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Stage set for big fight as Udhampur Lok Sabha seat goes to polls today

Jammu: The most awaited seven-phase Parliamentary election 2024 will begin Friday with two Rajputs locking horns on Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir making the battle a unique one across the country. The Lok Sabha elections in J...

Three mute sisters of India’s 'silent village' eager to vote for first time

Gandoh : Three mute sisters of Dadhkai village, also known as 'silent village' of India and situated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gandoh area of Doda district, are eagerly waiting to cast their votes for the first time besides inspiring the other villager...

Overstaying in govt accommodations: Govt moves HC to defer action against occupants

Jammu: Citing the Model Code of Conduct, Jammu and Kashmir estates department on Thursday sought permission from the high court to defer action till June 4 against politicians overstaying in government accommodations. Senior Additional Advocate Gen...

LG discusses investment proposals with officials

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Thursday discussed investment proposals received by his administration at a meeting here with officials and directed them to hold regular meetings with industry bodies to address cruci...

FIR registered against Congress's Lal Singh

Jammu: An FIR has been registered against Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh under various sections of the IPC for alleged misbehaviour with a police party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district two days ago, an official said on Thursday. The F...

Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat: Mian Altaf, Mehbooba, Manhas file nominations

SRINAGAR: National Conference candidate Mian Altaf, People Democratic Party’s candidate Mehbooba Mufti and Apni Party’s candidate Zaffar Manhas on Thursday filed their nomination papers for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. All three political l...

BJP's exit brings cheer to NC, PDP

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech during BJP’s campaign in Jammu on Tuesday, 16 April, has remarkably changed the dynamics of the current Lok Sabha elections in the Kashmir Valley. “In Jammu it was unmistakably BJP versus Congress on both the ...

Notification issued for Srinagar LS seat; Ruhullah, Para, Mir in fray

Jammu: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued notification for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections including the Srinagar parliamentary constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, with the contest primarily between National Conference ...

IGP Kmr seeks intensified anti-terrorist operations

Srinagar: A day after the killing of a migrant worker in Jammu and Kashmir, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, V K Birdi on Thursday directed security forces in the valley to intensify anti-terrorist operations to neutralise the "remaining terror...

Govt employee placed under suspension for MCC violation

Srinagar: Acting tough against the violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) guidelines, the authorities in Srinagar placed a government employee under suspension on Thursday. The order issued in this regard stated "One government employee namely Ja...

No surprise after Azad decides not to contest LS polls : Omar

Srinagar: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said there was no surprise that Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad won't contest polls. He said they were aware that Azad was not going to conte...

Violence, unrest surge in J&K ahead of polls: worker shot dead, IEDs recovered

JAMMU: The resurgence of violence and unrest in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the Lok Sabha polls has once again painted the headlines red as a worker from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in the Anantnag today and Mendhar in Poonch reporting three re...

Curtains down on poll campaign for close contest on Udhampur seat

Jammu: High-decibel campaigning for the prestigious Kathua-Udhampur-Doda parliamentary seat, which is going to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, came to an end on Wednesday evening, with the BJP’s Dr Jitendra Singh and the...

1,400 polling stations to have webcasting facilities

Jammu: A total of 1,472 polling stations out of 2,637 will be equipped with webcasting facilities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur parliamentary constituency which is going to polls in the first phase on April 19, officials said. More than 16.23 lak...

Ghulam Nabi Azad not to contest Anantnag-Rajouri seat, says DPAP

SRINAGAR: Chairman Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad will not contest election from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, the party announced on Wednesday. The party has decided to field Advocate Mohammad Saleem Parray for the Anantnag-Raj...

ASB, admin to float tenders soon for offering services to Amarnath devotees

Jammu: To offer various top-of-the-line services and facilities for the convenience of pilgrims undertaking the upcoming Amarnath yatra in June, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board(SASB) and UT administration is likely to float tenders for the same shortly. ...

No female candidate from NC, Cong BJP in LS Elections 2024

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir, a region known for its political dynamism, has a glaring gap in female representation in its political landscape. Despite rhetoric advocating for equal rights and representation, the reality tells a different story. Sin...

Ram Lalla honoured with 'Surya Tilak' on Ram Navami'; PM says 'emotional moment'

Ayodhya: A beam of sunlight fell directly on Ram Lalla's idol at the new temple here at noon on Wednesday, marking the "Surya Tilak" of the deity on the first Ram Navami since its consecration. Devotees began queuing up at the Ram temple here befor...

