JK polls: Congress’ central election committee meets to zero in on candidates
New Delhi: The Congress’ central election committee met here on Friday and finalised a few names for contesting the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said the committee would meet again soon as only a few names were finalised and there would be further discussions on some other possible candidates. Congress president Mallikarjun […]
Lt Guv chairs 47th meeting of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired the 47th Board meeting of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) at Raj Bhawan, Friday. The meeting was attended by members of the Shrine Board D.C. Raina; Smt. Kailash Mehra Sadhu, K. N. Rai; Dr Shailesh Raina and Prof Vishwamurti Shastri. The Board, which met under the chairmanship of the […]
BJP top leaders meet, discuss counter measures to NC-Congress alliance
Srinagar: In a bid to counter the recent pre-poll alliance move by National Conference and Congress in J&K, the BJP’s top leadership from the Union Territory assembled at BJP national president JP Nadda’s New Delhi residence to give final touches to the probable candidates for the first phase commencing from September 18. Reliable sources said […]
Pakistani intruder held along LoC in Poonch
JAMMU: A Pakistani intruder was apprehended along the Line of Control (LoC) after crossing into this side in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, official sources said. He was picked up by the security forces in the area along the LoC close to Chakan Da Bagh. The intruder identified as Azhar is being questioned.
7 candidates file nominations for J-K polls
Srinagar: Seven candidates filed their nominations on Thursday for different Assembly seats in Kashmir, which are going to polls in the first phase on September 18, officials said. The candidates include one from the National Conference (NC), two from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), two from the Apni Party, one from the People’s Conference and […]
Congress-NC alliance in J-K will collapse like house of cards Tarun Chugh
Chandigarh: The National Conference-Congress alliance in Jammu and Kashmir will collapse like a house of cards and face a humiliating defeat in the assembly elections, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said on Friday. He also claimed the alliance had been rejected time and again by the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “Even in the last […]
SC-ST Act applicable only if there is intention to humiliate: Apex Court
New Delhi: An offence under the SC-ST Act is not established merely on the fact that the complainant is a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community unless there is an intention to humiliate, the Supreme Court said on Friday. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra made the observation […]
Mini-UAV inadvertently drifts into PoK
Indian Army seeks its return Jammu: A mini-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Army inadvertently drifted into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said. The UAV, which was on a test training sortie in the hinterland in Bhimber Gali area, developed some snag and lost control with […]
Assembly elections: NC-Cong-CPI (M) forges pre-poll alliance in JK
Srinagar: Ahead of the much awaited assembly elections the regional National Conference (NC) has formally entered into a pre-poll bonhomie with Congress and CPI (M), ending the long stalemate in this regard. The final papers between the parties were scheduled to be signed late today. Earlier in the day, the Congress top brass including its […]
Seven people killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into gorge in Ladakh
Leh: At least seven persons died and twenty others were injured after a bus they were travelling in met with an accident and plunged into a 200-metre-deep gorge at Durbuk area of Leh in Ladakh Union Territory. An official said that the bus, carrying staff members of a school to a wedding function, plunged into […]
