Srinagar, Sep 18: The Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha has extended hearty congratulations to the voters of first phase of Assembly Election for the record turnout. In a social media post, the Lieutenant Governor said, their enthusiastic participation is a testament to the strength of Indian democracy and people’s faith in democratic values. The Lieutenant...
Chairs maiden UT Level Committee for Standardization & Quality Control Jammu, Sep 18: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired the first meeting of the UT level Committee for Standardization & Quality Control of the local chapter of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) tasked to maintain the highest standards for goods and services that are critical...
Srinagar, Sep 18 : A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Park here for boosting BJP’s Assembly election campaign, security was beefed up in Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said. A multi-tier security ring has been put in place in Srinagar and its adjoining areas and all vulnerable areas have been sanitised,...
Srinagar, Sep 18: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate from Bijbehara assembly constituency Iltija Muti on Wednesday predicted a hung assembly in Jammu and Kashmir and said that her party will play an instrumental role in formation of the government. “The election will not produce a decisive mandate but a fractured one and no party...
New Delhi, Sep 18: After resigning from the post of Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal has decided to give up all government facilities and vacate the official house within 15 days, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on Wednesday. Addressing the media, Singh said, “After resigning on Tuesday, Kejriwal decided that...
New Delhi, Sep 18 : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave nod to the Chandrayaan-4 mission and also approved the proposal for fixing the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) on Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers. Addressing a press conference here, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “The Cabinet has approved the mission to moon,...
New Delhi, Sep 18 : In a major decision in the Modi-3.0, the Union Cabinet has accepted the recommendations on Ram Nath Kovind-Panel on ‘One-Nation, One-Election’ in India. This was one of the key focus areas of the Modi government’s third tenure. “Cabinet has accepted recommendations of high level committee on One nation one election,”...
Jammu/Srinagar, Sep 18 : An estimated 58.19 percent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm on Wednesday in the first phase of Assembly election held for 24 constituencies in seven districts in Jammu and Kashmir. Voting was peaceful in three districts of Jammu region and four of Srinagar region, officials said. Earlier, voters waited...
Kulgam, Pulwama, Sept 18: In the first Assembly polls in a decade, people of South Kashmir on Wednesday embraced democracy in an effort to make their voices heard. From early morning, voters, including large number of women, formed long queues at polling booths across all 16 assembly constituencies—spanning the four districts of Anantnag, Kulgam,...
Jammu, Sep 18: Ridiculing BJP for peddling pseudo nationalism to hoodwink innocent people, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said that the Saffron Party has been exposed before the masses due to its anti-people policies. “The BJP’s pseudo-nationalism will not fool the people of the country and the Congress...
Srinagar, Sep 18: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday appealed to the voters to turn out in record numbers for first phase of assembly polls. In a post on X, office of LG J&K, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) urged youth, women and first-time votes to vote in large numbers. “J&K...
Beirut, Sep 17: Dozens of Hezbollah members were injured as the pagers they use to communicate exploded on Tuesday, Al-Jadeed local TV channel reported. The Israeli military targeted the batteries of these pagers, leading to the explosions, said the report, adding the injured were being transported to hospitals in Lebanon’s capital Beirut and Dahieh in...
Srinagar, Sep 17: Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Vice Chancellor and a globally recognized Earth Scientist, Professor Shakil Ahmad Romshoo has been featured in the Stanford University list of the two percent top scientists in the world. The recipient of several prestigious awards, Romshoo, a globally recognized Earth Scientist, specializing in Glaciology,...
Srinagar, Sep 17: The stage is set for the first major democratic exercise in a decade in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, with 24 of its total 90 constituencies going to the hustings in round one of the three-phase Assembly elections. Altogether 23.27 lakh voters are eligible to press the EVM button on the...
Srinagar, Sep 17 : National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was responsible for the increasing terror attacks in the Jammu division. Omar made these remarks in reply to a question that Home Minister Amit Shah had said in Gulabgarh in Jammu said that NC and Congress...
New Delhi, Sep 17: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is emerging as a major economic and political power in the world. Addressing a press conference along with Railway and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, on the completion of first 100...
Srinagar, Sep 17 : Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, was observed with traditional fervour across the Kashmir valley on Tuesday. The largest gathering was observed at the revered Hazratbal shrine, on the banks of the Dal Lake, which houses the holy relic of the Prophet Muhammad. Thousands of devotees including men, women,...
Srinagar, Sep 17: A day before the first phase of Assembly election, General Officer Commanding of the Army’s Srinagar based Chinar Corps, Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai on Tuesday visited north Kashmir and exhorted troops to remain steadfast and focused towards safeguarding peace and stability. Lt General Ghai visited the Rashtriya Rifles Battalion deployed in the...
Budgam, Sep 17: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that nothing is possible and the verdict given by the Supreme Court on Article 370 abrogation can be overruled by a large bench in future. Speaking with reporters, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Omar Abdullah said that nothing is impossible...
Srinagar, Sep 16 : Apni Party led by Altaf Bukhari has extended support to jailed cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay, also known as Sarjan Barkati, who is contesting the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Beerwah constituency of central Kashmir. “We have not fielded our candidate from Beerwah constituency and the...
Srinagar, Sep 16 : Stepping up the attack on the Awami Itihad Party (AIP) of Engineer Rashid and banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) for forming an alliance, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Monday alleged that this is the strategy to loot and divide. “This is the strategy to loot, divide, and sell...