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 […]
Peaceful conduct of Panchayat polls victory of democracy: Shafiq Mir
Says won’t allow any politics on Panchayats
Srinagar: Chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), Shafiq Mir on Tuesday said that Panchayat polls in the State were conducted peacefully and culminated successfully, terming it as ‘victory of democracy’. In a statement issue here, Mir said that said that they will not allow any sort of politics on Panchayats, saying that […]
KU Law students stage protests, demand exams to be held in March
Srinagar: Students of Kashmir University’s law school on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration, demanding their final examinations be held in March instead of “rushing through it.” Reports said that students from 6th semester LLB including from supplementary shift assembled outside the office of varsity’s vice chancellor and staged a protest. The authorities are unnecessarily rushing […]
Mobile connectivity to reach far-off Gurez areas soon
Bandipora: To provide mobile connectivity to around a dozen habitation of remote Gurez valley for the first time, the district administration took a task to lay the cable through the Adit-1 tunnel of Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project (KHEP) that was the only option to provide connectivity to villages with difficult topography. On the directions of […]
Those waving ISIS flags are ‘Indian agents’: Lashkar-e-Taiba
Srinagar: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Mehmood Shah on Tuesday said those waving ISIS flags in Jammu and Kashmir are “Indian agents”. A spokesperson of LeT Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi in a statement quoted Shah as saying that those waving ISIS flags “have a vicious motive of sabotaging the indigenous freedom struggle of Kashmir by aligning it with fake […]
Forces launch search operation in Sopore village
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Government Forces on early Tuesday launched a cordon-and-search operation at Saidpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 22 RR, Special Operation Group of Police (SOG) and CRPF sealed the area and conducted door to door searches. Sources said that following inputs about […]
Counting of votes begins in five states
New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) Counting of votes for five state assemblies began on Tuesday amid tight security. In the multi-phase polling, Chhattisgarh voted on November 12 (18 seats) and November 20 (72 seats); Madhya Pradesh (230 seats) and Mizoram (40 seats) on November 28; and Rajasthan (199 seats) and Telangana (119 seats) on December 7. […]