#HealthForAll: World Health Day’ celebrated across Kashmir
Srinagar: Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK) today celebrated the World Health Day 2018 across all the health institutions of Kashmir Division. The theme for this year was “Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere” with the slogan “Health for All”. The primary hashtag used was #HealthForAll in addition to #WorldHealthDay. On this day, the Department of […]
Top IS commander in Afghanistan killed in airstrike: officials
Mazar-I-Sharif (Afghanistan): A high-ranking Islamic State commander in Afghanistan has been killed in an airstrike, officials said today, as Afghan and US forces dial up attacks on the militant group. Qari Hekmat was the top commander of IS Afghan franchise in the nor thern province of Jowzjan, where the group established a stronghold after coming […]
Shoaib Akhtar dreams of a day to see Kashmir ‘free’
Srinagar: Days after Shahid Afridi raked up Kashmir issue on mirco-blogging site Twitter, today star pacer Shoaib Akhtar also joined the chorus by writing on Twitter about his dream to see Kashmir and other troubled areas of the world ‘free’ one day. Shoaib, in one of his tweet wrote: “Finally Salman gets a relief from […]
Injured SHO airlifted to Delhi
Srinagar: Station House Officer (SHO) Nigeen, Manzoor Ahmad who had sustained injuries during clashes between youth and forces on the foreshore road Srinagar yesterday, has been airlifted to Delhi by the Jammu and Kashmir police. SSP Imtiyaz Ismail confirmed to ‘Kashmir Vision’ that the injured cop has been airlifted to Delhi for specialized treatment. Pertinently, […]
Undertrial injured in attack by fellow inmate in Kathua
Jammu: An undertrial, facing murder charges, was injured after being attacked by a fellow inmate inside district jail in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Dilshad Hussain was attacked by Saddam with an iron rod inside the jail premises yesterday, a police official said. He said Saddam, who was recently shifted to Kathua […]
Amid sobs and tears Musavir laid to rest
Pulwama: Despite restrictions imposed by authorities, thousands of people on Saturday participated in funeral prayers of slain militant killed by forces in an encounter at Kangan in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening. As per locals, strict restrictions were imposed in district Pulwama to thawrt protests. They said that all the entry and […]
CM’s visit to slain Kangan youth’s residence annoys JKNPP
Jammu: Days after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visited the home of a man killed in police firing, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party today protested here accusing the state government of placating “anti-nationals”. JKNPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh led a group of party workers during the protest at Exhibition Ground and criticised the PDP-BJP […]
Fourteen killed in Canadian hockey team bus crash
Ottawa: A bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players has collided with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan, killing 14 people, Canadian media reported citing police. Fourteen more were injured — including three critically — in the accident involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus, which was heading north for a Saskatchewan […]
Salman Khan gets bail in black buck poaching case
Jodhpur: Actor Salman Khan was today granted bail by a district and sessions court here in the 1998 black buck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail. District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi allowed Khan’s plea for bail and suspension of sentence so that he can file an […]