Cong launches Lok Sabha campaign in Pune without candidate
Pune, Mar 31 (PTI) The city Congress Sunday launched its election campaign sans the candidate. While the BJP has announced the candidature of Maharashtra minister and local MLA Girish Bapat for the Pune Lok Sabha seat, the Congress is yet to announce its nominee. City Congress leaders were hopeful that the announcement will be made […]
Congress fields Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Anantnag
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday announced the name of three more candidates for Lok Sabha polls, taking the total number of seats on which it has declared its candidates to 316. In a major announcement, the Congress in the morning announced that party president Rahul Gandhi will contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in […]
JKPM biggest platform for youth, will welcome politicians with unblemished record: Shah Faesal
Jammu, Mar 31 (PTI) Former IAS officer and founder of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Movement (JKPM) Shah Faesal Sunday said his outfit would be the biggest platform for the youth, but will keep its doors open for politicians having “unblemished record”. Faesal, along with other senior party leaders including former PDP minister Javaid Mustafa Mir, […]
With opening of tulip garden in Srinagar, tourist season begins in Kashmir
Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) Asia’s largest tulip garden overlooking the famous Dal Lake here in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir was Sunday thrown open to public, marking the beginning of new tourism season in the valley. The garden witnessed an impressive footfall of locals and tourists on the first day of its opening […]
Tampering Art 370, 35A will cast shadow on accession of JK with India: Farooq
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Sunday asserted that any attempt to harm Art 370 and Art 35 A will unarguably cast shadow on the fundamentals of the accession of the state with the union of India. He said that ensuing Parliamentary elections provide us an opportunity to keep such forces out of […]
7 arrested for peddling drugs
Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) Seven people have been arrested in Srinagar and Kulgam districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday on the charge peddling drugs, police said. In Nowhatta area of Srinagar five people were arrested at a check post and 28 grams of brown sugar (heroin) was seized from them, a police spokesperson said. In […]
Indian degrees to get equivalency in UAE
Dubai, Mar 31 (PTI) The UAE government will issue equivalency to all Indian degrees that match the set criteria, a move that comes as a huge relief for expats having difficulty in getting jobs in the Gulf country. Indian Ambasador Navdeep Singh Suri called on UAE Education Minister Hussain Bin Ibrahim last week to discuss […]
SP-rank officer to lead CRPF convoys in Kashmir; maximum 40 vehicles at one time
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) CRPF convoys moving to and from the Kashmir Valley will now be commandeered by a higher SP-rank officer and a single motorcade will not have more than 40 vehicles at any point of time, the paramilitary force has ordered in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 […]
Modi govt took credit for Balakot, should also take responsibility for Pulwama: TDP
Visakhapatnam, Mar 31 (PTI) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Sunday said the Narendra Modi government, which was “quick to take credit for the Balakot airstrikes”, should also take responsibility for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. TDP national spokesperson Dinakar Lanka alleged that the Modi government failed to give bullet proof vehicles […]
Court martial of Major Gogoi completed; may face reduction of seniority
New Delhi/Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) The court martial proceedings against Major Leetul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the 2017 ‘human shield’ controversy, have been completed and he may face reduction in seniority as a punishment for “fraternising” with a local woman in Srinagar last year, officials said. The court martial process against his driver, […]
