Added on November 30, 2020
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday recorded 471 new coronavirus cases, pushing the tally to 10,9,854, while the death toll reached 1,685 with five more fatalities, officials said Of the fresh cases, 260 were reported from the Jammu division and 211 from the Kashmir division, they said. The officials said Jammu district recorded the highest […]
Added on November 30, 2020
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Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said elections are no solution to the Kashmir problem and called for a dialogue between India and Pakistan to address the issue. She also accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of murdering the democracy in the name of District Development Council (DDC) polls as alliance candidates were […]
Added on November 30, 2020
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Srinagar: The BJP on Sunday released its election manifesto in Urdu for the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls in Kashmir. Former MLC Vibhod Gupta released the manifesto in presence of senior party leaders from the Valley such as Sofi Yosuf and Darakhshan Abdrabi. The manifesto claims that while the BJP has unified the country […]
Added on November 30, 2020
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Jammu: Several Muslim activists, including a former bureaucrat, of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday alleged that “some elements” are making deliberate attempts to harm the communal harmony of the union territory’s Jammu region and sought the intervention of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Though they did not identify the “elements” but claimed that their attempts intensified […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Jammu/Srinagar: In the first electoral exercise in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, nearly 52 percent voter turnout was recorded on Saturday in the staggered polls to district development councils. The first round of polling in the eight-phase maiden DDC elections passed off peacefully, except for a minor incident of stone-pelting in […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Jammu: Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur said on Saturday the people of Jammu and Kashmir believe in the politics of ballot and not the politics of bullet , as a number of activists and panchayat members joined the BJP here. He said the people do not believe in the divisive politics propagated by […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that high voter turnout in the first phase of polling for District Development Councils (DDCs) is indicative of the pent up democratic aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. What is important to note, he said, is that the polling in most of the districts in […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Bhalessa (Doda): A resident of the remote Kota Top village at over 11,000 feet in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, 103-year-old Zaitona Bibi on Saturday said she has never missed casting her vote since 1957 and this District Development Council (DDC) election was no different. Helped by her 24-year-old great-granddaughter Rabia Bano, Zaitona braved cold […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Ganderbal: COVID guidelines were flouted at some polling stations in the valley and excitement overtook precautions as enthusiastic voters jostled with each other to cast their ballot in the first elections in Jammu and Kashmir after its reorganisation last year. Authorities had said necessary COVID measures, including the use of masks and social distancing, have […]
Added on November 29, 2020
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Six PMs to attend summit being hosted by India
New Delhi: The prime ministers of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will attend the summit of the heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Monday while Pakistan will be represented by its parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said. India is hosting the summit for […]
