Governor’s comments on Srinagar Mayor misrepresented by news channel: Raj Bhavan Spokesperson

Srinagar: The Governor’s Administration on Thursday said that ‘the outcome will be exclusively in the hands of the people’ and has said that the media has misrepresented governors comments on Srinagar mayor which has created furore in the political circles of the valley. “As the Head of the Government, the Governor will ensure this(free and […]
Kupwara encounter: Class work suspended in Kashmir parts, IUST

Srinagar: Amid gunfight between holed up militants and government forces in Handwara area of Kupwara district authorities on Thursday ordered closure of educational institutions in many districts across valley. In view of the gunfight, the district administration Kupwara ordered closure of educational institutions in the district. The IUST, Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district will […]
Amid gunshots, cordon launched in Handwara village

Srinagar: Government forces on Thursday launched a cordon-and-search operation at Shatgund, Qalamabad in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that the a joint team of army and SOG cordoned off Shatgund Balla area at around 2:30 am. The Joint team later at around 3:00 am fired some warning shots towards the suspected […]
SPO shot at in Pulwama village, hospitalized

Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) was injured seriously after fired upon by suspected militants at Kareemabad area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday late night. Official sources said that the gunmen barged inside the residential house of the SPO Bilal Ahmad Ganie son of Mohammad Maqbool and fired upon him at Karimabad village […]
Srinagar shows no ‘appetite’ for local body polls

Jammu shows enthusiasm
Jammu shows enthusiasm
‘Calmness’ that was ghostly

Owais Gul/Irfan Tramboo Srinagar: Eerie calm prevailed at most of the polling booths in Srinagar on Wednesday during the second phase of four-phased Municipal elections as few or no voter turned up to cast the ballot in many Srinagar polling booths. The situation was such that even the polling officers deployed at the polling booths […]
31.3% polling recorded in Phase-II: CEO

Reasi records 84.4%, Bandipora settles at 35.6% polling
SRINAGAR: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra said that overall 31.3% polling was witnessed in the Phase-II of Municipal Polls-2018 across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Kabra said in Jammu division 78.6% polling was witnessed in 214 wards that went to polls today while Kashmir division witnessed average 3.4% polling in 49 wards […]
Journalists ‘barred’ again from entering polling booths

Once again policemen acted as 'presiding officers'
Srinagar: While the Chief Electoral Officer issued ‘Authorization letters’ to the scribes to cover the ongoing elections, the required directions have not been passed down the line to treat the letters as passes to facilitate the entry of scribes into polling stations. During the phase-I of the ULB elections journalists and photographers were not allowed […]
Poll-bound areas observe shutdown in Kashmir

Srinagar: Normal life was affected in poll-bound areas in Kashmir Valley Wednesday due to a strike called by separatists against the urban local bodies elections in the state. Voting for the second of the four-phased elections was underway in the Valley. It began at 6 am and ended at 4 pm. Shops, fuel stations and […]
People reject polls yet again: JRL

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Wednesday hailed people for staying away from the elections on Wednesday, saying that “people have again rejected and dismissed the elections through a boycott and protest shut down against it.” JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued here said, “with […]