Committed to ensure transparent, peaceful elections: SEC
SRINAGAR: State Election Commissioner (SEC), K K Sharma said that fool proof mechanism has been put in place to ensure peaceful, transparent and secure conduct of first time District Development Council elections and panchayat by elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Interacting with senior district officials Sharma said that the elections would go a long way […]
Terror funding case: PDP youth wing leader Parra arrested by NIA
Our party leader being falsely charged: Mehbooba
New Delhi: PDP youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Parra was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen militants in securing their support during the 2019 parliamentary elections, officials said here. The officials alleged that Parra, who recently filed his nomination for district Development Council (DDC) elections […]
Bank operations may be hit by unions’ strike today
New Delhi: Banking operations across the country may be impacted on Thursday as some bank unions would be joining the one-day nationwide strike called by central trade unions. Ten central trade unions, except Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, will observe the nationwide general strike to protest against various policies of the central government. Many lenders, including IDBI […]
Downpour continued in Kashmir for third day
Srinagar: Intermittent snowfall and rains continued at most places in Kashmir for the third day on Wednesday, officials said. The weather office has forecast mainly dry weather from Thursday till next week. Officials said most places in the valley experienced rains/light snowfall which continued when last reports came in. The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, in […]
Authorities issue avalanche warning in 12 districts
Srinagar: An avalanche warning was issued in 12 districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday in view of heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of the Union Territory (UT) in the last three days, officials said here. A ‘medium danger’ avalanche warning has been issued for the higher reaches of Kishtwar, Kupwara and Bandipora districts, […]
Roshni Act: Farooq’s sister, Mahant, prominent hoteliers among beneficiaries
Srinagar/Jammu: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah’s sister, an influential mahant and two prominent hoteliers including a Congress leader figure in the second list of 269 people who have availed land under the now-scrapped Roshni Act. The Jammu administration also released another list of seven persons who have allegedly encroached upon state land and it included […]
Abdullah’s have not encroached on any land, says NC
Party mulling legal recourse
Srinagar: The National Conference on Wednesday rejected claims of the Jammu and Kashmir administration that its party leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah had encroached on land in Jammu and said it is mulling legal recourse to challenge the “unfounded and unwarranted allegations” being levelled against them. In a statement, a party spokesperson said the […]
COVID-19: 12 more succumb, 489 test positive in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded 12 deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,663 while as 489 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 100,892 in J&K. Of the exact number of 100,892 cases, 64,730 are from Kashmir and 43,089 from Jammu division. Officials said that among […]
Pak hosts largest number of UN proscribed terrorists: India at UN
United Nations: India has reminded Pakistan, the host to the world’s largest number of UN proscribed terrorists and entities , of Abbottabad, the garrison city where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hid for years and was killed, in a hard-hitting response as Islamabad’s UN envoy gave a dossier to Secretary General Antonio Guterres. India’s Permanent […]
PM likely to lay foundation stone for new Parliament building
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation stone for a new Parliament building in the first half of December, sources said. The sources further said that around five statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhim Rao Ambedkar, in the Parliament complex are also likely to be relocated temporarily due […]
