Fool-proof security arrangements in place for polls in Kashmir: IGP Kashmir
Srinagar: Inspector General of Kashmir V K Bhirdi Friday said that elaborate security arrangements have been put in place for elections in Kashmir with inter-district checkpoints and area domination exercises intensified. Talking to media persons in his office, the IGP, as per news agency KNO, said that all arrangements have been finalised to ensure smooth […]
Every inch of PoK belongs to India, no force can snatch it: Amit Shah
Khunti (Jharkhand): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Congress for “raising question mark” on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and asserted that every inch of it belonged to India and no force can snatch it. “Mani Shankar Aiyar is telling us to respect Pakistan as it possesses an atomic bomb. Few days ago, INDIA […]
It is a fight between oppressors and oppressed: Sajad Lone
Addresses poll rally in Pattan, says, NC leaders’ hands are drenched in blood of Kashmiris Baramulla: J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today said that the ongoing Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir is the most crucial one since 1947, especially given the absence of Assembly elections and a fight between oppressors and […]
Parra relates to common Kashmiris’ pain and agony, will become their voice: Mufti
Srinagar: Emphasizing that the ongoing elections are not merely about civic amenities, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday that they are a crucial battle for the J&K’s dignity, honor, and freeing of its innocent youth who are languishing in jails without trials. She highlighted the plight of the youth languishing in jails without trials, […]
LS polls will convey J&K people’s expression to rest of India: NC Srinagar LS candidate
Ganderbal: The National Conference candidate from the Srinagar parliamentary constituency, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, has said he will not participate in the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir as the institution of the state assembly has been “undemocratically degraded” after the abrogation of Article 370. Mehdi, an influential Shia leader, said the parliamentary elections are […]
MeT predicts widespread rain in J&K on May 11, 12
Srinagar: Weatherman on Friday predicted widespread light to moderate rain across Jammu and Kashmir on May 11 and 12. A meteorological department official here said that while generally dry weather is expected in the next 24 hours, there is a possibility of “isolated light rain” in J&K. “Partly to generally cloudy weather with light rain/snow […]
Windstorm damages properties in Baramulla
Baramulla: A windstorm blew away rooftops of scores of residential and non-residential buildings and uprooted scores of trees and electric poles in different parts of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday. High-intensity winds swept Baramulla, Sopore, Pattan and other adjoining areas of the north district today afternoon in which several residential houses and commercial structures […]
PDP’s Waheed Para defends ‘referendum’ remark in response to J&K poll body’s notice
Srinagar: The PDP’s Srinagar Lok Sabha seat candidate Waheed ur Rehman Para on Friday wrote to the Jammu and Kashmir election department, defending his remark appealing to Kashmiri youngsters to consider the ongoing general election as a “referendum” to send New Delhi a “message”. Para’s response comes after the poll body issued a notice objecting […]
Army Gen Pande reviews security situation in eastern Ladakh
New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Friday carried out a comprehensive review of the overall security situation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh where Indian and Chinese troops are locked in a four-year military standoff. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) was given a detailed briefing about the force’s combat […]
First batch of over 600 Hajj pilgrims depart for Saudi Arabia
Div Com & IGP review departure arrangements for pilgrims Srinagar: The first batch of over 600 Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir left for Saudi Arabia on Thursday, officials said. They said 642 pilgrims on board two flights were headed for the 40-day pilgrimage to the Islamic pilgrimage sites in Makkah and Medina. More than […]
