Added on May 7, 2019 Press Trust of India

Congress alleges bogus voting, seeks re-polling in several booths

Anantnag: The Congress has sought re-polling in several booths in Shopian and Pulwama districts of the Anantnag parliamentary constituency, alleging that the NC and the PDP indulged in bogus voting in many areas. In a statement, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president allege bogus voting in some booths under Pampore and Rajpora Assembly […]

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JK records overall poll percentage of 44.51%: CEO

SRINAGAR: Peaceful voting marked the fifth phase of polling for Anantnag and Ladakh Parliamentary constituencies (PCs) in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions of the State. An overall turnout of 18.02 percent was recorded in Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency and Kargil and Leh districts of Ladakh Parliamentary Constituency, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, […]

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BJP says it is ready for assembly polls in JK

EC needs to take a decision: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the BJP is ready to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir but a final decision on the matter needs to be taken by the Election Commission after considering security related concerns. In an interview to PTI, he slammed mainstream political parties like the PDP and […]

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Hoping to return to their homeland, KP’s vote in special booths

Jagti Camp (Jammu): Living miles away from their native place for the past three decades, displaced Kashmiri Pandits Monday voted with the hope for an end to militancy and peaceful return to their homeland. “We want that South Kashmir should be freed from the twin grave threats (terrorism and radicalisation) to the composite culture of […]

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Darbar Move: Civil secretariat reopens in Srinagar

Srinagar: Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government, Monday opened here after functioning in winter capital Jammu for six months as part of the nearly 150-year-old practice known in the state as ‘Darbar Move’. The other ‘move offices’, including Raj Bhavan, police headquarters and several commissions, also opened here in the morning. Governor […]

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Killing of political activists, withdrawal of security not interconnected: Guv Malik

Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik Monday said it was wrong to link the withdrawal of security from certain people with the killing of political activists by militants in the Valley. He was addressing a press conference at the civil secretariat here, which reopened on Monday after functioning in winter capital Jammu for six months as […]

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Ramadan truce last year claimed 37 lives

8 security personnel, 4 civilians and 23 ultras were killed despite ‘ceasefire’

Jammu: Eight security forces personnel and four civilians were killed in militancy-related incidents while 23 militants were killed during a month-long halt in operations in Kashmir announced by the Centre in the month of Ramzan last year, the Home Ministry has said. The Centre had in May last year directed security forces not to launch […]

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Highway blockade: SC dismisses plea challenging order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government’s order restricting civilian traffic for a day in a week on a stretch of the national highway from Udhampur to Baramulla for the movement of security forces. Counsel for the state government told the bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan […]

Added on May 5, 2019 Press Trust of India

Colombo bombing has a Kashmir connection, says Lankan Army chief

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Army’s chief has said that some of the suicide bombers who carried out the country’s worst terror attack on Easter Sunday visited Kashmir and Kerala for “some sorts of training” or to “make some more links” with other foreign outfits. It is the first time that a top Sri Lankan security official […]

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No record to substantiate claim: Officials

Srinagar: There is no record to suggest that any of the suicide bombers who carried out the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka had visited Kashmir as claimed by the Army chief of the island nation, officials of central security agencies said here Saturday. One of the officials said immigration records were re-visited after the […]