Like his father, Ishfaq died with a gun in his hand
Slain militant didn't respond to home calling appeals
Pulwama: The MBA pass out-turned-militant Ishfaq Wani did not respond to the repeated home calling appeals from his mother and was killed in a brief shootout on Friday morning in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, son of Late Mohammad Yousuf Wani of Koil village of Pulwama was killed in a brief shootout in […]
Centre committed to hold polls in JK: Rajnath tells LS
Says Guv’s rule was imposed after report from Rajbhawan
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday adopted a resolution on imposition of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Centre asserting that it was committed to democratic process in the state after the Opposition termed the decision to dissolve the Assembly as “unconstitutional”. The Statutory Resolution on imposition of President’s Rule in Jammu and […]
Omar welcomes holding of polls
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah Friday welcomed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement in the Lok Sabha that the Centre was ready for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. “An important assurance on the floor of the house in the Lok Sabha. This should put to rest the motivated speculation that elections in […]
CPEC an economic project not a military endeavor, says Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a bilateral economic project and has no military dimensions. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said this at the weekly media briefing here on Thursday when asked about a US media report that alleged that China has hatched a secret plan to build fighter jets […]
Hizbul militant killed in encounter at Pulwama
Srinagar: A militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Awantipora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Banderpora-Rinzipora area of Awantipora on Friday morning following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said the […]
Majority is proved in assembly not Guv’s house: Farooq
New Delhi: National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah Friday questioned in the Lok Sabha the Jammu and Kashmir Governor’s decision to dissolve the state assembly. Voicing concern over the situation in the Kashmir Valley, he also advocated talks with Pakistan for restoration of peace. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made these remarks while participating […]
Non-lethal pepper balls prescribed for crowd control in JK
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police is set to get non-lethal pepper-ball launching systems and anti-riot gas masks to deal with law and order situations in the state, officials said. The department has floated tenders for seeking technical bid from manufacturers and dealers of these two products, they said. A pepper-ball launching system, also called […]
HC rescues SKIMS: Orders it to start operating PET scan
Srinagar: As the closure of the PET scan led to crisis at SKIMS and affected the cancer patients in particular, the High Court has ordered status quo on the objections that were raised by the AERB, letting SKIMS to start the machinery all over again. Medical Superintendent SKIMS, Dr Farooq Jan told ‘Kashmir Vision’ that […]
33 percent of schools covered under MDM are without kitchen sheds
DSEK says MHRD has been approached, issue will be resolved
Srinagar: The school education department has failed to construct the kitchen sheds for the schools which forms the major component of the centrally sponsored scheme- Mid-Day Meals (MDM). As per the official figures, around over 33 percent of schools in valley, covered under the MDM scheme are without kitchen facilities which has affected the distribution […]
