Polling begins in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, Nov 28 (PTI) Polling began Wednesday morning to elect a 230-member assembly in Madhya Pradesh, where the ruling BJP and opposition Congress are fighting for supremacy. Polling is being held between 8 am and 5 pm on 227 seats, while in three assembly segments – Lanji, Paraswada and Baihar – in the Naxal-affected Balaghat […]
Encounter breaks in Central Kashmir’s Budgam
Srinagar: A gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Chatergam area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday early morning. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 50RR, CRPF and SOG cordoned off Chatergam. While the forces intensified searches towards suspected house the hiding militants fired upon the forces triggering an gunfight. […]
Three militants, soldier killed in two encounters
Srinagar: Three militants, including one from an ISIS offshoot, and a soldier were killed while two jawans suffered injuries in two separate encounters in south Kashmir’s Kulgam and Pulwama districts on Tuesday, police said. In the Kulgam encounter, two militants of the militant group Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed, while the one killed in Pulwama belonged […]
Waris sold his vehicle, bought a weapon and joined the militants
Anantnag: So far the first of its kind, one among the slain militants, Waris Ahmad who was killed in Kulgam encounter on Tuesday had bought a weapon after selling his vehicle and joined the militant ranks. Waris Ahmad Malik, son of Bashir Ahmad Malik of Moman Arwani area of Bijbehara Tehsil in South Kashmir’s Anantnag […]
71.3% voting in 4th phase of panchayat elections: Govt
Jammu: An estimated 71.3 per cent of voters exercised their franchise Tuesday in the fourth phase of panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir which concluded peacefully amid tight security arrangements, state chief electoral officer Shaleen Kabra said. While an overwhelming 82.4 per cent polling was recorded in Jammu division, 32.3 per cent was registered in […]
Dereliction: Two years on, damaged school building yet to see reconstruction
Srinagar: In March 2016, a two-roomed school building of a government school in Gujarnar village of Kupwara district was damaged due to rainfall. The incident exposed the faulty construction and use of sub-standard material for erecting school buildings in Kashmir as the building collapsed only after three years of its construction. Two years have passed, […]
Delhi wanted me to install Lone-led government in JK: Guv Malik
Says post dissolution of house Omar, Mehbooba expressed happiness
Jammu: In remarks that can embarrass the Centre, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has said had he looked to Delhi, he would have had to install a government led by Sajad Lone, and history would have remembered him as a “dishonest man”. Malik had abruptly dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly last week […]
Pak to extend invitation to PM Modi for SAARC summit
Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to Pakistan for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Tuesday. The 2016 SAARC Summit was to be held in Islamabad. But after a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Militants not acting in the interests of Kashmiris: Army Chief
New Delhi: Army Chief Bipin Rawat has said that militants in Kashmir are acting out of frustration and they (militants) are not acting in the best interests of the people of Kashmir. “Now, the militants are targeting the unemployed, alleging that they are police informers. Locals now feel (militants) aren’t acting in the best interests […]
