Mohan Bhagwat urges for establishing Ram Rajya in country
Varanasi,(PTI) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Friday said the Sangh should support its affiliates which are holding a Dharm Sabha in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram temple and stressed that ‘Ram Rajya’ should be established in the country. He was speaking on the last day of the six-day ‘Pracharak Warg Shivir’, held in Koirajpur, which was […]
Number of missing jumps to more than 1,000 in California fire
Los Angeles, Nov 17 (AFP) The number of people missing in a devastating wildfire in northern California jumped to more than 1,000 on Friday, authorities said, as the remains of eight other victims were found by rescuers. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said the number of missing had soared from 631 on Thursday to 1,011 on […]
Panchayat polls: Keran , Ramhal, Tarathpora, Teetwal, Tangdar record total 3.5% voting till 9 am
Srinagar: A total of 3.5 percent votes were polled in District Kupwara in its five blocks including Keran , Ramhal, Tarathpora, Teetwal and Tangdar upto 9 am, officials said on Saturday. According to officials a total number of 1987 votes were cast, including 1216 male and 871 female voters. Officials said that uptill 10 AM Gurez had […]
Panchayat polls: Amid shutdown polling commences, fate of 5585 candidates to be decided today
Srinagar: Amid JRL called boycott and shutdown, 47 panchayat blocks including 16 in Kashmir, 21 in Jammu and 10 in Ladakh region are going to polls for first phase in a nine-phased election process commences today. The polling begun at 8 am and will end at 2 pm. While Joint Resistance leadership has called for a […]
First phase of Panchayat polls in JK today
Srinagar: The stage is set for the Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir as all arrangements have been put in place for the first phase on Saturday. Official said 427 candidates are in the fray for 536 Sarpanch Halqas and 5,951 candidates for 4,048 Panch wards for first phase of the Panchayat polls. They said […]
‘VDC members mobilised for panchayat polls’
Jammu: All Village Defence Committee (VDC) members are being mobilised in Reasi district to help maintain law and order during the upcoming panchayat polls, police said. They are being mobilised in their areas of jurisdiction on the directions of senior superintendent of police, Reasi, Nisha Nathyal, a police official said. The nine-phased panchayat elections will […]
Elections an established democratic practice, but not in Kashmir: Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman and Jamia Masjid’s head cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that democracy itself is the biggest casualty in Kashmir, saying that a strange kind of democracy is in practice in the Valley. Addressing a gathering in Jamia Masjid on the eve of Friday congregational prayers, Mirwaiz said that no […]
State’s assembly won’t be dissolved for now: Guv Malik
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is headed for President’s rule but the state assembly will not be dissolved for now, Governor Satyapal Malik said Friday. His statement comes amid speculation that efforts are being made behind the scenes to cobble together a coalition government by various parties to succeed the PDP-BJP dispensation that collapsed in June […]
Plea challenging constitutional validity of Article 370 to be heard in April: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it will hear in April a plea challenging the validity of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, following a request by the state and the Centre. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said it will hear […]
Army Commander says Pak will be ‘punished’ for anti-India acts
Udhampur: The Army’s Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, said Friday Pakistan shall be “punished” if it carries out activities detrimental to India and asserted that befitting replies were given to the neighbouring nation for violating ceasefire. The Army commander’s comments come in the wake of fatalities in sniping incidents along the Line of […]
