CPI (M) knocks EC’s door
New Delhi: The CPI (M) wrote to the Election Commission on Tuesday alleging violation of the poll panel’s directive after Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Maharashtra asked first-time voters to dedicate their votes to the brave men who carried out the air strike in Pakistan’s Balakot. In the letter, the party’s politburo […]
Elderly man, minor killed, three injured in car mishap
Bhaderwah: A 70-year-old man and a girl were killed and three others critically injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district Tuesday, police said. The five family members were on way to their home in Kishtwar when their car rolled down a hill […]
BJP formed govt with separatists in JK, says NCP
Mumbai: The NCP Tuesday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he targeted its chief Sharad Pawar for “standing with” the National Conference which recently advocated a separate ‘Wazir-e-Azam’ (Prime Minister) for Jammu and Kashmir. NCP national spokesperson Nawab Malik said National Conference has never talked about contesting polls with separatists and has fought […]
CPI (M) appeals to Jammu electorate to vote for secular candidates
Jammu: The CPI (M) Tuesday appealed to the people of Jammu to exercise their franchise in favour of the secular dispensation led by the Congress. The Jammu and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies will go to polls in the first phase of the five-phased elections in the state on April 11. The Communist Party of India (Marxist), […]
Book those uttering anti-national remarks during campaigns: BJP leader
Poonch: Reminding the top NC leadership that former chief minister Sheikh Abdullah was jailed for anti national remarks in 1953, a BJP leader in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday said those raising “similar anti-national remarks” should be booked under sedition and banned from contesting polls. Two-time minister Sham Lal Sharma, who recently resigned from the Congress […]
HC issues notice to govt
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Monday issued a notice to the state government on a plea seeking striking down of the ban on movement of civilian vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Sundays and Wednesdays. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan issued notice to the state […]
Why highway blockade, fumes Omar
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Monday questioned the rationale behind closing the Jammu-Srinagar-Baramulla National Highway for civilian traffic on Sundays and Wednesday if security force convoys could ply on the same road on other days of the week as well. The former chief minister posted a video on his Twitter handle showing a long […]
Separate PM, Prez rant: If such chatter continues Article 370, 35A will have to go: Rajnath
Suchetgarh (J-K): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said there will be no option with the government other than abolishing articles 370 and 35A related to special status to Jammu and Kashmir in the Constitution if there is a demand for a separate Prime Minister for the terrorism-affected state. His reaction came a week […]