2019 elections: Media Certification & Monitoring Committee constituted

DEO Srinagar directs strict adherence to ECI rules

Srinagar: The Srinagar District Election Office Monday constituted a Media Certification & Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to keep a check on cases of paid news in the district a day after the Election Commission of India announced schedule for General Elections 2019. The constitution of MCMC at district level is mandated under election rules once a […]

EC should consider non-BJP parties’ plea: CPI (M)

New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday urged the Election Commission to “seriously” consider all the non-BJP parties’ plea in Jammu and Kashmir to hold the assembly elections in the state simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. In a press statement, the politburo of CPI(M) said, “All the non-BJP political parties in J-K, […]

Adhere strictly to ECI guidelines, directs DEO

Srinagar: District Election Officer Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Monday instructed the concerned departments and executing agencies to strictly adhere to Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines with regard to execution of developmental works. The DEO was speaking in a meeting convened to discuss the execution of works during the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) […]

NIA files charge sheet against three youth

Says they acted as OGW’s of JeM

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheet against three Kashmiris for their alleged involvement in Jhajjar Kotli, Jammu, encounter in which three militants were killed in September last. Giving details, a spokesman of the agency said that on 12 September 2018 early morning while checking of a Kashmir bound truck, the flying squad […]

Driver among three injured in road mishap

Baramulla: Three persons including a driver sustained injuries on Monday after the car they were traveling in met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that a four wheeler private car (Maruti Swift) bearing registration number JK05D- 3773 was on its way to Baramulla from Ladoora Rafiabad when the driver of the […]

AAC’s stand represents political sentiments of people: Spokesman

Srinagar: Awami Action Committee (AAC) on Monday said that political stand of the party which Mirwaiz Umar Farooq heads is based on truth and represents the political sentiments of the people. AAC leaders, activists and party workers held an extra ordinary meeting at party headquarters Mirwaiz Manzil Rajouri Kadal under the leadership of senior leader […]

Shooting stone kills 22-year-old shopkeeper in Poonch

Poonch: A 22-year-old shopkeeper was killed after hit by a shooting stone amid heavy rainfall in Gursai area of Mendhar in Poonch district of Jammu division on Monday. Reports said that the shopkeeper identified as Umar Farooq (22) son of Noor Hussain of Sanjoite, Gursaie was hit by a shooting stone when he was busy […]

Six year-old drowns in water tank in Rajouri

Jammu: A six-year-old boy drowned in a water tank inside the premises of a government school in Rajouri district, police said on Monday. Aahil Mirza, a resident of Ujjan village, accidentally fell into the water tank while playing on Sunday evening, they said. His body was recovered from the underground tank and handed over to […]