Jammu, Apr 20: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday stressed raising awareness on the ‘PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’ scheme. Chairing a review meeting of the Power Development Department, Sinha stressed raising awareness on the ‘PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’ scheme through which the households will be able to save electricity bills...
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After scrutiny 21 candidates remain in the fray in Anantnag- Rajouri Lok Sabha seat
Srinagar, Apr 20: As many as twenty-one candidates remain in the fray for the Anantnag- Rajouri Lok Sabha Constituency after scrutiny that goes in for polling on May 7. The scrutiny of the nomination papers of candidates was done on Saturday by the Returning Officer of the Constituency, Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid. “During scrutiny, the nomination...
122 Glaciers Shrinking in Pir Panjal, Heightened Risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: Report
Srinagar, Apr 20: A study on the damage caused by climate change has revealed shocking information. According to the report, 122 glaciers are shrinking in the Pir Panjal, raising concerns about potential glacial lake outburst floods. Researchers have identified 122 glaciers in the Pir Panjal range, whose size has drastically decreased since 1980. Glaciers covering...
Omar accuses PDP of turning greedy for Anantnag Lok Sabha seat
Srinagar, April 20: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of turning greedy for Anantnag- Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. The NC and PDP, despite being part of the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, are pitted against each other in all three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir. The two parties were...
Express gratitude to people for massive turn-out in Kathua-Udhampur constituency: J&K BJP Chief
Jammu, Apr 20: Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina on Saturday expressed gratitude to people for the massive turn-out in the Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency and said BJP will win the Jammu-Reasi Parliamentary seat with a record margin. Raina addressing a presser here expressed gratitude to all the voters for voting massively for the Udhampur-Doda-Kathua...
Sajad Lone seeks Apni Party support for Baramulla Lok Sabha seat
Srinagar, April 20: People’s Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Saturday sought support from Apni Party’s Altaf Bukhari for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat. National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone will have a direct face off in Baramulla Lok Sabha seat that go to polls on May 20. Lone said his party will...
LS polls an election to decide future of country; Shah
Mathura (UP), Apr 20: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the ongoing Lok Sabha election is an election to decide the future of the country, in which on one side there are corrupt parties and on the other side there is Narendra Modi, who has not made a single allegation of corruption....
People have totally rejected INDI alliance in 1st phase: PM Modi
Nanded (Maharashtra), April 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the INDI alliance have come together to save and protect their own corrupt people and so the voters have completely rejected them in the very first phase and first day of polling for the Lok Sabha elections. Ahead of the second...
Arms and ammunition recovered from terrorist hideout in J&K’s Reasi
Jammu, Apr 20: Security forces on Saturday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police sources said that acting on reliable information regarding the presence of a hideout in the Dalas Barneli area of Arnas, a joint operation was launched. During searches...
Bihar : BJP intending to scrap constitution it will not get more than 150 seats: Rahul
Bhagalpur, Apr 20: Accusing BJP-led NDA of intending to scrap the constitution, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the INDIA alliance was contesting the Lok sabha election on the plank of protecting the constitution to save the democracy and claimed that the NDA would not get more than 150 seats. Expressing confidence and solidarity in...
Intensify anti-terror ops to flush out inimical elements: IGP to officers
Srinagar, April 20 (UNI) Inspector General of Police Kashmir V K Birdi on Saturday urged officers to increase focus on human intelligence gathering along with technical inputs so as to intensify anti-terrorist operations to flush out the inimical elements. He also urged the district police chief and their counterparts in Central Armed Police Forces...
Body of man, missing since March 28, recovered from Jhelum in Sopore
Sopore, Apr 20: Body of man, who was missing since Marcg 28, was recovered from river Jhelum in Sopore area of Baramulla district on Saturday morning, officials said. An official told the news agency that the man was missing from his home in Mapanpora area. He said that his body was seen floating in Jhelum,...
After heavy rain, weather improves slightly in Kashmir
Srinagar, April 20 : The weather improved slightly in Kashmir on Saturday after two days of incessant rains and snowfall. The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained shut on Saturday due to the mudslide and shooting stones at several places “Restoration work is going on at Dalwas, Mehad, Gangroo & Kishtwari Pather on NH-44. People are...
US sanctions entities for supplying ballistic missile items to Pakistan
Washington, April 20 : The United States has sanctioned three entities in China and one in Belarus for allegedly supplying ballistic missile items to Pakistan, the State Department said in a release on Friday. “Today, we are designating four entities pursuant to Executive Order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their...
NHRC shuts noted Kashmiri Pandit killing case, directs J&K govt to deal ‘humanely’
Srinagar, April 20: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary to examine with “humane approach” a case related to the killing of a noted Kashmiri Pandit and his son in 1990. The NHRC on April 18, asked the J&K chief secretary to take action in the matter as...