Boat capsize tragedy: Search on to trace 3 still missing, govt provides ex-gratia to victims' families

Srinagar: The rescue operation to trace three missing people, including two children, after a boat capsized in Srinagar, entered its second day on Wednesday. On Tuesday morning, at about 8 am a boat capsized in the river Jhelum on Srinagar outskirt...

BJP star campaigners in Udhampur proves Jitendra on weak, says Omar

Anantnag : National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the BJP sending its top star campaigners including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Jammu indicates that their candidate in Udhampur se...

8 ministers, 2 Ex- CMs, 1 Ex-Guv in fray in first phase of LS Polls

New Delhi, Apr 17: Eight Union ministers, two former chief ministers and one ex-governor are among those who are set to test their electoral fate in the first phase of elections on April 19 when 102 seats across 21 states and Union territories will ...

Six including minors, dead as boat capsizes in Srinagar’s Jhelum River

SRINAGAR: Srinagar: A boat carrying mostly school children capsized in the Jhelum river on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, leaving six people dead, officials said. The incident took place around 8 am in GandbalNowgam area here and six people ...

Panel to frame policy on water transport regulation

Srinagar: Authorities here on Tuesday set up a committee to frame a policy for the regulation of water transport in the wake of a boat capsized in the Jhelum river, claiming six lives. "Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Vijay Kumar Bidhuri today call...

Political parties in J&K Suspend poll campaign

Jammu: Various political parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday suspended campaigning for the parliamentary elections in the wake of the boat capsize tragedy that left six people dead. National Conference (NC) candidate for the Srinagar Lok Sabha ...

Speculation rife about BJP’s plans not to field candidates on 3 Kashmir seats

Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday hinted that the BJP may not field its candidates on the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir, saying “the party is not in a hurry to see the lotus bloom in the Valley as it believes in winning hearts inste...

'Cong, NC, PDP responsible for fake encounters in Kmr'

Srinagar: Accusing Congress, National Conference (NC) and PDP of staging fake encounters and handing over guns in the young hands, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only stopped such encounters but also e...

UPSC CSE 2023: GD Goenka Alumna Anmol Rathore secures 7th rank, ten more in list

Jammu: Anmol Rathore, an alumna of GD Goenka Public School Jammu, brings laurels to J&K, securing AIR 7 in the UPSC CSE 2023. Among others, ten more candidates from Jammu and Kashmir also made it to the coveted list. These include Arjun Gupta secu...

MES worker electrocuted

Rajouri: A 32-year-old man working in the Military Engineer Services (MES) was electrocuted inside an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Tuesday, officials said. The death of Amrit Singh (32), a resident of Raipur-Kamila, inside t...

Cong ‘outweighing’ BJP in Udhampur constituency …?

Jammu: Even as BJP is branding Article 370 abrogation as the turning point for pushing development projects across UT and throwing all its ‘starrer’ might in the ongoing campaign for Udhampur-Kathua seat, not much seems to work this time. The scene ...

Lambardar arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 40K

Srinagar: The Anti Corruption Bureau trapped and arrested a Lumberdar for demanding and accepting Rs 4,000 bribe for handing over two NOCs of building permissions. According to a statementa complainant alleged that he along with his father applied ...

Why Ghulam Nabi Azad is reluctant to contest from Anantnag-Rajouri seat

SRINAGAR: For the first time in his over 50-year-long political career, Ghulam Nabi Azad has been nominated to contest a Lok Sabha election from a constituency in which he has never tried his luck. It is also for the first time that he would not be ...

EC remained 'silent' when Cong' bank accounts were frozen: Pilot

Kathua: Congress leader Sachin Pilot hit the campaign trail here on Tuesday as a star campaigner and attacked the Election Commission (EC) for "remaining silent" when the accounts of the main opposition party were frozen and elected chief ministers ...

Ladakh: Agitating groups call off march to China border

Leh: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is part of an agitation to press for Sixth Schedule status to Ladakh, said here on Tuesday that they have called off their proposed march to the China border for the second time this month due to "non-cooperation" o...

No discrimination with Muslims under PM Modi: Anurag Thakur

Jammu: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that there was no discrimination with the Muslim community in the country under Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government which focused on “service, good governance and well-being of the poor” af...

Abrogation of Article 370 changed fate of J&K: PM

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he removed Article 370 with courage and it has changed the fate of Jammu and Kashmir. “Take the case of Article 370, it has been our parties commitment. When it was my turn, I showed courage. I removed...