KU to hold two day National Urdu Congress from Oct 24
Srinagar: A two- day National Urdu Congress under the theme “Language, Literature & Society” organised by Department of Urdu, University of Kashmir is to begin from Wednesday, 24th October 2018. According to the organisers the purpose of the Urdu Congress is to bring the stakeholders of Urdu Language together on a common platform for dialogue, general discussion, literary […]
Kashmir polls: BJP wins 12 wards of Watergam; Uri goes to independents, Congress
Srinagar: 12 Bharatiya Janata Party candidates have been declared winners in the Watergam Municipal Committee of Baramulla district. Officials said that BJP won 11 of the 13 wards uncontested while only one ward that was contested also went to BJP. Meanwhile one of the 13 wards of the committee remained uncontested. Meanwhile seven independent candidates and […]
Unaccounted cash Rs 10 cr seized in Telangana, 2 held
Hyderabad, Oct 20 (PTI) Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 10 crore was seized and two persons arrested in this connection in Adilabad district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred Friday evening at Pipparawada toll plaza bordering Maharashtra, Adilabad DSP Narasimha Reddy said. The car in which the cash was being transported was intercepted at […]
UN chief Guterres, Canadian PM Trudeau condole Amritsar train accident
United Nations, Oct 20 (PTI) UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed his deepest condolences to the families and friends of over 60 people who died in a train accident in Amritsar, terming the incident as “tragic”. At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured on Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had […]
Man ‘stoned to death by monkeys’, family wants FIR to be registered against them
Baghpat (UP), Oct 20 (PTI) A 70-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death by some monkeys in a village here, putting the police in a fix as the deceased’s family wants an FIR to be registered against them. The incident took place on October 17 in Tikri village of the district. Circle officer Ramala Rajiv Pratap […]
FATF dissatisfied over Pak’s efforts to combat terror financing: Media report
Islamabad, Oct 20 (PTI) Expressing dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s efforts to combat terror financing, a delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has asked the country to take robust steps to strengthen its legal framework if it wants to avoid being blacklisted by the anti-money laundering watchdog, according to a media report on Saturday. Currently placed […]
MC polls: Independent Candidate defeats Tariq Karra’s wife in Lawaypora
Srinagar: An independent candidate defeated wife of Tariq Hameed Karra in Ward No 31 of Lawaypora. “Asifa Tariq Karra (W/o Tariq Karra) contested polls from INC and secured 501 votes while as Fancy Jan an independent candidate secured 519 votes, ” offciials said.
Jammu: BJP wins 29, IC 26, INC gets 22 wards respectively so far
Jammu: In Jammu divison of the state, 29 wards have been won by BJP, while Independent candidates secured 26 wards ad Congress succeeded to grab 22 wards. Oficials said that in Jammu Municipal corportation Independent candidates took the lead by winning 6 wards, followed by BJP winning 4 wards and Congress won at two places. In District Rajouri, […]
MC Polls: In Kargil IC win 8 seats, INC wins 5
Kargil: Independent Candidates have won eight seats in Municipal Committee elections while 5 seats have been secured by Indian National Congress on Saturday. Official said among the winners four are women including Bilqees Bano, Surya Bano, Sakeena bee, and Fareeda Bano. Vote counting is underway in Jammu and Kashmir.
MC polls: Congress white washes Leh, win all 13 wards
LEH: BJP has been left red faced in Leh after Congress whitewashed all the 13 wards of Leh that went to polls during ULB Election 2018 in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. O Officials said that while Congress sweeped all the seats while BJP could not open its account on any single place.
