KU’s South Campus organises plantation drive

Anantnag, Dec 15: Kashmir University’s South Campus at Anantnag organised a plantation drive on Saturday. The day-long drive and an environmental awareness programme were organised in collaboration with the department of social forestry, Anantnag division. Director social forestry department Mr Suresh K Gupta, IFS—who presided over the function—underscored the importance of plantation and urged the people […]
Pulwama massacre unveiled brutal face of India, says Jamat e Islami

Srinagar: ‘Grave violation of the human rights of Kashmiri Muslims which seems to be a state-policy of the Indian establishment’, Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir said on Saturday, adding that the valley is manned by those authorities who seem to be ‘anti-Muslim and whose only aim seems to be the suppression of the people at all costs’. […]
Traffic resumes on Kashmir highway after clearance of landslide

Srinagar: Traffic resumed Saturday on Jammu-Srinagar highway after remaining suspended for over five hours following a landslide near here, officials said. The landslide struck the highway at Gangroo near Ramsu around 11 am, blocking the 270-km highway and leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded. After a five-hour clearance operation, the road was reopened for traffic this […]
KU postpons examinations scheduled on Dec 17

Srinagar: Kashmir University has postponed the General & Professional and M.Ed. examinations scheduled to be held on Dec 17. “Fresh dates will be notified separately,” KU officials said. Joint Resistance Leaders, comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, have called for three day shutdown starting today. They have asked people to […]
Pained over Pulwama killings: JKPCC VP Monga

Jammu, December 15: While strongly condemning the killings of civilians in of Kharpora Sirnoo in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) vice president and former MLC G N Mongatoday said such killings alienate people of Kashmir further and can worsen situation further. In a statement to press issued Monga while expressing shock and […]
Pak condemns civilian killings, demands COI

Kashmir Vision News Srinagar: Pakistan Saturday condemned the civilian killings in South Kashmir’s Pulwama while saying that India was making a ‘mockery’ of human rights in Kashmir. Spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad Faisal in a series of Tweets said that the Commission of Inquiry (COI) was ‘imperative’, for, what he said, bringing an […]
Govt determined to eradicate terrorism in J-K: S P Malik

Ghaziabad (PTI) Asserting that terrorism prevails in the “minds” and “not in guns”, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said his priority is not to eliminate terrorists but to eradicate terrorism in the state. The Governor, who was here as the chief guest at Sarvoday Inter College in Jawli village, said the whole […]
32-year-old cart vendor abducted by unknown persons in Sopore

Srinagar: A 32-year-old cart vendor was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kallan crossing in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that the unknown persons boarding in a car abducted the cart vendor Tariq Ahmad Ganie (32) son of Ghulam Mohammad Ganie of Bomai, Sopore today in the afternoon. […]
Patna court convicts suspended RJD MLA, 5 others in rape case

Patna (PTI) A local court here Saturday convicted suspended RJD MLA- Raj Ballabh Yadav- and five others in a case of rape of a minor girl two years ago. Special MP & MLA court judge-cum-Additional District and Sessions (ADJ)(IX) Parshuram Yadav convicted the MLA under section 376 of IPC and relevant sections of Protection of Children […]
Pulwama bloodbath: The J&K Police statement

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir late Saturday afternoon issued a statement into the Pulwama encounter and the following civilian killings. In the interest of our readers, the police statement is reproduced verbatim: “A search operation was launched jointly by the security forces based on a credible input about the presence of militants in Monghama area of […]