17.48 lakh electorate to choose from 24 candidates as Srinagar LS seat goes to polls Monday
Srinagar: In the first parliamentary polls since the abrogation of Article 370, nearly 17.48 lakh people in Kashmir’s Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency will on Monday decide the fate of 24 candidates trying their luck in the seat. Supported by the India bloc, the National Conference has fielded influential Shia leader and former minister Aga Ruhullah […]
Voters will end domination of NC, PDP in Kashmir: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP may not be contesting any of the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir but the party is confident that the elections in the Valley will end the domination of the National Conference and People’s Democratic Party in the region. A day before Srinagar goes to the polls, BJP national general secretary […]
J&K political parties seek EC’s intervention to stop ‘harassment, illegal arrests’ of party workers
Srinagar: A day ahead of voting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, the NC and the PDP sought the Election Commission’s intervention on Sunday to stop the alleged harassment and illegal arrest of the workers of the two parties. PDP candidate from Srinagar Waheed ur Rehman Parra accused a senior IPS officer of trying to […]
Disallowed to attend public rally scheduled for tomorrow: Tarigami
Srinagar: Communist Party India (M) leader M Y Tarigami on Saturday alleged that he and his party members are being disallowed to attend a rally scheduled for tomorrow in Reban Zainapora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian. He said that he has received reports of political workers being detained, which he said are attempts to manipulate […]
ECI takes cognizance of reports of alleged intimidation of political workers: CEO J&K
Srinagar: Chief Election Officer J&K Pandurang K Pole Sunday said that ECI has taken cognizance of reports of alleged intimidation of political workers ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency. CEO J&K in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said, “On social media, there have been some grievances of alleged intimidation of political […]
J&K Police dismisses political parties’ charge of harassment of workers
Srinagar: Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday dismissed charges levelled by political parties about the harassment of their workers as “without basis”. “Statements and speculations of political parties suggesting that police has been harassing their party workers in different ways at the behest of the other is without basis. The Jammu and Kashmir Police […]
Army chief visits command hospital in Udhampur
Jammu: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Manoj Pande visited the 650-bed command hospital in Udhampur-based northern command and interacted with patients and paramedics, an Army official said on Sunday. The Army chief virtually inaugurated the state-of-the-art infrastructure on April 10 and visited the hospital on his return from a two-day trip to Ladakh on […]
Stone not a dangerous weapon to invoke stern punishment for stone-pelter: HC
Sets aside petitioner’s conviction under Section 326 RPC; convicts him under Section 325 RPC, which carries lesser penalty Srinagar: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has ruled that stones used for pelting cannot by any stretch of reasoning be termed as a dangerous weapon to invoke stern punishment for the stone-pelter. The significant ruling […]
Hope there is resolution of remaining issues: EAM Jaishankar on eastern Ladakh border row
New Delhi: As the eastern Ladakh military standoff entered its fifth year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India hopes for a resolution of the remaining issues with China and asserted that a return to normal bilateral ties hinges on peace and tranquility at the border. In an exclusive interview to PTI, Jaishankar said the […]
One police officer killed, over 100 injured in clashes during protest in PoK
Islamabad: One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, media reports said on Sunday. The region witnessed clashes on Saturday between the police and activists of a rights movement amid a […]