Kashmir’s Big Electoral Fight: North Kashmir gears up for clash of titans
Baramulla: Campaigning has ended. All the political parties have done everything to attract voters towards their parties. The D-Day is here – May 20. Would it be a Monday for NC’s Plough, PC’s Apple, PDP’s Pen and Inkpot or Er Rasheed’s Pressure Cooker; the EVM alone can answer. Here in this analytical piece, we will […]
Scorching heat continues in Jammu, mercury crosses 41 deg C
Jammu: The mercury continued its upward trend in Jammu on Saturday with the maximum temperature settling at 41.6 degrees Celsius, over three notches above the season’s average, the meteorological department said. However, the minimum temperature recorded in the winter capital city was near normal at 23.9 degrees Celsius, the official said. Jammu is reeling under […]
PM contradicts his own slogan of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’: Farooq Abdullah
Poonch/Jammu: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday of dividing the people of the country on the basis of religion, saying his recent statements have even contradicted his own slogan of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister claimed that the hatred for […]
In jail since 2019, Engineer Rashid declares assets increased, liabilities reduced in five years
Baramulla: Independent candidate from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who is lodged in Tihar for alleged terror-funding activities, has significantly reduced his liabilities and increased assets in the last five years, his poll affidavit shows. Better known as ‘Engineer Rashid’, the former MLA’s assets are now valued at Rs 1.55 crore compared […]
Northern Army commander reviews security situation in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar on Saturday reviewed the security situation and counter-terror grid in south Kashmir. “#LtGenMVSuchindraKumar, #ArmyCdrNC accompanied by #ChinarCorps Cdr visited Victor Force to review the prevalent security situation,” Army’s Northern command said in a post on X. Victor Force is the Army’s counter-terror force based in […]
Omar Abdullah welcomed with ‘Wanwun’ in Hizb chief’s village in Budgam
Soibugh: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah received a rousing reception on Saturday from a large number of women when he reached this central Kashmir village, on the last day of campaign for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls. The women at the ancestral village of Syed Salahuddin, the Pakistan-based supreme commander […]
Demand for statehood, Sixth Schedule in focus: Ladakh Independent candidate
Kargil: Amid a three-cornered fight in Ladakh, Independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa Jan said his focus remains on the demands such as safeguards under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and statehood raised with the Union government. Haneefa, who was a National Conference (NC) leader till recently, quit the party along with the entire Kargil unit […]
Former police officer arrested for violating Official Secrets Act
Jammu: A former police officer has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act for publishing ‘sensitive information’ in his recently released book here, officials said on Saturday. Retired Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Aslam Sheikh was arrested from his residence at Gandhi Nagar area of Jammu city late Friday night, the officials said. They said […]
Shopkeeper stabbed to death in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: A shopkeeper was stabbed to death at his shop in Perpora, Kachan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday, officials said. An official said that a shopkeeper identified as Fayaz Ahmad Dar (32), son of Ghulam Haasan Dar, from Perpora Kachan, was attacked with a sharp-edged knife in the same area this afternoon, […]
Home Minister wraps up Kashmir visit, returns to Delhi
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday wrapped up his brief visit to Kashmir Valley during which he interacted with several delegations, including those from the BJP and local Sikhs, officials said. Shah, who arrived here on Thursday evening, left for New Delhi on Friday morning, they said. Though his visit in the midst […]
