BJP’s promise to revoke Article 370 ‘clear case of contempt of court’: Monga
Appeals SC, ECI to take cognizance
Srinagar: Terming BJP’s promise of eliminating Article 370 of the Constitution in its Lok Sabha election manifesto as a contempt of court, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga appealed the apex court and Election Commission of India (ECI) to take strict against the BJP. Addressing an […]
Washrooms at SDH Sopore left to stink
BMO says patients, attendants 'responsible'
Sopore: Despite tall claims of the government to improve the health sector in Kashmir, scores of indoor and outdoor patients visiting Sub district hospital, Sopore are complaining of poor hygienic conditions in the hospital. Patients at the hospital said the hospital premises especially the washrooms were at high risk of infection due to the unhygienic […]
5 months on, Pulwama village awaits snowfall compensation
Pulwama: More than five months since the untimely snowfall damaged orchards across the valley in November last year, district authorities in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have failed to compensate the orchardists of Zahidbagh village. While orchardists from neighbouring villages had received the compensation “months ago”, the aggrieved orchardists from Zahidbagh complained that authorities had failed […]
Class 9 student dies falls unconscious, dies
Sopore: A class 9 student from Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday died mysteriously after falling down unconscious earlier in the day. Reports said that Mueet Naseer Parray, a 16-year old, son of Naseer Ahmad of New colony Sopore died while he unconsciously fell down near general bus stand Sopore. Eye witness […]
Er Rasheed exhorts people to ‘caste every single vote’
Says boycott 'will help enemies of JK'
Uri/Kupwara: On the last day of election campaign, AIP candidate for Baramullah parliament seat, Er. Rasheed addressed many rallies in Uri, Rafiabad, Handwara and Kupwara constituencies and thanked people for their “huge love and support” during the entire campaign. Rasheed reiterated his appeal to masses and said that AIP had emerged as a “strong, popular, […]
Forces damage militant hideout in Shopian
Shopian: Government forces on Tuesday morning busted a militant hideout in forests of Yawran Keller area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Sources said that the operation was carried out by a joint team of the police and Army’s 23 Para, police said. The hideout was later destroyed using explosives. They said that incriminating material was […]
Rise to occasion to ostracize BJP, PDP: Mir
Srinagar: Maintaining that PDP-BJP unholy alliance was a “big cause of alienation among the people in the State, the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir appealed the people to rise to the occasion to defeat these parties and to “ostracize” them. He said these parties had “always exploited common masses for the […]
Elderly man, minor killed, three injured in car mishap
Bhaderwah: A 70-year-old man and a girl were killed and three others critically injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district Tuesday, police said. The five family members were on way to their home in Kishtwar when their car rolled down a hill […]
BJP formed govt with separatists in JK, says NCP
Mumbai: The NCP Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he targeted its chief Sharad Pawar for “standing with” the National Conference which recently advocated a separate ‘Wazir-e-Azam’ (Prime Minister) for Jammu and Kashmir. NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik said National Conference has never talked about contesting polls with separatists and has fought […]
CPI (M) appeals to Jammu electorate to vote for secular candidates
Jammu: The CPI (M) Tuesday appealed to the people of Jammu to exercise their franchise in favour of the secular dispensation led by the Congress. The Jammu and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies will go to polls in the first phase of the five-phased elections in the state on April 11. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), […]
