LS Polls: Mendhar villages ‘boycott’ voting over basic amenities

POONCH: Voters of Balnoi village of Sub Division Mendhar of Poonch District boycotted the Lok Sabha polls for nearly seven hours at two polling booths over lack of basic amenities . The villagers cast their votes after intervention of senior officials from the administration including DC Poonch Rahual Yadav, SDM Mendhar Dr Sahil Jandial and […]
Beacon clears all Snowbound Passes before Parliamentary polls

Srinagar : The Border Roads Organisation under the Project Beacon has cleared snow off on all passes in Kupwara and Gurez in view of the parliamentary polls being held today. Officials of the BRO said that the passes are opened during Mid-April, but due to the parliamentary elections being conducted today, men and machinery […]
Div Com reviews issues of water transport on river Jhelum

SRINAGAR: To ease traffic congestion in the capital city, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a meeting to review modalities for water transport on river Jhelum. Various issues were discussed threadbare in the review meeting. Additional Commissioner Kashmir, Director Tourism, Chief Engineer Irrigation & Flood Control and other concerned officers were present […]
Bootlegger arrested in Anantnag, contraband substance recovered

Anantnag: Police in Anantnag claimed to have arrested a bootlegger at a checkpoint near Sangam and seized huge quantity of illicit liquor from his possession. Police said that officers at the checkpoint intercepted a Maruti vehicle bearing registration number JK03A-5012. “On checking the vehicle huge quantity of illicit liquor was seized from the possession of […]
LS Polls: 41 percent votes cast in Handwara, 6.1 pc in Sopore till 3 pm

Srinagar: Police District Sopore had the lowest turnout of voters till 3pm in the district Baramulla, as polling for the Baramulla parliamentary seat is underway in north Kashmir. According to officials till 3 pm, in Baramulla 107561 votes were cast making, in Sopore total number of 12002 votes were cast. They also said that in […]
Cong claims ‘grave’ security threat to Rahul; writes to Rajnath

New Delhi (PTI) The Congress has claimed “grave” security threat to party chief Rahul Gandhi and urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to take immediate action to ensure full protection of its leader. In a letter, three Congress leaders said that a laser was pointed at Rahul during his interaction with journalists after filing nomination for the […]
We will scrap Article 370, introduce NRC across country: Shah

Kalimpong (WB) (PTI) The BJP will scrap Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and introduce National Register for Citizens across the country if voted to power again, BJP chief Amit Shah said Thursday, raking up the two hugely disputed issues. On the campaign trail in West Bengal, he also […]
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested in UK

London, (PTI) Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested after seven years in Ecuador’s embassy in London, UK police said Thursday. The Metropolitan Police said he had been taken into custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court “as soon as is possible”. The 47-year-old faces allegations that he publicly released secret documents relating to the […]
LS Polls: 96018 votes cast in Dist Baramulla till 1 pm, 2 percent in Sopore

Baramulla: Sopore recorded a minimal voter turnout with 2 percent votes cast while Baramulla district recorded 15.05 percent of voting till 1 pm on Thursday for the Lok Sabha polls underway in the valley. According to officials a total of 96018 votes have been cast in the district. The percentage breakup inculdes Sopore 2.0%, […]
LS Polls: Till 1 pm Kupwara district records 30.42 vote percentage

Kupwara: 30.42 Percent votes have been cast with a total of 134183 votes in Kupwara district till 1 pm According to officials in Karnah 13165 votes were cast, while as in Kupwara a total of 39177 votes have been polled. “Lolab stood at 30783 votes, Handwara had 36084 votes, and in Langate 14974 votes […]