Phase 8 registers 51 percent voting: SEC
Says police, Central forces deserve special praise
Srinagar: The eight and the final phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections concluded on Saturday with more than 50% of the voters coming out to cast their votes. A total of 28 DDC constituencies went for polls today including 13 seats from Kashmir division and 15 from Jammu division with 168 candidates contesting […]
Lt Guv congratulates voters, election machinery
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has congratulated the voters of Jammu and Kashmir and the election machinery for the successful conduct of first-ever District Development Council (DDC) elections in the Union Territory. Strengthening the 3-Tiers of Panchayati Raj System in J&K, the DDC elections were held for the first time in the UT and the […]
Hajin area witnesses good turnout
Hajin: Once a militancy hotbed, Hajin area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Saturday witnessed brisk polling during the eighth and final phase of DDC and panchayat by-polls held across Jammu and Kashmir. According to the details Hajin-A and B panchayat blocks recorded over 56 per cent voter turnout in the DDC election. An official said […]
Massive turnout victory for democracy: BJP leader
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Saturday said the “massive” turnout in the District Development Council (DDC) elections of Jammu and Kashmir had proved a decisive victory for democracy in the Union Territory. The eight-phase DDC elections, first democratic exercise post abrogation of special status and bifurcation of the […]
Srinagar records coldest night of the season
Srinagar: Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far on Saturday as Kashmir continued to reel under freezing night temperatures, the meteorological department said. The Valley is bracing up for the 40-day harshest winter period, ‘Chillai-Kalan’, from Monday when the chances of snowfall are frequent and maximum and the temperature drops considerably. Srinagar […]
JKCA money laundering case: ED attaches Farooq Abdullah’s assets
New Delhi: The ED has attached assets worth Rs 11.86 crore of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and others in connection with its money laundering probe linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, official sources said on Saturday. They said the agency has issued a provisional attachment […]
Attaching Abdullah’s property vindictive: CPI(M)
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader and former legislator M Y Tarigami on Saturday said attaching the property of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah is part of vindictive politics practiced by the central government to kill dissent and disagreement across the country. The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 11.86 crore of the former chief minister […]
ED attachment order ‘baseless’: Omar
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday termed the provisional attachment order of properties belonging to his father by the Enforcement Directorate as “baseless” and wondered how an ancestral property could be seen as proceeds of “crime”. In a series of tweets, Omar, who is the vice president of the […]
JKI revival plan on cards: Lt Guv
Says move will provide livelihood support to marginalised sectors
Jammu: The revival plan for Jammu and Kashmir Industries (JKI) Ltd is being implemented to make it profitable besides providing livelihood support to the marginalised sectors of the society, an official spokesman said on Saturday. The information was given to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha during inauguration of the ‘experience centre cum sales outlet’ of JKI […]
Covid-19: Four deaths, 301 fresh cases reported in JK
Srinagar: The COVID-19 death toll in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 1,837 on Saturday with four more fatalities, while 301 new cases pushed the infection tally to 1,18,006, officials said. Of the new cases, 136 were from Kashmir and 165 were from Jammu division, they said. Jammu recorded the highest 97 new cases followed by […]
