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Jammu Lok Sabha seat records 71.91 % turnout in peaceful Phase-II polling

Jammu: The polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Jammu Constituency ended on a high note with the overall voter turnout recorded as 71.91 percent. People of Jammu, Samba and Reasi di...

102-yr old votes in support of providing jobs to youth

Jammu, April 26: A 102-year-old man, batting for jobs for youth to tackle the drug menace in Jammu and Kashmir, went out to vote at a polling station in Reasi here, in the second phase of elections o...

Over 100 special polling stations set up for voters

Jammu: Over 100 special polling stations were set up to cater to different categories of voters, including women and persons with disabilities, across the Jammu parliamentary constituency, which went...

2 terrorists killed, 2 Army personnel injured in gunbattle at Baramulla

Baramulla: Two terrorists were killed while as many Army personnel got injured on Friday as“ a gunbattle between the militants and security forces continued for the second day in Jammu and Kashmir's ...

NCPCR seeks probe against Mufti for ‘using children for poll gains’

Jammu: The apex child rights body NCPCR has asked the Election Commission to initiate a probe into the alleged use of schoolgoing children for election campaigning by former Jammu and Kashmir chief m...

Land sinks in Ramban; over 50 houses, power infra damaged

Banihal: More than 50 houses, four electricity towers, a receiving station, and a main road were damaged in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district dur to sinking of a road, officials said on Friday. Ra...

Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat: NC, PDP urge ECI not to postpone polls amid row over road conditions

SRINAGAR: The National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party on Friday sent a letter to the Election Commission of India urging not to postpone polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri parliament constituency...

Will respect EC’s decision on deferment, says Raina

Jammu: With some candidates seeking postponement of polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat due to adverse weather conditions, Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Friday said they will...

LS polls : Nomination papers of ten candidates rejected in Srinagar

Srinagar: Election authorities on Friday rejected nomination papers of 10 candidates, leaving 29 aspirants in the fray for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, officials said. The rejected candidates includ...

Separatist ideology 'dead' in J&K, people realised it is futile: Lone

Srinagar: The ideology of separatism is "dead" in Jammu and Kashmir as people realised it is futile, separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Lone said. In a freewheeling interview, the Jammu a...

Implementation of UCC in country BJP's promise, Modi's guarantee: Shah

Guna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that while the Congress party's poll manifesto promises to retain religious personal law, it is the BJP's promise and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

J&K boat capsize tragedy: Another body found, death toll rises to 7

Srinagar: Finally, prayers of Kashmiri people got answered on Friday after the body of 11-year-old boy Haziq Ahmed Sheikh of Gandbal, Srinagar was retrieved from river Jhelum after a gap of 11-days o...

SC rejects pleas to revive paper ballots, 100 pc cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected pleas for reviving paper ballots and also 100 per cent cross-verification of votes cast on EVMs with a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), hold...

Polling on Jammu LS seat today, fate of Jugal, Bhalla to be sealed

Jammu: The Jammu parliamentary constituency is all set to go to polls in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections amid tight security arrangements on Friday. Moreover, twenty two prisoners exerci...

16 houses damaged as land start ‘sinking’ in Ramban

Jammu: At least 16 houses have been damaged and road connectivity between Gool and Ramban snapped following the “sinking of land” in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district. Sources said that 16 reside...

Civilian injured in encounter at Sopore

Srinagar: A civilian was injured near the site of a gunbattle between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Thursday, officials said. "An encounter has started a...

Inheritance of Power!: J&K leaders find LS polls ‘most suitable time’ to launch their children into politics

Jammu: Amidst strong criticism over the promotion of dynastic politics, the contesting candidates representing three key political parties in Jammu and Kashmir seem to have found the current parliame...

Srinagar LS seat : NC's Ruhullah files nomination paper

SRINAGAR: Senior National Conference leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday filed his nominations to returning officer at the Deputy Commissioner's office here in Srinagar. Mehdi travelled from ...

Rakesh Handu, KP settled in Haryana among 39 in fray

SRINAGAR: As many as 39 candidates have filed their nomination papers before the returning officer for election to the Lok Sabha Srinagar seat. Among the 39 candidates is Rakesh Handu, a Kashmir mig...

