Panchayat Polls: CEO issues notification for 1st Phase
Srinagar: The Chief Electoral Officer, J&K ShaleenKabra Tuesday issued notification for the conduct of 1st phase of Panchayati Polls-2018 to elect Sarpanches and Panches. The notification has been issued for Keran, Ramhal, Tarathpora, Teetwal, Tangdar in District Kupwara, Gurez, Baktoor, Tulail in District Bandipora, Kunzer, Uri, Parenpillan, Noorkhah, Kandi-Belt Rafiabad in Baramulla District, Gund in […]
Army soldier shoots self to death in north Kashmir
Baramulla: An army man committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Kaman Post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, police said. “Sepoy Devindrappa Gulgandi (27) of 4th Madras posted at Kaman Post today in the afternoon shoots himself inside an army bunker while he […]
Hafiz Saeed’s lawyer challenges arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif
Lahore: The arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif in a corruption case has been challenged by a top Pakistani lawyer in the high court here. A K Dogar filed the petition in the Lahore High Court on Monday challenging the authority of Pakistan’s anti-graft body – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) – to arrest Shahbaz […]
Man arrested for killing truck driver
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Tuesday claimed to have solved the blind murder of a truck driver, with the arrest of a man in Kathua district, saying he was killed over some old rivalry. Kuldeep Singh, who hailed from Haryana, was found unconscious with a head injury in Samba district here on the intervening night […]
Unknown gunmen ransack house of policemen in Shopian
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen ransacked the house of three brothers working in the Jammu Kashmir Police Department in South Kashmir’s Shopian district at least three unknown gunmen barged into the house of one Mushtaq Ahmed Thokar at Paddarpora village of gunmen and ransacked the house. “There were only little girls present in the house. The gunmen […]
Initiate dialogue for Kashmir resolution, NC to Delhi
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) Monday asked the Centre to “see the writing on the wall” and initiate a time-bound inclusive political process, saying the solution to Kashmir lies only in dialogue. “NC is of the firm belief that the solution to Kashmir lies only in dialogue. We will make every possible effort to get […]
9 phase Panchayat polls to begin from Nov 17
SRINAGAR: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Jammu and Kashmir, ShaleenKabra on Monday announced the schedule for conduct of Panchayat Elections in the State. “The elections to 316 Blocks in 4483 Panchayat Halqas comprising of 35029 Panch Constituencies will be held from November 17 to December 11 in 9 phases,” Kabra said at a press conference here. […]
Directionless policies making situation worse in Kashmir, says Congress
Jammu: The Congress’s Jammu and Kashmir unit Monday hit out at the Centre over the killing of soldiers by Pakistani intruders, saying “hollow rhetoric and directionless policies” of the Narendra Modi-led government has deteriorated situation in the state. Three Army personnel were killed and another injured in a gunfight with Pakistani intruders along the Line […]
Stop being mute spectator over Kashmir situation: JRL to Antonio Guterres
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday claimed to have sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, urging him to stop being a mute spectator to the continuing spree of killing of civilians in Kashmir and play his role in […]