Added on May 26, 2024
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Says it’s on course for tally of over 350 seats New Delhi: As the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls concluded on Saturday, the Congress claimed the BJP’s fate is “all but sealed” with the INDIA bloc having already crossed the halfway mark of 272 seats and is on course for a tally […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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Anantnag/Rajouri: With the threat of cross-border shelling in some border areas and satellite phones and special runners in place to deal with contingencies, all is in readiness for elections in the controversially redrawn Anantnag-Rajouri constituency from where PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is contesting. Contesting against Mehbooba Mufti, working to revive her party’s fortunes following its […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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Qazigund hottest in Valley at 31.4 degree Celsius, Sgr records 30.3 degrees Srinagar: Amidst the intense heat wave in Kashmir, several areas across the Valley recorded a slight fall in the maximum temperature on Friday while Qaizgund was the hottest at 31.4 degree Celsius. After recording the hottest May day in the last over a […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir issued an advisory on Friday amid soaring temperatures in the Valley, with Srinagar recording its hottest May day in 13 years. The maximum temperature in Srinagar on Thursday was recorded at 32.2 degrees Celsius — the same as on May 25, 2013. On May 20, 2011, Srinagar had recorded a maximum […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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Says hands-off approach needed amid polls New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue directions to the Election Commission on an NGO’s plea for uploading polling booth-wise voter turnout data on its website during the Lok Sabha elections and favoured a “hands-off attitude” amidst an ongoing electoral process. A vacation bench of Justices […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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New Delhi: India needs to impose a 2 per cent tax on net wealth exceeding Rs 10 crore and a 33 per cent inheritance tax to deal with the problem of rising inequality in the country, and create fiscal space for investments in the social sector, a new research paper co-authored by economist Thomas Piketty […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday that the heavy voter turnout in four of the total five Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir reflects the people’s will to make Kashmir a part of India’s growth story. He said even as the Kashmir-centric regional political parties like the National Conference (NC) and […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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Booths set up in Jammu, Udhampur and Delhi Jammu: More than 26,000 displaced Kashmiri Pandit voters from across the country are eligible to vote at 34 polling stations in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag constituency on Saturday. This marks the conclusion of voting in the Union Territory, […]
Added on May 25, 2024
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Jammu: Security forces on Friday conducted search operations at many villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district following reports of “suspicious movement” in the Bein-Lalachak forward area, officials said. Drones were also deployed for surveillance during the operation, launched as a precautionary measure, they said. Security forces conducted house-to-house verification in […]
Added on May 24, 2024
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Srinagar: The high-pitch electioneering for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls ended in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday as the campaigning for the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency came to a close in the evening. The newly-carved out Lok Sabha seat in the south Kashmir-Pir Panjal region is scheduled to go to polls on Saturday, marking the conclusion of […]
