Three LeT militants killed in Handwara
Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants have been killed in an encounter in Magam area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. A senior police officer said that a joint team of army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search operation at Khar Mohalla in Magam today morning. As such the joint team of forces intensified […]
Amid refusal by security agencies, ‘Islamic State’ grows in Kashmir
Srinagar: Post Arab Spring, dozens of copies of Dabiq – an online ISIS magazine tailored towards foreign recruits – were being downloaded in 2014 in Kashmir before American agencies could block it. Mugees Ahmad Mir, then 22, of Parimpora locality in Srinagar was one of the dozens of youth in Kashmir who got access to […]
Teenager heeds to parents appeal, ‘leaves’ militant ranks
Srinagar: Following an appeal from his parents, one more youth (a teenager) who had reportedly joined militant ranks has returned home in South Kashmir. According to the reports, Nasir Dar of Summar Damhal Hanji Pora has been handed over to the police by his family, a source said. However, as per the police records, there […]
Teachers yet again called for election duty
Srinagar: J&K government has once again engaged government school teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs), in various districts, affecting the academic session in the educational institutions. The development comes despite education minister’s statement that government teachers will be relieved from all non-teaching assignments including election related duties. However, the statement seems to have remained confined […]
Peripheral health care is ‘unwell’: JKDCC
Srinagar: Stating that the peripheral health in Kashmir is in shambles, and ‘about to burst,’ Jammu and Kashmir Doctors Coordination Committee (JKDCC) the amalgamation of various doctors associations in Kashmir, Monday said that around 2000 doctors have been posted at Government Medical College and associated hospital, where their services are not even required. “The posting […]
Militant killed in Tral encounter
Srinagar: A local militant was killed in a gun fight with government forces in Tral area of Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Monday. The gun fight started between militants and government forces during the afternoon in Chopan Mohalla, seer area of Tral when militants hiding in the area fired upon the forces, which has […]
Nothing smart about ‘Smart City’
Srinagar: The idea of turning Srinagar into a smart City may prove to be messy affair, as the seemingly major player in the project, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is facing an acute shortage of men and machinery. The Civic body requires at least 3600 Safayi Karamcharis but it has only 2018, out of which 1765 […]
‘Smart City’ proposal at a nascent stage
Srinagar: Over a year after the authorities banned the stone quarry activities in Pantha Chowk here, the government on Monday said that the project to develop smarty city in the summer capital, Srinagar is at a juvenile stage. Talking to ‘Kashmir Vision’, SMC Commissioner, Riyaz Ahmad Wani said that no funds have been released so […]
Set same standards for all, PDP Legislator to separatists
Srinagar: Legislator from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from Baramulla, Javaid Hussain Beg Monday took a dig at the separatist leaders by questioning on the ‘double standards’ the leaders adopt vis-a-vis their own children and the kids of a common man. Talking to Kashmir Vision, Beg said that he made a prayer at a […]
Doctors form Coordination Committee
Srinagar: Various doctors association from Kashmir and Jammu region Monday formed an amalgam—Jammu and Kashmir Doctors Coordination Committee (JKDCC)—an umbrella of several other associations, which will be working in coordination to raise the issues that are faced by the doctors in the state. Pertinently, JKDCC has emerged as an amalgam of Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK), […]