Jammu/Srinagar: The Municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir that is taking place after a gap of 13 years, on Monday witnessed long queues in Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts while people barely arrived in the valley booths that wore a deserted look. Enthusiastic voters lined up outside the polling stations[Read More…]
Under a heavy security blanket, Jammu and Kashmir witnesses the first phase of civic polls in last 13 years today – an election made controversial after the two key parties in the Valley, National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party, pulled out. However, many voters complained that they were clueless[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) A total of 820 polling stations have been set up in 321 municipal wards for municipal polls starting on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir with 1,204 candidates in the fray but with voter participation uncertain in the Kashmir Valley. Shaleen Kabra, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Saturday that there are around 225 militants active in the state, and that “they must realize their efforts will achieve nothing.” “The LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) was ten times stronger than you (militants operating in[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) National Conference MLA Shamima Firdous on Saturday alleged that BJP and RSS were involved in the killing of two of her party workers. “I have no hesitation in saying that the BJP and RSS killed my workers. I have no doubt about it,” Firdous, who represents[Read More…]
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) An officer of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) shot himself dead on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Police said Inspector Guti Lal of SSB’s 13 Battalion killed himself with his service rifle in Dignibal area. Further details were not available. –IANS sq/mr
Jammu, Oct 1 (IANS) Four people were killed in a road accident in Jammu, police said on Monday. The accident took place late Monday night when a private vehicle collided with a load carrier in Bathera on the Jammu-Akhnoor road. “The victims were killed on the spot while one other[Read More…]
Seems like the district football association is more interested in elections that’s why the players themselves had to fund for organising football tournaments in Sopore. For the first time, people are witnessing a football matches being played under floodlights. Football, world’s most popular game, kick-started with its inaugural match on[Read More…]
Thirty people, including women and children, were rescued in Jammu and Kashmir during a flash flood in Kathua district, police said on Monday. These people were marooned in different parts of the district following heavy rains. They were rescued after a night-long operation in Billawar, Nagri, Jakhole and Chabbe Chak[Read More…]
The Congress on Wednesday said it will participate in the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the media here, G.A. Mir, President of Jammu and Kashmir Congress unit, said his party had decided to take part in the polls to “keep the communal forces away”. In[Read More…]
Srinagar, Sep 15 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a hotel here on Saturday with fire tenders trying to contain it from spreading. The blaze started at the top floor of the multi-storeyed Pamposh Hotel on Residency Road. The building houses offices of some news channels and business establishments. There[Read More…]
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the All-Party Meeting that was held in Srinagar demanded that Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta be kept away from the Article 35-A proceedings in the Supreme Court. Omar Abdullah said the parties at the meeting made the demand[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a well-known educationist collapsed and died here on Monday during the live telecast of a popular regional Doordarshan TV show. Rita Jatinder, 86, who was also a writer, was answering questions about her life and achievements on the channel’s ‘Good Morning J&K’ show when she dramatically slumped on her chair, stunning the anchors and viewers.[Read More…]
The killings in Kashmir has never ended but the reoccurrence of mysterious killings have come again to haunt the North Kashmir’s Sopore area. After a young man connected to Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat is gunned down in broad daylight yesterday by unknown gunmen for unknown reasons, the incident has spread[Read More…]
The shifting at midnight of the Jammu and Kashmir police chief, S.P. Vaid, has triggered an interesting debate in the state. The replacement surprised many although a few in the bureaucratic and police circles had been expecting the change sooner rather than later. An order issued by the state home department around midnight on Thursday said,: “Dr.[Read More…]
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah has criticised the timing of changing the state DGP, saying there was no hurry to replace S P Vaid and the state police could do without having to deal with the confusion of leadership. The state government removed Vaid as the DGP late Thursday night and handed the charge to DG Prisons Dilbagh Singh till[Read More…]
IPS officer Dilbagh Singh was on Thursday given additional charge as the Director General of Police (DGP) in Jammu and Kashmir in place of S.P. Vaid. An official order late Thursday evening said Dilbagh Singh, an IPS officer of the 1987 batch, would be the DGP apart from holding the[Read More…]
National Conference (NC) emerges as the single largest party with ten seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council as people of Kargil gives a hung verdict in the elections. The Council consists of total 30 seats and the election is held on 26 seats only. Now the Independent Councillors[Read More…]
Ravinder Raina, the Bharatiya Janata Party President in Jammu and Kashmir has described the new Governor, Satya Pal Malik, as “hamara banda” (our man). “Ab jo Governor aya hai, woh hamara banda hai.” (The new Governor is our man), said Raina the video of which is doing rolls on the[Read More…]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested Pakistan’s Muzaffarabad-based Hizbul Mujahideen supreme commander Syed Salahuddin’s son, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, during a raid in Srinagar. Shakeel, who used to work as a laboratory technician in Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, has been under the NIA scanner for his alleged involvement in a 2011 terror funding case.[Read More…]
As the Kerala battles the fury of the flood raging across the state, state government have extended their helping hand in some or the other, and so has the Jammy and Kashmir government. The J&K government on Sunday announced Rs 2 crore financial assistance for the flood hit Kerala. Adding[Read More…]
Justice Gita Mittal became the first-ever woman Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court after she was administered the oath of office by Governor NN Vohra in Srinagar on Saturday. Before being sworn in as the Chief Justice, the court’s Registrar General read out the warrant of Mittal’s appointment.[Read More…]
Srinagar: Shah Faesal, an IAS officer whose recourse to social media attracted disciplinary action earlier, on Sunday compared Article 35A of the Constitution to a marriage deed or ‘nikahnama’. You repeal it and the relationship is over. Nothing will remain to be discussed afterwards, Faesal said. Responding to Faesal’s remarks,[Read More…]
Now virtually at the end of his tenure the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir NN Vohra has put the Union Government in Delhi in a quandary. He has moved the Supreme Court for the deferment of any decision regarding Article 35A that deals with domicile, citizenship, property rights and issues[Read More…]
A man who allegedly tried to break into the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s house. Omar Abdullah took to Twitter to break the news saying details are awaited as security personnel carry out anti-sabotage checks and ascertain the background of the person. I am aware of[Read More…]
