BJP leading in 155 of 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh, Congress ahead in 68
Bhopal, Dec 3 (PTI) The ruling BJP looks on course to retain power in Madhya Pradesh, going by the trends so far from the counting of votes for the state assembly elections. As per the latest figures available with the Election Commission, the BJP was leading in 155 of the 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh, […]
Amid dry weather, conditions, minimum temperature slides in Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 03: With no forecast of any wet spell in Kashmir till December 10, the night temperature has recorded a dip in the region on Sunday. Officials in local Meteorological department said that Gulmarg and Pahalgam were coldest at minus 3.6 degree Celsius and minus 2.4 degree Celsius respectively. However, the mercury settled above […]
Rajasthan assembly polls: BJP surges ahead of Cong as counting of votes progresses
Jaipur, Dec 3 (PTI) The BJP crossed the halfway mark in Rajasthan with its candidates leading in 114 seats while the Congress was ahead in 68, according to Election Commission trends available on Sunday for the assembly polls. The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) and BSP are leading in three seats each and the CPI (M) […]
Assembly polls: Counting of votes underway in 4 states
New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Counting of votes began on Sunday for the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana elections in what is seen as a semi-final contest ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in less than six months. The Congress, which is in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and the BJP, which is ruling […]
CBI conducting searches over ‘graft’ in contract for Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydro Power Project in J&K
New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) The CBI is conducting searches at six locations in four cities in connection with the alleged graft flagged by former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in awarding the contract for the Rs 2,200-crore civil work for the Kiru Hydro Power Project in Kishtwar in 2019, officials said on […]
KPDCL to frame criminal charges against consumers for power theft
SRINAGAR, DEC 02 – In an attempt to combat large-scale power pilferage and improve bill deposits by defaulting consumers, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) conducted a whopping 10,465 inspections and disconnected over 11,000 consumers in the last 10 days of November 2023. KPDCL also realized a revenue of Rs.85.24 crore, including power receipts, in […]
Parliament session: Five bills related to J&K to be taken up for discussions
Srinagar, Dec 2: The Centre is highly likely to deliberate on Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 besides four other bills related to J&K in a total of some twenty one during the upcoming sessions of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. According to a circular the bills likely to go under hammer during the […]
ED raids 2 ex-Punjab ministers; seizes documents, mobile phones
New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) “Incriminating” documents, mobile phones, and other electronic devices were seized by the ED after raids against two former Punjab forest ministers and Congress leaders Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Sangat Singh Giljian and others as part of an alleged forest scam-linked money laundering probe. The federal probe agency issued a statement […]
India logs 88 Covid cases
New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) India has logged 88 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have been recorded at 396, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll was recorded at 5,33,300, the data updated at 8 am showed. The country’s Covid case tally is 4.50 crore (4,50,02,103).
Gulmarg, Pahalgam record sub-zero night temperature as weather improves in Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 2: Gulmarg and Pahalgam recorded sub-zero nights even as minimum temperature remained above normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. A meteorological temperature department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 4.8°C against 4.5°C on the previous night and it was 5.7°C above normal for this time of the year in […]