Mentally ‘deranged’ man taken as intruder, shot dead
Srinagar: Security forces shot dead a man, believed to be ‘mentally unsound’, near the Air Force station in Budgam district of central Kashmir after he ‘tried’ to enter the high-security area, a police spokesman said Monday. Around midnight last night, the man crossed the security fence and came near the station perimeter wall, the spokesman […]
Kamran Yusuf’s bail plea to come up for final hearing on Feb 21
New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to announce its final decision on the bail plea of Kamran Yousuf, a freelance photo-journalist, arrested last year for alleged stone-pelting and other offences in Kashmir. Kamran’s case was heard again on Monday in the court of Tarun Sherawat, Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala house court Delhi, reports said. […]
People in Valley keen to be part of PM-led development journey: Jitendra Singh
Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said “only a few people” were averse to normalisation of situation in Kashmir while the majority was keen to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led development journey in the country. “There are some elements in Kashmir who do not want the situation to get normal otherwise the youth of […]
Moderate rain, snow likely to cheer up people from Feb 23
Srinagar: As the weather continued to remain sunny from the last couple of days, the weatherman on Monday predicted moderate rain or snowfall from Feb 23 evening. Director Meteorological (MeT) department, Sonum Lotus told ‘Kashmir Vision’ though the department would come up with the proper forecast on Tuesday but so far they are predicting […]
Paediatric trauma management ‘messed up’ in peripheries
Srinagar: The paediatric trauma management care is taking a hit in the peripheries as the absence of required infrastructure and paediatricians in the entire peripheral healthcare in Kashmir is proving to be the biggest reason for the mess. The absence of paediatric trauma management in the peripheries is having multifaceted effects on the primary and […]
CM e-inaugurates Passport Seva Kendra for Anantnag
SRINAGAR: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today e inaugurated a Passport Seva Kendra for Anantnag here on Monday. The opening of this Kendra would help in pacing up the process of passport issuance and delivery by bringing the service closer to people’s doorstep benefitting some 20 lacs souls of South Kashmir districts. This would reduce […]
Education department ‘fails’ to learn lessons
Srinagar: “To err is human”, the verse is always quoted to justify one’s mistake if done intentionally or unintentionally. But when it comes to transfer of teachers in school education department, the quotation ‘bites the dust’ in embarrassment. This year again, there is no end to the errors in transfer of teachers for which the […]
Girl dies, man injured in two separate road accidents
Srinagar: A girl died while another person was injured in two separate road accidents in Kulgam and Srinagar, police said on Monday. A police official said that in Kulgam, an unknown Tractor hit and injured a pedestrian identified as Iqra Jan daughter of Abdul Hamid Bhat resident of Kilam at Kilam Devsar. “The injured was […]
Any fiddling with state’s special status, demography is intolerable: PDP
Srinagar: The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said that any fiddling with the state’s special status or its demography is intolerable. The party also castigated UP politician, Amar Singh for his statement on Article 370 and Muslims, terming it as provocative, biased and an attempt to vitiate the atmosphere of tranquility in the […]
Editorial: Need to stop land conversions
Srinagar: Should the people of the state and the government be worried by the fact that agricultural land in the state, especially Kashmir Valley is shrinking, that too at a rapid pace. Estimates suggest that during the past five decades, Kashmir has lost 42,000 hectares of agricultural land to non-agricultural purposes and conversion is taking […]