I’m loyal BJP Karyakarta, condemn spreading of false statements: JTN

Jammu: The sitting Member of Parliament from Ladakh seat Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, who has been denied the BJP ticket from the seat for the current Lok Sabha elections, today condemned the people “spr...

10 cyber cells combating cyber frauds across Jmu

Jammu: Ten new Cyber Cells at each district were established in the starting months of the year 2024 in Jammu zone to deal with emerging cyber frauds. The vision behind the formation of these distr...

Properties of 4 militant handlers attached

Srinagar: Properties of four militant handlers operating from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) was on Thursday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said. Acting against the wanted...

Rescheduling of polls in Ant-Raj seat: ECI seeks report from J&K

Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed its focus toward the rescheduling of the General Election to Lok Sabha, 2024, in the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency of Jammu...

PM worked to remove Art 370, taken tough decisions to free country of corruption: Shah

Varanasi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken "tough decisions" inclduing abrogation of Article 370 to free the country of corruption, terrorism and...

Jammu Lok Sabha seat: Constituency’s political crossroads, balancing PM Modi's legacy with local dissatisfaction

JAMMU: In the bustling streets of Jammu, where the scent of politics lingers in the air as strongly as the aroma of spices from the nearby markets, a palpable tension brews among the voters. While t...

Amarnath Yatra: 100-bedded hospitals, ambulances to provide 24x7 medical care to devotees

Jammu: To provide round-the-clock medical care facilities to the Amarnath Yatries undertaking the annual pilgrimage, 100-bedded hospitals, medical centers, ambulances, over 2000 health care staff, m...

Srinagar LSseat: PDP’s Waheed Para, Apni Party’s Mir file nomination papers, 17 in fray

SRINAGAR: Mohammed Ashraf Mir and Waheed Para filed their nomination papers on Wednesday before the returning officer at the DC office in Srinagar. Ashraf Mir is the Apni Paty’s candidate, while Wah...

India emerging global economic power: LG

Jammu: Asserting that it is crucial every for citizens to discharge their duties and contribute towards nation-building, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmr Manoj Sinha said that India is emergin...

Over 4.40 L people visited Sgr's tulip garden, highest since 2007

Srinagar: A record 4.46 lakh visitors visited Asia's largest tulip garden, ensconced between the Dal Lake and the Zabarwan Hills here, which was closed for public on Wednesday after remaining open fo...

Congress' manifesto has 'unnerved' BJP: Mehbooba

Kulgam : PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the Congress' manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls is "pro-people" and has "unnerved" the BJP, which is showing its "frustration" by trying to fan...

People of J&K to decide who BJP's B or C teams are: DPAP chief Azad

Anantnag: Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday hit back at National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, saying the people of Jammu and Kashmir will decide who the BJP's ...

Rajouri civilian killing : 67 suspects detained For questioning: police

Jammu: As many as 67 suspected people were detained for questioning in connection with the killing of a civilian by two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and ...

BJP dumps sitting MP Jamyang Namgyal, fields Tashi Gyalson ‘to regain ground’ in Ladakh

Jammu: In an apparent bid to soothe the frayed nerves in the protest-hit Ladakh region and regain the lost ground, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday opted to replace sitting Member of Parli...

Cradled Art 370 like baby for 70 years: Shah tears into Congress over handling of J&K issue

Maharashtra: In an unsparing attack on the Congress over its alleged handling of the Jammu and Kashmir issue and not settling it decisively during its decades in power at the Centre, Union Home Minis...

Gujjar man killing: Police announces Rs 10 L for info of terrorist, search ops on

Jammu: J&K Police on Tuesday said they identified the attacker responsible for shooting dead a man Monday night in Kunda village of Rajouri district. Police identified the perpetrator of the attack...

NEP focuses on nurturing creative potential of students, says LG Sinha

Jammu: The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that National Education Policy focuses on nurturing creative potential of students and promotes critical thinking and p...

Omar terms PDP as BJP’s C team

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday called the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) C-team. He said this while addre...

Terror module member tasked to carry out target killings in J&K held in Punjab

Jammu: The Punjab Police has arrested a member of a terror module who was allegedly being handled by Pakistan-based operatives, officials said on Tuesday. The Director General of Police, Punjab, Gau...

