BJP making efforts to break alliances: Congress President Kharge
Srinagar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances and political parties opposed to it as they have a minority government at the Centre which depends on TDP and JD-U for survival. “The Congress and National Conference are contesting the (Jammu and Kashmir) elections together, which has […]
Niti Aayog group pitches for a separate law to tackle future public health crisis
New Delhi: An expert group constituted by Niti Aayog to prepare a framework for future pandemic preparedness has suggested enacting separate legislation to handle public health crises. The report titled ‘Future Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Response – A Framework for Action’ said learning from the experience of COVID-19, the experts have realised that responding in […]
MP Engineer Rashid walks out of Tihar
New Delhi: Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday on interim bail till October 2 for campaigning in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls and vowed to fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Naya Kashmir narrative”. Talking to reporters outside the jail, he also attacked National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah and […]
BJP failed to tackle spread of terrorism in Jammu: Omar Abdullah
Jammu: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the distribution of arms to people is the biggest proof of the BJP government’s “failure” to check spread of terrorism in the otherwise peaceful Jammu region. The former chief minister was apparently referring to the revival of village defence guards and arming them with self-loading […]
CS reviews functioning of Technical Education Board
Laid emphasis on quality teaching and training of the candidates SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Wednesday took a detailed review of the working of the Board of Technical Education (JKBOTE) here during which he emphasised on imparting hands-on training and quality teaching to the students in the technical institutions of the UT. The meeting was […]
BSF trooper injured as Pakistan violates ceasefire along border in Jammu
Jammu: A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was injured when Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing on Indian posts in violation of a ceasefire agreement along the border here on Wednesday, officials said. The BSF troops also retaliated but the casualties on the Pakistani side were not known immediately, they said. “At about 2.35 am, […]
Assembly Elections 2024: ECI conducts virtual conference to review SVEEP activities, AMFs for electorate
JAMMU: In order to review the Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) activities organised for the awareness of the voters and the Assured Minimum Facilities (AMFs) to be provided to the electorate ahead of the much awaited Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024, the officers of Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday conducted […]
Borders fully secure, will not allow terrorists to disturb assembly polls: BSF
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Counter-infiltration measures have been put in place along the borders to ensure that terrorists don’t infiltrate and disturb the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, a top BSF officer said on Tuesday. Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), Jammu frontier, D K Boora was speaking to reporters in Bhaderwah area of Doda district […]
Money laundering : ED makes third arrest in narco-terrorism case
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate said on Tuesday that it has made a fresh arrest in an alleged narco-terrorism-linked money laundering case related to the “funding” of banned terrorist group Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen. Laddi Ram was taken into custody on Monday and was produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Jammu that […]
J&K Polls: 2350 permission given to political parties, candidates
241 permission requests under process, 158 pending for want of NOCs: Officials JAMMU: Upholding the Democratic Principles of Free, Fair and Transparent Elections for the forthcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election, 73.94% permission requests from the political parties and contesting candidates have been accepted since the electoral process commenced in the Union Territory, the office […]
