Forces launch CASO in Hajin

Bandipora: Government forces on Wednesday launched a cordon-and-search operation in Hajin town in this North Kashmir district. Army’s 13RR, police’s SOG and 45 battalion CRPF laid the siege on Syed Mohalla of Hajin town after receiving ‘inputs about the presence of militants in the area.’ Sources said that door to door searchs are being conducted. […]
Police seeks help in tracing missing person

Sopore: Sopore Police on Tuesday sought help of general public to trace out the missing person namely Aijaz Ahmad Malla S/0 Mohammad Subhan Malla R/o Amargrah Sopore. “Brother of missing person reported Police Station Tarzoo that his brother went to Baramulla from home yesterday on 06 November 2018, but did’nt returned back. After searching for […]
Srinagar shivers at Minus 2.2

Srinagar: The summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday recorded the seasons coldest night with the temperature touching a low of minus 2.2 degrees Celsius. A MeT official said that Srinagar shivered at Minus -2.2 with season’s coldest night in Kashmir . Gulmarg recorded Minus -6.6 and Pahalgam Minus -5.2 temperature during the night, he added.
US midterm polls: Democrats take lower house, Republicans retain Senate

New York: Following the hotly-contested battles in US midterm elections on Tuesday where millions cast their ballots, votes are currently being counted to elect members to the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). As per latest updates, Democrats have reclaimed the House of Representatives. President Donald Trump’s Republicans maintained their majority […]
Prayer leaders object to stopping Namaz at Taj mosque

New Delhi: The All India Imam Federation (AIIF) has strongly objected to the decision of the Archaeological Survey of India to ban offering of namaz at the mosque in Taj Mahal premises on all days, except Friday. Speaking to news agency ANI, AIIF president Sajid Rashidi termed the decision as wrong, accusing the ASI of […]
Army soldier injured critically in sniper attack

Rajouri: An army soldier was injured critically in sniper fire from across the border as the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged fire and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Addational Superintendent of Police (SP) Nowshera, Popsy Malik said that Pakistan army […]
Snowfall Aftermath: Govt seeks Central assistance to compensate loses

JAMMU: Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has urged the Government of India to depute a team to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the damages/losses to the agriculture and horticulture sectors due to recent heavy snowfall in the state. In a communication addressed to the Union Secretary, Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, the Chief Secretary […]
Shopian encounter: Army man-turned-militant among two killed

Shopian: Two Hizb militants including an Army man-turned-militant were killed in a brief gunfight that raged between forces and militants in Safanagri village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. A police official told ‘Kashmir Vision’ that the forces launched a search operation in Safanagri village after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants […]
With support from BJP-PC, Junaid Mattu grabs Mayor’s chair

Congress backed candidate is deputy mayor
Congress backed candidate is deputy mayor
LMD gets tough on private schools, imposes fine on leading schools

Srinagar: Amid the massive outrage against the open fleecing by the private schools, the Legal Metrology Department (LMD) has swung into action against these institutions for minting money from parents through illegal profiteering. In wake of the complaints against the private schools, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar Syed Abid Shah constituted a team of officials from […]