Heat wave intensifies; MeT predicts hot & dry weather for the week ahead
Srinagar: Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season thus far at 31.6 degrees Celsius while in Jammu the mercury hovered above 41 degrees Celsius. Reports said that temperatures recorded at almost all weather stations across Kashmir including Srinagar, Qazigund, Pahalgam, Kupwara, Kokernag and Gulmarg are pointing to the prevalence of heat wave. In Qazigund, […]
DGP, GoC review security situation of Poonch ahead of polling
Poonch/Jammu, May 22 (PTI) DGP RR Swain and General Officer Commanding (GOC) White Knight Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva on Wednesday reviewed operational preparedness and security situation of border district Poonch ahead of polling in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency on May 25. They emphasised the importance of maintaining a high level of vigilance to effectively […]
Two more Govt employees disengaged for violating MCC at Ganderbal
GANDERBAL: The government today disengaged two employees for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the Ganderbal district. An official spokesman said that acting tough against the violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) guidelines, the authorities in Ganderbal disengaged two more government employees, today. The order issued in this regard stated that Mushtaq […]
Spotlight shifts on Anantnag-Rajouri LS constituency going to polls May 25
Anantnag: Polling in four of the five parliamentary seats in Jammu and Kashmir has ended peacefully, the focus has now shifted to the reshaped Anantnag-Rajouri constituency which witnessed four terror attacks in the last 30 days. The constituency spread on either side of the mighty Pir Panjal was originally scheduled to go to polls on […]
Chief Justice administers oath of office to Justice Nargal
Jammu: Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, today administered the oath of office to Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal as Additional Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, in the Chief Justice’s Court Room here. The oath-taking ceremony was attended at Jammu by Justice […]
BJP supporting party whose leader build business on Hawala money from Pak: Mufti
Poonch/Jammu: The BJP is supporting a party which has been involved in Hawala money pumped in from Pakistan to fund militancy in Kashmir, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday, in a veiled attack on Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari. Bukhari, a former PDP leader, was expelled from the party in January 2019. His Apni […]
Such allegations not in good taste: J&K BJP on Mufti’s remarks against Apni Party
Mendhar/Poonch: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday hit out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for her “Hawala money from Pakistan” barb at the Apni Party, saying it is better to fight elections by propagating “your party agenda and policies” rather than making “bitter” comments. The Altaf Bukhari-led Apni Party, which is being […]
No room for dynastic rule in democracy: Bukhari
Questions NC, PDP for their silence on autonomy, self-rule Srinagar: Apni Party president, Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Wednesday said, “We live in a democratic country, and in democracy, there is no place for Khandani Raj (dynastic rule).” He stated that “the leadership that ensured J&K’s accession to India in 1947 was supported by the people […]
Omar Abdullah pitches for a strong national-level Muslim leader in the country
“Azad could have played the leadership role but he confined himself to just the Chenab Valley” Pahalgam: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah highlighted the absence of prominent Muslim leaders on the national stage when the community faces challenges, and said Ghulam Nabi Azad could have played the leadership role within the Congress, […]
SC dismisses pleas for review of Dec 11, 2023 verdict upholding revocation of Article 370
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of petitions seeking review of its December 11, 2023 verdict that unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 bestowing special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud considered the pleas […]
