Kashmir municipal polls: Srinagar to get a foreign educated mayor, reveals governor
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik has said that Srinagar city will get a mayor who is foreign educated. He made a revelation in an interview with New Delhi based NDTV on Monday evening. “Nothing will change by waiting,” he told the interviewer when asked, why didn’t the government wait to get NC […]
Jammu: Accident in Satwari, girl dies
Jammu: A girl died in an accident near Satwari airport in Jammu on Tuesday. Deceased girl has been identified as student of govt girls high sec.school shastri nagar jammu. “Jasvinder kour d/o Surjeet singh r/o Indira nagar, Miran sahib died in the accident,” reports said.
JRL calls for shutdown in poll bound areas on Wednesday
Joint Resistance Leadership Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq, Mohammad Yasin Malik has asked the people to observe complete protest shutdown in the following areas in the second phase of sham elections. People will show their total disconnect and dismissal of them by staying away and boycotting this drama. SOLINA,ALOCHIBAGH,SD COLONY BATMALOO, ZIARAT […]
Polling to begin at 6 am for participation of more people: CEO Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jammu and Kashmir Shaleen Kabra has said that the polling will begin at 6 am, if necessary for the participation of more people in the second phase of civic polls. A notification issued by the CEO said that the timings for the poll, if necessary, shall be from 6am and […]
China to sell 48 high-end military drones to Pakistan
Beijing, Oct 9 (PTI) China will sell 48 high-end military drones to its “all-weather ally” Pakistan in what a military observer said will be the largest deal of its kind, official media here reported on Tuesday. The cost of the deal was not revealed. Wing Loong II, a high-end reconnaissance, strike and multi-role endurance unmanned aircraft […]
UN Security Council needs to be reformed without delay: India
United Nations, Oct 9 (PTI) India has said that the UN Security Council needs to be reformed without delay or else it will be left to nurse its self-inflicted wounds of “diminishing relevance” in a world awash with challenges like armed conflicts, terrorism, refugee crises and climate change. Participating in a General Assembly session on ‘Report […]
Kashmir: Mughal road closed for traffic, Srinagar-Jammu highway through
Srinagar: Following overnight snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir, authorities on Tuesday suspended traffic movement on Mughal road. However, the traffic movement on Srinagar-Jammu highway is open from Srinagar to Jammu today. Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan issued a weather advisory according to which a spell of light to moderate rain or snow […]
Upper reaches of valley recieve snowfall
Srinagar: The upper reaches of Valley including the world famous ski resort of Gulmarg received fresh snowfall causing dip in the temperature on Tuesday. Sonmarg tourist spot also received fresh snowfall much to the excitement of the tourists. Srinagar and other parts of Valley received overnight, officials said. Pertinently, weather department has predicted light to moderate […]
Airports owe whooping Rs 970-cr security dues to CISF
New Delhi: Dues amounting to about Rs 970 crore are pending against various airports in the country in lieu of providing CISF security to them, a top official of the paramilitary force said Monday. CISF Director General (DG) Rajesh Ranjan told reporters during an interaction here that while an amount of Rs 880 crore is pending […]
JRL appreciates people’s ‘rejection’ of ULB polls
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has appreciated people’s “rejection and boycott” of the “sham” ULB elections being “forcibly” held by GoI in J&K, and the exemplary complete protest shutdown against it. The leadership in a statement issued to GNS said that this […]
