GELA-2024: Expenditure Observers for Srinagar District hold meetings with NOs, AEOs
Srinagar, Aug 30: The Expenditure Observers for District Srinagar for General Elections to Legislative Assembly-2024, Capt. Pradeep Shoury Arya and Subodh Singh today held meetings related to surveillance of expenditure of contesting candidates and political parties as per guidelines of Election Commission of India. The meetings were aimed to curb the inducement of voters through […]
NC had to ‘sacrifice’ many seats for alliance with Congress: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar, Aug 30 (PTI) National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday said the pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls was not an easy decision as the party had to “sacrifice” many seats it felt it had a chance to win. Addressing a party function at the NC headquarters […]
Man dies, two others injured after shooting stone hits car on Mughal road
Poonch, Aug 30: One person died and two others were injured on Friday when a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a shooting stone along the Mughal Road which connects Kashmir Valley’s Shopian district with twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch. Official sources said that the vehicle—Maruti car (JK11A-4674)— was on its way […]
Vehicular movement halted on Mughal road due to inclement weather
Srinagar, Aug 30: Traffic movement on the historic Mughal road has been stopped due to inclement weather for the last couple of days, officials said on Friday. An official said that all sorts of traffic movement has been stopped on the road due to bad weather conditions. He said that the road has been closed […]
Army recovers landmine along LoC in Poonch
MENDHAR/JAMMU, Aug 30 (PTI): Army troops on Friday recovered a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. An Army party found the landmine in the Pattri Gali area during a patrol along the LoC, they said. The patrol party secured the area and called the bomb disposal […]
J&K BJP leader resigns over ticket distribution
JAMMU, Aug 30 (PTI): In yet another rebellion within the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir over ticket distribution for the assembly elections, senior party leader Chander Mohan Sharma Friday announced his resignation from the party and threatened to contest as an Independent. The BJP is facing resentment over its ticket distribution in the Union territory, […]
People in JK have two chose between separatism and development during the upcoming polls: BJP leader G K Reddy
Jammu, Aug 30: Firing salvos at National Conference, PDP and the Congress for promoting terrorism and separatism in J&K, Union Minister and BJP’s J&K incharge for elections G K Reddy Friday said that people of the UT have two choices in the upcoming elections: to choose Terrorism, separatism or Development and peace. “We have always […]
Over 35% of 3,885 doctors, mostly women, feel unsafe during night shifts: IMA study
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) An IMA study has revealed that one-third of its respondent doctors, majority of them being women, felt “unsafe” or “very unsafe” during their night shifts, so much so that some even felt the need to start carrying weapons for self-defence. A duty room was not available to 45 per cent […]
India, China discuss situation along LAC to narrow down differences
New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) India and China held “frank, constructive and forward-looking” diplomatic talks on the situation along the Line of Actual Control to “narrow down” differences and find an early resolution to outstanding issues, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The 31st meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) […]
