escaped with the help of associates inside the jail
Call for shutdown came in the wake of recent anti-militancy operations being conducted by the security forces in the valley
The separatists are calling for peaceful protests against the rising braid chopping incidents
Security forces immediately cordoned off the area and launched search operations
The by-poll has been necessitated by resignation of Lok Sabha member Tariq Hameed Karra
The cloud cover broke on Friday afternoon in the Kashmir Valley after five days of inclement weather
This summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir shivered at minus five degrees Celsius on Thursday while Leh in the Ladakh region frozen at minus 17.7 degrees overnight.
The Met dept has forecast more snowfall over the next two days
Syed Ali Geelani continues to remain under house arrest
The curbs were imposed in the wake of the separatists' call for a march to Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of the city.
Business establishments open during the periodic relaxation announced by the separatists on some days of the week
Kashmir has been reeling under an unprecedented cycle of violence that started on July 9
The valley had remained paralysed for the last 91 days because of the separatist called protest shutdowns