Slain cop laid to rest in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: A policeman who was killed after being fired upon by suspected militants in Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday late night, was Saturday laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard with police dept offering floral tributes to the slain policemen. Hundreds of people gathered to […]
51 tested positive for Zika in Rajasthan
New Delhi: Fresh mosquito samples have been collected from various parts of Jaipur by a team from the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) as the number of Zika patients in the Rajasthan capital rose to 51. Of the total 50 patients who have tested positive for the Zika virus, 11 are pregnant women, sources at […]
Municipal Polls: Srinagar records 1.5, Baramulla 72.7 per cent till 2 PM
Kashmir Vision News Srinagar: As the polling day approaches to its end on Saturday, the polling percentage in Srinagar has remained somewhat the same, with 1.5 per cent votes polled in Srinagar till 2 PM–a slight jump of .3 per cent; highest being that of Baramulla, where the turnover has been recorded as 72.7 […]
Uttar Pradesh: 3 out of 4 children dead after mother sets them ablaze, kills herself
Banda: A woman killed herself allegedly after tying the hands and legs of her four children and setting them ablaze following a dispute with her husband, police said Saturday. Three of the children died and one child is battling for life, they said. The incident took place Friday afternoon in Amgaav village in neighbouring Hamirpur district […]
Scores attend funeral of slain militant, fellow militants offer gun salute
Srinagar: Thousands Saturday attended the funeral procession of slain militant Shabir Ahmad of Samboora Kakapora. Locals said that thousands of people from Pulwama and other south Kashmir districts participated in the funeral procession of Hizb militant who was killed in a gunfight at Babagund area of district Pulwama. Men, women and children in large numbers […]
Brisk polling going on in Samba, 60 per cent till 12 pm
Jammu: Like first two phases, the enthusiastic voters have thronged polling stations across Samba district of Jammu region in the third phase of the urban local bodies (ULB) elections to seal the fate of 242 candidates in 56 municipal wards. Besides Samba, the voting is in progress in the third phase of the four-phased ULB polls […]
MC Uri records 56.69 per cent voting till noon
Kashmir Vision News Srinagar: Municipal Committee (MC) Uri is so far ahead of all the districts in Kashmir Valley with respect to the voting turn out. 59.69 per cent electorates have exercised their franchise during the ongoing municipal polls on Saturday. As per official figures, out of 3552 votes, so far 2117 votes have been […]
3 suspended AMU students booked for sedition
Action was taken after a video surfaced showing them raising 'anti-India' slogans: SSP
Aligarh (UP): Three Kashmiri students of the Aligarh Muslim University have been booked for sedition for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans and trying to hold a prayer meeting for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Bashir Wani, who was killed in an encounter in north Kashmir, officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Aligarh, Ajai Sahni said police took the […]
Militant injured during Pulwama gunfight admitted in SMHS: Police
Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that one Hizb militant who was injured in Babagund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, has been admitted in SMHS hospital where he is presently being treated. A police officer identified the militant as Showkat Ahmad Dar son of Nazir Ahmad Dar of Muran, Pulwama who was injured in the encounter […]
Tipper crushes SPO to death
Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) was crushed to death by a speeding vehicle (tipper) in Kralpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday morning. Station House Officer (SHO), Kralpora Waseem Ahmad Budoo said that the SPO Danish Ahmed Payer was injured critically after hit by the tipper at main market Kralpora at about […]
