SC dismisses plea challenging J-K order restricting civilian traffic on national highway
New Delhi (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government’s order restricting civilian traffic for a day in a week on a stretch of the national highway from Udhampur to Baramulla for the movement of security forces. Counsel for the Jammu and Kashmir government told the bench comprising Chief […]
US-Taliban peace talks paused for first day of Ramadan
Doha, May 6 (AFP) Peace talks between the US and the Taliban were suspended for the beginning of Ramadan on Monday, with the two sides at apparent loggerheads over the key issue of when foreign forces might leave Afghanistan. The foes have spent much of the past week in a sixth round of talks in Doha […]
Syed Ali Geelani discharged from SKIMS, his pacemaker’s battery replaced
Srinagar: Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Monday was discharged from SKIMS Soura where he had to go a procedure to replace his pacemaker battery. Sources close to Geelani said that doctors have replaced the battery of the pacemaker and has been discharged. “He has left for home,” they said. Geelani a few days back […]
LS Polls: 1.72% votes cast up to 1pm in Shopian, Pulwama
Srinagar: Less than two percent voting, 1.72 percent, was recorded till 1pm in third and final phase of polls for Anantnag Parliamentary seat on Monday. Pampore constituency-the home town of National Conference contesting candidate retired justice Hasnain Masoodi witnessed highest 3.60 percent voting till 1 pm followed by Shopian at 3.40 percent. Pulwama registered the lowest […]
US deploys carrier strike group to send message to Iran
Washington PTI: The US is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East to send a “clear and unmistakable” message to Iran that any attack on American interests or its allies will be met with “unrelenting force”, National Security Advisor John Bolton has said. Bolton said on Sunday […]
Darbar Move: Civil Secretariat opens in Srinagar
Srinagar: The civil secretariat and other offices of Jammu and Kashmir government opened in summer capital Srinagar on Monday as part of bi-annual Durbar Move. Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik received the guard of honour in the lawns of civil secretariat here. The secretariat, Raj Bhavan and all other offices in the state […]
1.12% polling till 11 am in Shopian, Pulwama
SRINAGAR: Less than two per cent voting have been reported till 11 am in ongoing third and final phase for Anantnag Parliamentary seat on Monday. Pulwama constituency registered the lowest voter turnout of 0.33 per cent The constituency wise details of poll percent is: Tral 0.41 % Pampore 2.73 % Pulwama 0.33 % Rajpora 0.84 […]
Polling booths relocated to safer places in Shopian
SRINAGAR: Several designated polling stations remained inaccessible for the poll conducting authorities in Shopian, reports said. The inaccessible polling booths were shifted to relatively safer places in the district. contestant Polling station Avend – Rawalpora was shifted to government school Choudhary Gund outside Army camp as the authorities have failed to reach polling station till […]
First two hours witness thin polling in Shopian
Shopian: Thin polling has been recorded in volatile Shopian where voting is underway for Anantnag parliamentary constituency on Monday. Officials said that in Shopian assembly segment 0.34 percent votes were cast till 9 am while in Wachi constituency it was 0.29%. In Pulwama upto 09:00 AM voting percentage stood at 0.45. The polling will conclude […]
Drug racket busted in TN’s Coimbatore, over 150 college students held
Coimbatore, (PTI) A major drug racket was busted at a resort near Pollachi in the district and over 150 college students were arrested in the early hours of Saturday, police said. Based on a complaint that a large number of students, who were camping in the resort since Friday night, were involved in drug abuse, a […]