Nomad boy dies of cold following snowfall in Poonch
Poonch: A 15-year old boy died due to intense cold following fresh snowfall in mountains of Pir Panchal Range along the Mughal road, officials said. Also, his father and three other persons suffered injuries when they slipped from hills while carrying the boy’s body, they added. Reports said that the boy Usman Ali (15) son […]
BJP wants eradication of militancy in Valley: Kavinder Gupta
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta Saturday said his party wanted the eradication of militancy in the Valley, asserting that “any person who is involved in anti-national activity has to be killed”. He also opposed dialogue with Pakistan on Kashmir. Gupta congratulated the people of Uri township […]
J&K Bank adopts Saddal village for its socio economic upliftment
Srinagar: J&K Bank has announced to adopt Saddal village, a remote area falling in block Panchari of district Udhampur. The bank is rolling out financial inclusion programme and making innovative interventions for generating livelihood opportunities in the Saddal village, The basic aim of the initiative is to pull the villagers out of the economic backwardness. In […]
This upcoming crime thriller looks at crimes committed by women
New Delhi: A new novel, which is a heady mix of mystery and psychological horror, looks at crimes committed by women in the country. Ajinkya Bhasme says his book “When the Devil Whispers” is broadly inspired by true events of crime by a group of women. The plot revolves around the mysterious kidnapping of young […]
Yechury terms Centre’s policy on Kashmir ‘diabolical’
Kolkata: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the Centre’s policy on Kashmir is “diabolical” and the “alienation of the people of the Valley is almost complete”. The BJP-led government at the Centre is using the disturbances in Kashmir to “get going its process of communal polarisation,” Yechury said. He was referring to the […]
16.4 per cent polling recorded in Phase-III, says polls Chief
Bari Brahamana ULB records highest poll percentage of 85.73%, Uri 75.3%
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra this evening said that overall 16.4% polling was witnessed in the Phase-III of Municipal Polls-2018 across J&K today. Kabra said in Jammu division 81.4% polling was witnessed in 4 ULBs of district Samba that went to polls today while Kashmir division witnessed average 3.5% polling with Municipal […]
End of day: Low turnout recorded in Valley
Samba records 82% voting in phase-3
Srinagar/Jammu: Just 3.49 per cent of the electorate voted in the third phase of the urban local body polls in militancy-hit Kashmir Valley, while a high turnout of 80 per cent was recorded in Jammu’s Samba district, officials said Saturday. The frontier town of Uri in Baramulla district, however, bucked the trend by recording a […]
3rd phase of ULB polls ended peacefully: Police
Kashmir Vision News Srinagar: With the 3rd phase of four phases ULB elections concluding on Saturday amid low turnout in Srinagar and Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir Police has said that all the proceedings ended peacefully on Saturday. JKP in a tweet said: “3rd phase of urban &local body election concluded peacefully in Valley.” In Jammu […]
Vigilance Organization produces challan against official
Srinagar: The Jammu branch of Vigilance Organization (VO) today produced challan against an Executive Engineer for possessing assets disproportionate to his known source of income. The Organization registered a case under section 5(1) (e) r/w Sec 5(2) P.C Act Samvat 2006 at police station VO Jammu against the accused officer. “During the course of investigation, […]
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 […]