OPD services to commence in AIIMS Jammu from May

Srinagar: After months of anticipation, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jammu is gearing up to commence its Out Patient Department (OPD) services in May, marking a significant mil...

Alleged complaint filed against BJP candidate’s poll affidavit ‘mismatch’

Jammu: A complaint of alleged ‘mismatch’ in election affidavit of BJP candidate from Jammu Lok Sabha seat has been forwarded to Election Commission of India (ECI). As per reports, the Chief Electora...

Recent geo-political developments reaffirm relevance of hard power: Army Chief Pande

New Delhi: General Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), on Tuesday said that the recent geo-political developments have reaffirmed the relevance of a country’s hard power. “The current geo-s...

PM going from street to street in south India to compensate for losses in north: Cong's Alka Lama

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is campaigning from street to street in South India to compensate for the BJP's "losses" in northern states, All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba said on Tue...

Farooq, Omar working at BJP's behest to polarise voters: Lone

Srinagar: People's Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday accused National Conference (NC) leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah of working at the behest of the BJP to polarise voters al...

Rajnath lauds 'iron-clad' will of soldiers deployed in world's highest battlefield

Leh: Siachen is India's capital of "courage, grit and determination", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday after carrying out an on-the-ground review of the security situation at the world's...

Govt employee killed in terror attack in Rajouri

Jammu: A government employee was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in another targeted attack in Jammu and Kashmir this evening. Mohammad Razaq was shot soon after he came out of a mosque at Shadra...

Terror conspiracy: NIA raids nine locations across Kashmir

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Monday carried out raids at nine locations in Kashmir, including Srinagar, in a terror conspiracy case, officials said here. The case relates to a terr...

J&K boat capsize: LG meets victims' families, takes stock of search ops

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday met the families of the victims of the boat capsize tragedy in Jhelum last week that left six persons dead, officials said. He a...

Govt orders constitution of DLCs for improving conditions of prisons in J&K

Jammu: In compliance with the Supreme Order about inhumane conditions in 1382 prisons, the Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered the constitution of district-level committees to improve the condit...

238 militants neutralised in South Kashmir since 2019

SRINAGAR: Since 2019, as many as 238 militants have been killed during an encounter with security forces in three different parts of South Kashmir. During the same time, around 66 youths have joined...

Govt mandates digital signatures for e-office operations in J&K

SRINAGAR: In a significant move towards digital transformation and enhancing efficiency in governmental operations, the administration of Union Territory has announced mandatory requirements for the ...

President confers Padma Shri to Kashmir's G N Dar

Srinagar: The President of India conferred Padma Shri to Ghulam Nabi Dar in the field of Art from Jammu and Kashmir during Civil Investiture Ceremony in New Delhi today. Ghulam Nabi Dar is a renow...

DPAP names Amir Bhatt as its candidate for Srinagar LS seat

SRINAGAR: The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) named Amir Ahmed Bhat on Monday as its candidate from the Srinagar parliamentary constituency. In a meeting headed by Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chairma...

Committed to resolution of Kashmir issue: Mehbooba

Bijbehara : PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said her party has not given up its stand on facilitating a resolution of the Kashmir issue and accused the BJP of aggravating the "pain" by abrogating ...

Assembly polls in J&K to take place soon: Union minister Jitendra Singh

Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held soon and the people of the Union Territory are enthusiastic about participating in the electo...

Rajnath Singh to interact with Armed Forces in Siachen today

Jammu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting Siachen tomorrow and interacting with the armed forces there on Monday. "Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh will visit Siachen tomorrow. He will ...

Campaigning in Jmu LS seat gathers pace as J&K preparers for 2nd phase of polling

Jammu: After the peaceful culmination of first phase of polling in Udhampur Lok Sabha seat on Friday, the focus has now shifted to the Jammu parliamentary constituency, which will go to polls in the ...

Admin orders salary release for officials without initial appointment orders with terms, conditions

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered the release of the salaries of the officials for the present whose cases the first initial appointment orders are not available, after verif...

Salary disbursement order comes as relief, yet no clarity on validating ‘credentials’ of employees….!

