SC dismisses plea on tallying of VVPAT slips with vote cast using EVMs
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea raising the issue of tallying of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with the votes cast using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). A bench of justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta told the petitioner’s counsel that a coordinate bench of […]
Search operation to track down, neutralise terrorists underway in Udhampur
Jammu, Apr 29 (PTI) A massive search operation to track down and neutralise two groups of terrorists in the dense forests of Basantgarh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district entered the second day on Monday. A village Defence Guard (VDG) was killed in a brief encounter with terrorists in remote Panara village in Chochru Gala […]
Landslides blocks Jammu-Srinagar national highway
Jammu, Apr 29 (PTI) The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed Monday following multiple landslides triggered by rains that lashed wide parts of Jammu and Kashmir overnight, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was blocked by landslides at Mehar, Gangroo, Mom Passi and Kishtwari Pather in Ramban […]
Flash floods lead to temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore Highway
Srinagar, Apr 29: Incessant rainfall across Kashmir valley has resulted in flash floods, inundation of roads, leading to the temporarily closure of Kupwara-Sopore national highway in North Kashmir, official said on Monday. An official from civil administration told that the heavy downpour has caused rapid increase in the water level, inundation of national highway at […]
Nomination process for penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections begins
New Delhi, Apr 29 (PTI) The nomination process for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on May 25 in which 57 constituencies, including seven from Delhi, will go to polls commenced on Monday. The Election Commission issued a notification on behalf of the President starting the nomination process. According to the […]
Sonamarg Road Accident: Another Body Retrieved, Toll reaches five
Ganderbal, Apr 29: Another body was retrieved on Monday morning from Nallah Sindh in Kullan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after an accident occurred in Gagangeer, Sonamarg, taking the total death toll to five. On Sunday evening, at least four persons were killed after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident […]
No imminent flood threat in valley: I&FC Deptt
Srinagar, Apr 28: The Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department on Sunday said there is currently no immediate threat of flooding in the valley, despite heavy rainfall predictions for isolated areas of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly on April 28 and 29. A senior official from the I&FC Department in Kashmir said that they are actively […]
4 killed, 2 missing in road accident in Ganderbal
Srinagar, Apr 28 (PTI) Four persons died while two others were missing after a passenger vehicle rolled down into Nallah Sindh in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, an official said here. A passenger vehicle with nine persons on board skidded off the road and fell into the fast-moving stream at Gagangir […]
Teenage girl goes missing in Srinagar, family seeks help
Srinagar, Apr 28: A 13-year-old girl has gone missing from her home in Srinagar district with family seeking help to trace her. One of the family members said that on Saturday afternoon Maliha Mudasir daughter of Mudasir Ahmed of Rajbagh Srinagar has gone missing from Srinagar. They said that Maliha was last seen at Kabi […]
Property worth lakhs seized under UAPA in Pulwama
Srinagar, Apr 28: Jammu and Kashmir police have seized property worth lakhs under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement, issued here a spokesperson said that the property is located in Monghama Pulwama which has been used by terrorists for their shelter and stay in addition to all […]