Added on April 21, 2024
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Srinagar: Kashmir IGP V K Birdi has directed security forces in the valley to evaluate and enhance existing strategies to thwart any potential terror activities to ensure public safety and uphold the integrity of the electoral process, police said on Saturday. The Kashmir zone IGP chaired a joint security coordination meeting at Awantipora in south […]
Added on April 21, 2024
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Jammu: A terrorist hideout was busted in Reasi district on Saturday, leading to seizure of some incriminating material, police said. The hideout was busted in Dalas Barneli area in Arnas sub division during a search and cordon operation, which was launched following reliable information about its presence, a police spokesperson said. Two detonators, 12 rounds […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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New Delhi/Jammu: An aggregate 60.03 per cent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, the Election Commission (EC) said. While the figures were issued after the conclusion of polls, the commission said people who were in the queue when voting ended at 6 pm were allowed to exercise […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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Threaten boycott of future polls Dhadkah (Doda): The residents of Dhadkahi, known as the “silent village” in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district due to its large deaf-and-dumb population, exercised their right to vote in the Lok Sabha polls on Friday in the hope of getting basic amenities, such as roads, water, healthcare facilities and education. […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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Damoh (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said war clouds were hovering over the world and under these circumstances a strong BJP-led government with an absolute majority was needed to protect the country’s interests and tackle any eventuality. Mocking Pakistan without naming it, he said a neighbouring country that exported terrorism was now struggling […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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Asks him to adopt a ‘humane approach’ New Delhi: The NHRC has directed Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary to examine with “humane approach” an old issue related to the family of a poet and his son who were killed by militants in 1990, and take action as “deemed appropriate” in the matter. The complaint or […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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Doda/Jammu: Amid multi-tier security arrangements, ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) was on display at the all-women staffed booths known as ‘pink booths’, in the Doda district of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency. These ‘pink booths’ attracted more women voters, especially from the Muslim community. More than 22 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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Jammu: In an unusual scene, the returning officer of the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency on Friday exercised his franchise after standing in a queue and waiting for his turn at a polling station in the Kathua district. Rakesh Minhas (34), who originally hails from Punjab, came to a polling station set up at the irrigation […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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Topper Aditya Srivastava scored 54.27 pc New Delhi: Civil services exam topper Aditya Srivastava scored 54.27 per cent in the prestigious exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), according to the detailed marks of the recommended candidates released by the Commission on Friday. Following closely behind is Animesh Pradhan, who scored 52.69 per […]
Added on April 20, 2024
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New Delhi: There will be “chaos” if the Supreme Court starts entertaining petitions against rejection of nomination papers, an apex court bench said on Friday while dismissing the plea of a man from Bihar who intended to contest the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate but his papers were rejected. The bench said the […]
