Panchayati Polls 2018: CEO issues notification for fourth Phase
SRINAGAR: The Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, ShaleenKabra Thursday issued notification for the conduct of the fourth phase of Panchayati Polls-2018 to elect Sarpanches and Panches. The notification has been issued for Blocks Mawer and Qalamabad in District Kupwara, Bandipora in District Bandipora, Bijhama, Wailoo, and Singhpora in Baramulla District, Beerwah, and Waterhail in Budgam District, […]
JP attacking Constitutional institutions, says Farooq
BNew Delhi: Accusing the BJP of attacking Constitutional institutions, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that “democracy is in danger” as he met NCP leader Sharad Pawar and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. “Democracy is in danger. People are in danger,” he told the media, as he announced that he along […]
Governor admin on ‘mission’ to change state laws: NC
Srinagar: The National Conference Thursday accused Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s administration of being on a “mission” to change state laws which are the domain of a democratically elected government. “We are dismayed over the relentless attacks on the autonomous institutions in the state,” NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said in a […]
NIA summons Shia leader in ‘terror funding case’
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has issued a summon to senior separatist leader and president Anjuman Shari Shain Aga Syed Hasan AlmosviAlsafvi. The Shia leader has been directed to appear before the agency on Friday. The agency had conducted a raid at the residence of Agha Syed Hassan in central Kashmir’s Budgam district in September […]
Saffron Mission that failed: Saffron yield fails to cheer up growers as no increase recorded
Pulwama: The saffron production in Kashmir is persistently decreasing due to the non-availability of irrigation system to the cultivating areas, say growers. National Saffron Mission, a Rs 400 crore worth project that was started by central government in the year 2010 to tackle the problems faced by cultivators has completely failed as the locals’ claim […]
US puts pressure on Pak to proscribe Hafiz Saeed-led JuD, FIF
WASHINGTON: The US has asked Pakistan to swiftly enact a legislation that formally proscribes both Hafiz Saeed-led JuD and FIF, even as it criticised the recent removal of the ban on the two outfits which it said runs counter to Islamabad’s commitment to the FATF to fight terrorism. The US said the removal of the […]
India has no extra-territorial ambitions: Bipin Rawat
NEW DELHI: India has no extra-territorial ambitions, but its aim is to ensure a conducive external and internal security environment for unhindered economic progress and socio-political development, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Thursday. Contested sovereignty of maritime territories pose a major challenge in East Asia and the South China Sea and these disputed maritime […]
