Amid heightened tensions, Indian team’s visit to Pak for Indus River basin inspection postponed
New Delhi, Mar 10 (PTI) Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, a reciprocal visit by the Indian team to Pakistan for inspection of projects in Indus river basin this month has been postponed, senior officials said Sunday. During the 115th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission held in Lahore from August 29-30, 2018, […]
No assembly polls in JK: Omar & Mehbooba react sharply
Srinagar: Elections for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, which was dissolved after the ruling coalition between the BJP and the PDP fell apart, will not be held along with the Lok Sabha polls, ECI said. Two former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, reacted sharply in a series of tweets. […]
Seven-phase Lok Sabha polls to begin April 11, counting on May 23: EC
New Delhi: Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and polling would be held over seven phases through May 19, followed by counting of all votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim will also be held simultaneously, the Election Commission (EC) said. […]
EC imposes model code of conduct with immediate effect
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday imposed model code of conduct’ with immediate effect for the Lok Sabha elections and announced that voter verifiable paper audit trail’ will be used in all polling stations this time. Among other things, the model code of conduct bars the government from announcing any policy move that may […]
As lull prevails along LoC, army anticipates ‘shallow infiltration’ by militant groups
Jammu/Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) As a lull prevails along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan after a fortnight-long exchange of heavy fire, the army is on high alert anticipating “shallow infiltration” by militant groups to target troops and military installations, officials said on Sunday. The officials, who are keeping an eye on developments along […]
Restrictions in Srinagar as trade bodies call for strike against NIA summon to Mirwaiz
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) The authorities Sunday imposed restrictions in parts of the city here as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of a strike called by various trade bodies against the NIA summon to moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Restrictions under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure […]
Pak violates ceasefire at 4 places in Poonch; targets army posts, villages
Jammu, Mar 10 (PTI) Pakistani troops Sunday resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations targeting forward posts and villages at four places along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The firing was intense in the Krishna Ghati sector, where the Pakistani troops resorted to mortar shelling and firing by small arms […]
Newspapers run blank front pages in Kashmir to protest ‘denial’ of govt ads to two dailies
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Most of the leading dailies in the Kashmir valley printed a blank front page on Sunday as a mark of protest against the “unexplained denial” of advertisements to two newspapers by the Jammu and Kashmir government. The Kashmir Editors’ Guild (KEG) had claimed last month that the state government had stopped giving […]
KEG stages protest against ban on advertisements to two members
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Sunday held a protest at Kashmir Press Club, Srinagar against the government’s ban on advertisements to two major dailies published from Srinagar: Senior editors and journalists took part in the protest to demand revocation of ban on advertisements to the two English dailies. A member of the KEG said […]
Mehbooba slams Centre over NIA summons to Farooq
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said the NIA summons to moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were “emblematic” of the Centre’s “repeated assaults on our religious identity”. “Mirwaiz Farooq isn’t any ordinary separatist leader. He is religious & spiritual head to Kash (Kashmiri) Muslims,” the Peoples Democratic […]