Road closure: Class 10th students fail to appear in exams in Tulail village

Bandipora: Scores of students from Kilshay village of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have demanded re-examination of Social Science subject of 10th standard as they failed to appear in the examinations due to closure of the road that connects them with Tulail Tehsil. The students, who missed their examination on November 15, said that […]

COVID-19 claims two more lives, 608 test positive in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded two deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,624 while as 608 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 105,984. Of the exact number of 105,984 cases, 63,871 are from Kashmir and 42,133 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 608 new […]

Contestants ask for level playing field

Say they have been confined to hotels are unable to campaign freely

Srinagar: Murmurs of discontent from candidates rather than speeches can be heard ahead of local body elections in Kashmir with most parties in the fray claiming their leaders are confined to distant hotels in the guise of security and are unable to campaign freely because of the many restrictions imposed on them. It’s just not […]

SEC comes up with guidelines for star campaigners

Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir’s State Election Commission has ordered that travel expenses of star campaigners will not be billed to the election expenditure of the candidates. According to the guidelines, the expenditure on travel incurred by leaders of a political party for propagating programme of that party shall not be treated as expenditure incurred/authorized by […]

France interested for collaboration opportunities in JK, Northeast

New Delhi: France has expressed desire to explore opportunities of collaboration in tourism and other potential sectors in the northeastern region and Jammu and Kashmir. This was conveyed by French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain when he called on Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh here on Friday, an official […]

Militants were planning ‘something big’: Govt

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a review meeting with top security brass in the wake of the killing of four JeM militants in Nagrota area of Jammu and asserted that security forces have thwarted their efforts to wreak “major havoc and destruction”. Government sources said that the militants were planning “something […]

Forces detect IED in Kulgam

Srinagar: Security forces on Friday detected and later diffused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said. An IED fitted in a pipe was detected near a local mosque at Shurat in the south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a police officer said. He said the explosive device was later destroyed by […]

‘Gupkar alliance’ befooling people: BJP

Says Article 370 would never be restored

Srinagar: The BJP on Friday asserted that Article 370, which was revoked by the Centre last year, would never be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, and alleged that parties of ‘Gupkar alliance’ were befooling people by making promises over its restoration. Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson Shahnawaz also said the upcoming District […]

Indo-Pacific concept a rejection of spheres of influence: Jaishankar

New Delhi: The concept of Indo-Pacific is a rejection of the spheres of influence and a reiteration that the world cannot be frozen for the benefit of a few even if that is the case with the United Nations, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. Addressing a global town hall event via video-conferencing, […]