PC leader Imran Ansari booked for ‘manhandling’ polling officer, cop at voting booth
Srinagar: People’s Conference leader Imran Ansari has been booked for allegedly manhandling a police officer and a polling official while voting was underway at a booth in the Baramulla district in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday, officials said. P K Pole, Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir, said he has sought […]
Record turnout in Baramulla LS poll: JeI played clandestine role in mobilising voters, say officials
Baramulla: The record voter turnout in north Kashmir’s Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency post abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 can be attributed to various factors including the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami group’s announcement to take the electoral plunge if the ban on it was lifted by the government, highly placed officials have said. Out of 17,32,459 eligible […]
BJP holds protest in Srinagar against killing of ex-sarpanch in Shopian
Srinagar: The BJP Srinagar unit held a protest on Tuesday against the administration of the Shopian district over the killing of former sarpanch Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh by terrorists in the south Kashmir district two days ago. Led by district BJP president Ashok Bhat, the party workers protested against the Shopian district administration at Jawahar Nagar […]
Anger against Art 370 abrogation also a reason for high voter turnout in Baramulla: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the high voter turnout in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir was due to the courage shown by the people to express themselves through their votes. Abdullah, who is a candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, did not agree with the […]
PDP supports INDIA bloc on ideological basis, Constitution must be guarded: Mufti
Rajouri/Jammu: Despite fielding her party’s candidates against the National Conference on three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party continues to be a part of INDIA bloc on ideological basis and agrees with it on the need to safeguard the Constitution. The NC, also a part […]
PoK woman repatriated in Poonch
Poonch: A 45-year-old woman from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) was handed over to the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, two days after she was detained after she inadvertently crossed to this side, officials said. Naseem Fatma, a native of Sakhi Nath village in Kotli district, […]
Drug peddler’s Rs 50 lakh property attached in Rajouri
Jammu: The residential complex of a ‘notorious’ drug peddler was attached in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Mohd Shakoor’s residential complex, worth Rs 50 lakh, at Dhani Dhar village was attached under section 68(E)(F) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, a police spokesman said. He said Shakoor is […]
Dwayne Bravo appointed Afghanistan bowling consultant for T20 World Cup
Kabul: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday appointed former West Indies pacer Dwayne Bravo as the bowling consultant of the national team for the T20 World Cup beginning June 1. Bravo, a two-time T20 World Cup winner, is set to join the team during the preparation camp ahead of the marquee event in the […]
INDIA bloc communal, casteist and dynastic: Modi in Bihar
Maharajganj/Motihari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dubbed the INDIA bloc as a “congregation of scamsters” that was communal, casteist and dynastic to a “severe” degree, “cent per cent”. Modi launched the blistering attack at rallies in Mahrajganj and Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, where he also predicted a big blow for the […]
PM Modi was preparing ‘communal pitch’ but we refused to play on it: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been indulging in polarisation throughout the election and preparing a “communal pitch”, but it refused to play on that and pursued its ‘paach nyay’ agenda. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh’s attack came over Modi’s remarks in an interview with PTI in which […]
