Rains fail to deter voters as 65% polling recorded till 5 pm in Udhampur LS
Jammu: An estimated 65 percent of the total 16.23 lakh registered voters cast their ballot by 5 pm on Friday in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Udhampur, officials said, as Jammu and Kashmir witnessed an incident-free polling in what was its first major electoral battle since the abrogation of Article 370 in […]
DPAP leader Parray files nomination from Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat
Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) leader Mohammad Saleem Parray on Friday filed nomination papers from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency in which is going to polls in the third phase of elections on May 07. Accompanied by DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad and other leaders of the party, Parray filed the nomination papers before […]
LG reviews skill development, entrepreneurship; calls for skill gap analysis and reskilling
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired a high-level meeting to review skill development, entrepreneurship and labour welfare. Senior officials of the Department of Skill Development, Department of Labour & Employment and Mission Youth attended the meeting, an official press release informed. It said the LG discussed various issues such as creating convergence of skill […]
Day after migrant labourer’s killing, IGP seeks intensified anti-terrorist operations
Srinagar: A day after the killing of a migrant worker in south 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 threats”. Birdi chaired a meeting at the police control room here to review the security in the […]
LG Sinha discusses investment proposals with officials; review industries and mining depts
Jammu: 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 crucial issues. Chairing a joint meeting of the Department of Industries and Commerce and Department of Geology and Mining here, the LG […]
Kashmir’s boat tragedy; search continues for the missing
Div Com, DC Srinagar visit bereaved households, provide Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to NoK of deceased, Rs 50,000 to injured; say LG Sinha closely monitoring situation; IGP says 14 teams deployed, focus on sites having a high probability of finding missing persons, search Ops to continue till missing persons are traced Srinagar: The joint rescue […]
People demand probe into footbridge construction
Srinagar: While the UT administration has come up with financial assistance to those who died and who were injured in the Gandbal, Sonawar boat capsize, the locals, unimpressed, say, the tragedy would have not happened if the footbridge had been constructed. “The work on the bridge was started 8 years ago, but due to unknown […]
Campaigning ends in Udhampur Lok Sabha seat
Over 16.23 lakh voters to decide fate of 12 candidates on April 19 Jammu: The high-voltage electioneering came to an end on Wednesday evening in Udhampur parliamentary constituency in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing its first major electoral battle since it was bifurcated and downgraded to the status of a Union Territory in 2019. […]
Omar Abdullah has ‘habit of humiliating people’, says PC chief Sajad Lone
“We were not there but what did NC’s three MP’s do when Art 370 was revoked” Kupwara: People’s Conference (PC) chief Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah has a “habit of humiliating people and he needs to get out of the habit of labelling his opponents adversely”. The PC […]
Azad will not contest from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, says DPAP
Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad will not contest the Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag-Rajouri seat, his party said on Wednesday. DPAP’s provincial president, Kashmir, Mohammad Amin Bhat said the party has now decided to field its leader Mohammad Saleem Parray from the seat. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference […]
