Four of family hacked to death
Banda: Four persons of a family were hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Chhote ke Purwa locality on outskirts of the city, police said today. Bodies of Mahavir (46), his wife Chunni (43) and two minor sons Rajkumar and Pawan Kumar were found in their house, DIG Gyaneshwar Tiwari said. The matter prima facie […]
Sopore shuts over murder of goldsmith
Sopore: A complete shutdown is being observed in Sopore town on Wednesday to mourn the murder of a goldsmith Tariq Ahmad Malik 31, of Kalaroos Kupwara whose dead body was recovered yesterday at Tulibal area of Sopore town. Tariq was murdered after his abduction by four persons from his shop at Chota bazaar Sopore on […]
Shopian firing: 19-year-old youth injured on Saturday, succumbs
Srinagar: A youth who was injured in army firing on Saturday succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS Soura, taking the death toll to three. Rayees Ahmad Ganie son of Mohd Yousf Ganie (19) of Narpora, Shopian succumbed to injuries today wee hours after battling for life for about last five days here at the Intensive […]
After brief lull, LoC hots up once again
Rajouri: The armies of India and Pakistan Tuesday exchanged fire and lobbed mortars on forward and civilian areas along the LoC in Rajouri and Nowshera districts. According to the reports, no casualties were reported so far in the exchange of fire. “The firing and shelling along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district […]
Pak must not misinterpret India’s ‘decency’: Rajnath
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today slammed Pakistan for continuously violating the ceasefire agreement with India despite giving assurance not to do so, saying Islamabad should not misinterpret “powerful” India’s “decency”. Pakistani shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir has increased over the past two weeks. Fourteen people, including eight civilians, have been […]
Legislators turned assembly into ‘a hall of shame’, says Er Rasheed
Srinagar: Stating that the legislators have turned the state assembly into ‘a hall of shame’, Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday termed Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) ‘a dirty book’. Addressing a presser here at his Jawahar Nagar residence after being placed under house detention, […]
No respite from dry weather as plains get little rains
Srinagar: The seven-week dry spell ended in Kashmir on Tuesday with higher reaches of the Valley getting fresh snowfall while little rains were witnessed in the plains even as the minimum temperatures rose across the region to breach the freezing point for first time this year. Moderate to heavy snowfall is going on in higher […]
Traffic on Karnah-Kupwara road suspended
Kupwara: After Sadhna top received fresh snowfall, the authorities Tuesday suspended the vehicular movement on Karnah –Kupwara road. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir told ‘Kashmir Vision’ that the traffic was suspended on the road following a fresh snowfall. He said that the decision to suspend the traffic on the road was taken as a […]
Trump vows to ‘finish’ Taliban, rules out talks
Washington: US President Donald Trump has ruled out talks with the Taliban and vowed to “finish” them following a wave of deadly attacks in Afghanistan. Meeting a delegation of UN Security Council ambassadors at the White House yesterday, he said, “We do not want to talk with the Taliban. There may be a time, but […]
Shopian killings: BJP demands ‘clarity’ on withdrawing FIR against army men
Jammu: The filing of an FIR against the army men involved in the killing of two youth in south Kashmir’s Shopian village failed to die down on Tuesday after ruling BJP members on Tuesday persisted over its demand of withdrawing the FIR against an Army major for killing of two youth in Shopian. The BJP […]