Forces start search operation in Pulwama village
Jahangeer Ganaie Pulwama: Government forces on Thursday started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Aglar Kandi village of Pulwama district in south Kashmir, sources said. Official sources said that after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of RR, CRPF and SOG from the JK Police launched […]
Two militants killed in Sopore encounter
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in overnight gunfight which broke out in Brath Kalan village of North Kashmir’s Sopore between militants and government forces on Wednesday evening. A senior police official said that two militants have been killed however, their identification is yet to be ascertained. The operation was earlier halted due to darkness and […]
Theresa May to contest confidence vote ‘with everything I’ve got’
London: (PTI) Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no-confidence triggered by her own party lawmakers over her controversial Brexit deal, as she vowed to fight it out with “everything I have got”. May is set to face a vote of no-confidence in her leadership after the required 48 MPs from her […]
Rural Backlash in Assembly Elections: Centre Considering Farm Loan Waiver
New Delhi: Rural distress is being seen as a significant factor in the BJP’s defeat in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. More than 70% of the population of these states live in rural areas and acute farm distress has been a cause for anger against the ruling BJP in all these […]
Lessons for the BJP
The humiliation that the ruling party BJP had to face in all the five states where assembly election results were announced on Tuesday has left the party red faced as the whole exercise has questioned the myth that the saffron brigade was invincible. The election results have thrown many a challenge for the party leadership […]
J&K Bank Editor placed Head Internal Communication & Knowledge Management Department
Stakeholders hail Chairman’s decision
Srinagar: J&K Bank has created a new department, Internal Communication & Knowledge Management Department. The Bank’s Editor, Sajjad Bazaz, has been placed Head of this department and orders to this effect were issued yesterday. Sajad Bazaz, who is also a well known columnist with more than three decades of experience at its back in the field […]
Gunfight rages in Sopore, internet snapped
Srinagar: Gunfight broke out in Brath Kalan village of North Kashmir’s Sopore between militants and government forces on Wednesday evening. Reports said that after a joint team of army’s 42RR, SOG and CRPF launched cordon and search operation in Brath Kalan after having credible input about the presence of some militants in the area. As […]
Congress single largest party in MP with 114 seats
New Delhi: Bringing an end to its prolonged electoral losses since 2014, the Congress ousted the BJP to capture Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. In Chhattisgarh, the Congress is back after 15 years with an absolute majority, while in Rajasthan the party fell two seats short of crossing the 101-majority mark. In Madhya Pradesh, both […]
Congress capture
The Congress party’s inroad into the Hindi hearland has meant lot of trouble for the right wing BJP. Not only has the party lost in three major states ahead of the parliamentary polls but it also has meant resurgence of the otherwise beleaguered Indian National Congress. Today’s results that have come up in the states […]
After 26 years, SMC removes bunkers at Amirakadal
Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday removed all the three bunkers at Amira Kadal that came up almost 26 years back here. The corporation in the wee hours of this morning reached the spot along with a bulldozer and demolished all the three bunkers from there. “The people have been demanding removal of bunker […]
