Elaborate security arrangements in place in Rajouri, Poonch ahead of polling
Jammu: Multi-layer security has been put in place in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, particularly along the Line of Control (LoC), part of the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency that goes to polls on May 25. These measures include increased deployment of security personnel, area dominations in hill regions, additional checkpoints and round-the-clock […]
Publishing polling booth-wise data will “vitiate” electoral space, create “chaos”: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission has opposed in the Supreme Court an NGO’s demand to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of the conclusion of polling for each phase of the Lok Sabha elections, contending it will “vitiate” the electoral space and cause “chaos” in the poll machinery in […]
Till Modi is alive, no one can snatch reservation for Dalits, tribals: PM
Mahendragarh (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed that the INDIA bloc is talking about having five PMs over the next five years and said the fight over ‘ghee’ has broken out in the alliance, even before the cow has given milk. Hours before campaigning for the sixth round of the seven-phase Lok Sabha […]
Election is fight to safeguard Constitution: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday charged that the BJP always wanted to “tear and throw away” the Constitution, and asserted that the Lok Sabha elections this time is a fight to safeguard it. At an election meeting in northeast Delhi’s Dilshad Garden in support of party candidate Kanhaiya Kumar, he claimed that […]
Ahead of electoral battle, Mehbooba seeks ‘strength’ at father’s grave
Bijbehara (J-K): PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti paid a visit to the grave of her father, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, to seek strength as she prepares for the May 25 electoral challenge from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. Busy campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections, Mehbooba on Thursday took time to reflect on her emotions. “I come […]
5 detained after clashes between 2 families in Jammu
Jammu: Five individuals were detained after a clash between two families resulted in minor injuries to two persons and gunfire on the outskirts of the Jammu city on Thursday evening, officials said. The incident took place between the families of Mohammad Siraj and Dil Mohammad over a vehicle parked in front of a gate in […]
Women stop Vande Bharat train in Jammu to protest against water crisis
Jammu: Women stopped the Vande Bharat train on Thursday by staging a protest at a railway station here against water crisis compounded by heatwave conditions. The demonstrators threatened to block all incoming and outgoing trains if the water crisis in their colony was not addressed urgently. Scores of women and some children from the Jammu […]
Father-son duo crushed to death by truck in Kathua
Kathua/Jammu: A man and his son were killed when a truck hit them in here on Thursday, officials said. Residents of the Korepunnu village blocked the border road and held a protest against the duo’s death. The duo were on their way to their house at the Nagari village, when a fast-driven truck crushed them […]
Weapons recovered from forest in Kupwara, says Army
Srinagar: Security forces Wednesday recovered arms and ammunition from a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Army said. “On specific inputs from military intelligence, a Joint Search Operation was launched by the Indian Army & Jammu and Kashmir Police in general area Dardnar Forest, Kupwara today,” Army’s Chinar Corps said in a post […]
Srinagar records season’s hottest day at 31.6°C
3rd warmest May day in decade, says MeT Srinagar: Mercury soared to 31.6°C in Srinagar on Wednesday, marking the season’s hottest day and third-highest temperature recorded in the summer capital during the month of May. A meteorological department official here said that the maximum temperature at 31.6°C was 6.8°C above normal for the season in […]
