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Nowgam blast accidental, no sabotage: DGP

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Nalin Prabhat on Saturday said the massive explosion at Nowgam police station that left nine dead and 32 injured was “accidental” and ruled out sabotage as the cause of the incident. Prabhat, the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, said the explosives recovered during investigation in the “white […]

 Press Trust of India

LG orders probe into cause of Nowgam blast

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered a probe into the accidental blast in Nowgam police station, which left nine people dead and 32 others injured. “I have ordered a probe to ascertain the cause of the accidental explosion,” Sinha said in an X post. The L-G expressed anguish over the loss of lives […]

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Lone breadwinner in family, tailor killed in Nowgam PS blast

Leaves behind wife, 3 children Srinagar: Mohammad Shafi Parray, a tailor, left home on Friday morning to do his bit as a conscientious citizen by assisting police investigators to collect samples of the explosives seized from a ‘white collar’ terror module busted recently. It would be the last time he would do so. Parray (47), […]

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Going has never been as good in JK as it has been since 2019: LG Sinha

Going has never been as good in JK as it has been since 2019: LG Sinha

Reiterates call for isolating terror elements in society Jammu: Asserting that society must isolate terror elements and ensure that the vital support systems necessary for their existence are denied, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that the going has never been as good for Jammu and Kashmir in the past as it has been […]

 KV Correspondent

PDP wins Budgam assembly bypoll

PDP wins Budgam assembly bypoll

BJP retains Nagrota seat as Devyani Rana wins with 24,647 votes Srinagar/Budgam: Opposition PDP candidate Aga Syed Muntazir on Friday won the Budgam assembly bypoll in Jammu and Kashmir, defeating ruling National Conference (NC) candidate Aga Syed Mehmood by a margin of nearly 4,500 votes. Meanwhile, the BJP retained the Nagrota seat as Devyani Rana […]

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JK to have four women MLAs with Devyani Rana’s win from Nagrota

Srinagar: BJP’s Devyani Rana on Friday broke a new glass ceiling by winning the assembly bypoll from the Nagrota constituency, as Jammu and Kashmir will now have four elected women legislators for the first time. The Jammu and Kashmir assembly had elected three women MLAs in 2008, 2014, and 2024, marking the highest female representation […]

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PM Modi thanks voters of JK

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the voters of Jammu and Kashmir, and Odisha for ensuring the victories of BJP candidates in the assembly bypolls whose results were announced on Friday. “I thank the people of Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir as well as Nuapada in Odisha for blessing the BJP with spectacular victories […]

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Budgam outcome sign of public resentment: Congress

Says Nagrota result as expected Jammu: The Congress in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said the bypoll result in Budgam reflected “public resentment” over unfulfilled promises and dissatisfaction with the government’s performance while it termed the Nagrota outcome “as expected” as the seat was already with the BJP. On the Bihar election results, Jammu and […]

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MP Aga Ruhullah committed ‘political suicide’: Omar

MP Aga Ruhullah committed ‘political suicide’: Omar

The NC MP stayed away from Budgam bypoll campaign Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday termed Lok Sabha MP Aga Ruhullah’s absence from the recent Budgam bypoll campaign as “political suicide” and also said that the National Conference would soon analyse the reasons for defeat in Budgam and Nagrota. Abdullah’s comment came while talking […]

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Udyog Samagam 2025: JK govt honoured with top achiever award in EoDB, BRAP

NEW DELHI: Commissioner Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department, Jammu & Kashmir, Vikramjit Singh Friday received an award on behalf of J&K Government for emerging as one of the top achievers under Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2024 at Udyog Samagam 2025, New Delhi. The award was presented by Union […]