Added on April 19, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: It has been more than ten years now that the Cross-LoC (Line of Control) trade was started between the two divided parts of Kashmir valley. The idea of bridging the gap between the people living on the two sides of the divide turned into a reality in October 2008 when the Cross-LoC trade was […]
Added on April 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
London: India has dropped two places on a global press freedom index to be ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders analysis released on Thursday, with the lead up to the ongoing Indian general elections flagged as a particularly dangerous time for journalists. The World Press Freedom Index 2019′, topped […]
Added on April 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Says Imran Khan made public pleas to us to pick up the phone
Amreli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government managed to contain terrorism to only “two and a half” districts in Jammu and Kashmir and that no bomb blast took place elsewhere in the country in last five years. Addressing a poll rally at Amreli in Gujarat, Modi also said that what he learnt […]
Added on April 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Nuner (Ganderbal): The residents of this village in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday stayed away from polling booths after pledging to boycott voting at the funeral of a local militant, who was killed in an encounter with security forces earlier this month. Rahil Rashid Sheikh was killed in Imamsahib area of Shopian district […]
Added on April 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: As many as 90 polling booths, mostly in downtown city, saw no voting in Thursday’s elections to the Srinagar Parliamentary seat, sources said. The Srinagar constituency comprising eight assembly segments recorded zero turnout in as many as 50 polling booths. The majority of these booths were located in Eidgah, Khanyar, Habba Kadal and Batmaloo, […]
Added on April 19, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: Director General Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that polling in Srinagar and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats concluded peacefully. He said barring some incidents of violence polling in Kashmir valley remained peaceful. “In Jammu province also, situation remained peaceful so-far,” he said. “People in large number exercised their right to vote defying boycott call […]
Added on April 19, 2019
KV Correspondent
Assembly elections in JK should not be delayed any further: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president, Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the situation on ground across the country gives a firm reason to the people of Kashmir to make NC candidate victorious from Srinagar parliamentary constituency. Addressing media persons along with his son Omar Abdullah soon after casting their votes at Munshi Bagh polling station in […]
Added on April 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Udhampur witnesses brisk polling
Jammu: Nearly 70 per cent polling was recorded in Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, while the turnout was low in Srinagar seat with nearly 15 per cent voters exercising their franchise till 5 pm on Thursday in the second phase of general elections in Jammu and Kashmir, according to poll officials. No major untoward incident was […]
Added on April 18, 2019
KV News
Srinagar: Strict security arrangements have been put in place for the two Parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir that go to polls along with 93 LS seats spread across 11 states and one Union territory today. In Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have deployed over 80 companies for election duty in the twin constituencies of Srinagar […]
Added on April 18, 2019
Jahangeer Ganaie
Pulwama/Shopian: With just days left for Lok Sabha Polls in parts of Anantnag Parliament seat the campaign here has remained a low key affair with political parties avoiding most parts of the Shoipan, Kulgam and Pulwama districts. The two main districts, Pulwama and Shopian have not witnessed even a single public gathering or a major […]
