Political activities yet to pick up pace
Jammu: Even a week after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the poll schedule, political activities are yet to pick up pace in Jammu and Ladakh divisions with most parties busy finalising nominees for the Lok Sabha seats. Voting to elect the 17th Lok Sabha will be held over seven phases from April 11 […]
NC to contest all six seats from JK
Farooq to seek re-election from Sgr
Srinagar: The National Conference Monday decided to contest all six Lok Sabha seats in the state, but has left a slim possibility of an alliance with the Congress “based on the national scenario”. The National Conference and the Congress have been in talks for the past few days for a pre-poll alliance. The Parliamentary board […]
Petition challenging extension of 77th, 103rd amendments to JK challenged in HC
Srinagar: A petition was Monday filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court challenging the extension of 77th and 103rd amendments of the Indian Constitution to the state through a presidential order earlier this month. Advocates Mohammad Ashraf Bhat and Adil Asimi filed the petition on the grounds that the Constitution of India cannot be […]
Army man killed in cross LoC shelling, several others injured
Jammu: An Army jawan was killed and four others were injured when the Pakistan army violated ceasefire for a second day Monday, resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Rajouri district, officials said. The Pakistani army initiated unprovoked firing about 05:30 hours targeting the LoC area in the Sunderbani Sector with […]
Acid attacks deserve no clemency, says SC
Such attacks are uncivilized, heartless
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that acid attack is an “uncivilised and heartless crime” which does not deserve any clemency. The apex court observed this while asking two convicts, who have already undergone five year jail for throwing acid on a 19-year-old girl in 2004, to pay Rs 1.5 lakh each as additional […]
Azhar listing: Permanent UNSC members working on compromise with China
Washington: The US and two other permanent Security Council members, France and Britain, are believed to be in intense “good faith” discussions with China to arrive at a “compromise” on the UN designation of Jaish chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. And if that effort does not end up in the formal designation of […]
Killer roads: 11 killed as SUV falls into gorge in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Eleven people, including four women and five children, were killed and four others injured when an SUV skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The SUV, carrying 15 passengers from Chaderkote to Rajgarh, rolled down into the over 500-feet-deep gorge […]
Shah Faesal begins his political innings, will launch his outfit today
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit ‘Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement’ at a function in Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday. He said the function will be held at ‘Gindun Ground’ in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this year […]