Jammu: Even as the order issued by UT’s LG administration has provided relief to some employees whose salaries have been directed to be released by respective departments, confusion persists and prev...

J&K BJP chief to miss voting for party in Lok Sabha polls

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina is going to miss voting for his party in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the party has not fielded any candidate from his home town which falls i...

Creation of Ang-Rajouri seat done without application of mind: Azad

Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday said the delimitation process, which led to the creation of the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, was do...

Omar accuses PDP of benefiting BJP in J&K

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday accused Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP of benefiting the BJP by contesting elections against the INDIA bloc in Jammu and Kashmir. Despite being r...

Not right equating Cong with BJP: Mehbooba Mufti

Kokernag: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said National Conference leader Chaudhary Mohammad Akram equating the Congress with the BJP should make the workers of the country's oldest political ...

Emraan Hashmi shooting for ‘Ground Zero’ in Valley

SRINAGAR: Actor Emraan Hashmi is currently busy shooting for his film ‘Ground Zero’ in Jammu and Kashmir. Several videos and images from the set location circulated online in which we can see a slew ...

Army progressing Rs 6800 Cr desi shoulder fired missile projects for China, Pak borders

New Delhi: Amid shortages in the inventory of shoulder-fired missiles to tackle aerial threats on borders with China and Pakistan, the Indian Army is progressing two cases worth over Rs 6,800 crore f...

Tribals angry with Congress: PM Modi

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress party of ignoring the welfare of tribals, saying it could not find a single person from the Adivasi community who could be the Pres...

Shah says BJP used 2014, 2019 majority to abolish Art 370, to build Ram Temple

Rajasthan: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the people gave BJP full majority in 2014 and 2019 election, and they used that to abolish Article 370, build Ram Mandir, implement CAA ...

BJP's Kashmir Strategy: Puri clears air off controversy over uncontested seats, says “has not left any ground”

JAMMU: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today said that the issue of BJP not yet declaring candidates on the three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley is being discussed and the issue is not over ...

RO rejects nominations of four candidates for Ant-Raj

Jammu: The nomination of four candidates for the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary Constituency was rejected by the Returning Officer. This was done during the scrutinizing of the nomination papers of ...

In Kashmir’s poll milieu ‘A…B…C teams’ of BJP become catch-phrases ….!

Jammu: With DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad’s reversal of electoral course, the scene on all important Anantnag –Rajouri seat has changed marginally. It is visibly a fight between PDP and NC, though othe...

LG reviews underground cabling project for Amarnath cave shrine

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Power Development department and reviewed among other things the progress on the underground cabling ...

Evaluate strategies to thwart terror activities: Kmr IGP to SFs

Srinagar: Kashmir IGP V K Birdi has directed security forces in the valley to evaluate and enhance existing strategies to thwart any potential terror activities to ensure public safety and uphold the...

Over 24 lakh patients visited in OPDs of 7 associated hospitals of GMC Sgr in 2023-24

SRINAGAR: During the year 2023-24, in seven associated hospitals of Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar, more than 2.4 million patients were seen in Outpatient Departments (OPDs). The seven a...

Bharat cannot be viksit without viksit Kashmir: Union Minister

Srinagar, Apr 20: Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas, emphasized the crucial role of Kashmir in India’s development at the ‘Viksit Bharat Am...

Postal ballot voting for employees conducted in segment of Jmu LS seat

Jammu: To ensure the democratic participation of all eligible voters, postal ballot voting was on Saturday successfully conducted in a segment of the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency which is going to p...

Anantnag-Rajouri seat: Unfortunate that NC contesting against friend who turned greedy, says Omar

Pulwama: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said it was "unfortunate" that his party was contesting the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency against a friend who turned "greedy" fo...

LS polls about safeguarding J&K’s identity: Mehbooba

Srinagar: The Lok Sabha elections are not about addressing the day-to-day development issues but safeguarding the identity of Jammu and Kashmir and saving its resources, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said...

Sajjad Lone seeks Bukhari’s support against Omar on Baramulla LS seat

J&K Peoples Conference (PC) President Sajjad Lone sought Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari’s support in North Kashmir for the parliamentary elections, emphasising the paramount importance of consoli...

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