VoV Web Desk

IUST authorities assure students, class work suspended

According to latest reports from IUST awantipora the unversity authorities have assured agitating students that they will take up the detention of thier student with police higher ups while suspending the class work in the campus. Students have peacefully dispersed now and we have told police also to open the gate so that the buses […]

 VoV Web Desk

Students continue protest at IUST

Students of IUST said on telephone that many of them are facing severe breathing problem as police according to them has pounded campus with tearsmoke shells. They said that they were holding peaceful protest against the continued detention of thier colleague inside the campus and claimed that police has locked the main gate of the […]

 VoV Web Desk

Police teargas students inside IUST campus

Massive protests erupted inside the IUST campus at Awantipora on Wednesday. Reports said that students were protesting against the continued detention of thier colleague. Students came out of the campus and tried to block the Srinagar jammu highway. Police used force and chased away students back to IUST campus. students alleged that police lobbed teargas […]

 VoV Web Desk

Pakistani national sent back

BSF has handed over a sialkote village tailor to Pakistani rangers on tuesday evening after he was arrested in RS pora sector while he crossed to this side inadvertently. Police has identified him as Ali Raja from a village near sialkote and said that he was given some new clothes and sweets by BSF while […]

 VoV Web Desk

civilian injured vehicles damaged in fresh border firing

Pakistani troops opened fire in Poonch sector and Rajouri on Wednesday morning triggering panic as one civilian was injured so far. Reports said that artillery fire and shells landed in residential areas and damaged lot of property including vehicles in Balakote sector of Poonch. Reports said that mankote sector of Rajouri is also witnessing heavy […]

 VoV Web Desk

Throat slit body recovered at shopian identified.

  Shopian Police on Wednesday recovered a throat-slit body under mysterious conditions near Lar Maadan Stadium at Wathoo area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A police officer while confirming the incident has said  that they have launched investigations to ascertain the cause of his death. The officer identified the deceased as Aijaz Ahmad Lone,resident of Gatipora, […]

 VoV Web Desk

Five injured in army firing over braid chopping incident

Police said that on Wednesday morning an alleged braid chopper entered into a house at sofipora in Wulerhama area of Anantnag district and a woman  became victim  (name withheld ) triggering protests in the area. Reports said that when people caught hold of alleged braid chopper army vehicle came to the rescue of him.people pelted […]

 VoV Web Desk

Armymen mistaken as braid choppers trashed in Ganderbal

Three army personnel travelling in a private vehicle were trashed by mob at Akhal in Kangan of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District. Reportedly Army men who were led by a local resident to attend a marriage ceremony at Wangat were stopped by locals and asked for identity. Surfacing the men in private vehicle ,mob mistaken them […]

 VoV Web Desk

All handed over to police were innocent says police chief

Director  general of state police S P Vaid told media on tuesday that they can not book innocent people for braid chopping incidents in kashmir valley. He said that all the suspects were released as there was no evidence against them. Appealing people and society at large to cooperate he said that without witnesses and […]

 VoV Web Desk

Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council

Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council

United Nations, Oct 17 (IANS) Three of India’s neighbours, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three year period from 2018. Nepal, which was elected for the first time since the UN’s policy-making body was formed in 2006, secured 166 votes, the highest in the Asia-Pacific […]