Road accidents claim more lives than wars, militancy, Naxalism: Gadkari
New Delhi: More people have lost their lives in India in road accidents than wars, militancy and Naxalism, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. Addressing the sixth edition of FICCI Road Safety Awards and Conclave 2024, Gadkari said the number of blackspots is increasing because of bad detailed project reports […]
Ex-Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu quits Apni Party
Srinagar: Former Srinagar Municipal Corporation mayor Junaid Azim Mattu resigned from the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party on Wednesday. “It is with a heavy heart, and with all humility at my command, that I announce my decision to part ways with the J&K Apni Party. I extend my gratitude to our President Syed Muhammad Altaf […]
KP’s reiterate demand for rehabilitation in Kashmir Valley
Jammu: As the first phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir nears, displaced Kashmiri Pandits are keen to vote despite being miles away from their home constituencies in the Kashmir Valley and want their primary demand of return and rehabilitation to be met. The community, spread across various parts of the country since their […]
Protest over ticket distribution: Angry BJP workers force Ravinder Raina to cut short speech
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday was forced to cut short his speech by angry workers seeking explanation over denial of ticket to party leader Rohit Dubey from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi seat in Reasi district. Dubey’s name was replaced in the revised list of candidates with former MLA Baldev Raj […]
1st phase of Assembly Elections: 279 candidates file nomination papers
Scrutiny of nomination papers to be held on 28 August JAMMU/SSRINAGAR: As many as 279 candidates have filed their nomination papers across 24 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) of seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir which are going to polling in the first phase of J&K Assembly Election 2024. Tuesday was the last day of filing nomination […]
J&K Assembly polls: No major change in BJP’s new list of 29 candidates
Jammu/New Delhi: Despite resentment shown by some party leaders over selection of candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the BJP on Tuesday released its revised list of 29 nominees for the second and third phase, without making any major changes except replacing one contestant. With the release of the fresh list, the party […]
Chief, finance secretaries of 18 states appear in SC
Say they complied with SNJPC proposals New Delhi: In a rare sight, chief secretaries and finance secretaries of 18 states and union territories (UT) personally appeared before the Supreme Court on Tuesday to apprise it of whether they have complied with the Second National Judicial Pay Commission’s (SNJPC) recommendations on payment of salary, pension arrears […]
Waqf bill: JPC chairman meets Islamic scholars in Lucknow
Assures no injustice will be done Lucknow: Jagdambika Pal, the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, on Tuesday met representatives of the Islamic Centre of India, religious leaders and intellectuals here and assured them that no injustice will be done to waqf. Islamic Centre of India President Maulana Khalid […]
JK parties not part of INDIA bloc might be sailing in two boats: G A Mir
Srinagar: Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Tuesday said regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir which did not join the INDIA bloc might be “sailing in two boats”, suggesting that they could join hands with the BJP for the assembly polls in the union territory. Mir, who is contesting the assembly elections from Dooru […]
Several former members of banned JeI file nomination papers for Assembly polls
Srinagar: Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest the Assembly polls in the Union Territory as independent candidates. Sugra Barkati, daughter of jailed separatist worker Sarjan Barkati, also filed nomination papers on behalf of her father. While Jamaat cannot take part in the elections due […]
