Light snow predicted in Kashmir over weekend
Srinagar: There was slight improvement in cold conditions in Kashmir as the minimum temperature rose across the Valley on Thursday, even as the MET Office forecast the possibility of light snow over two days from Saturday. The night temperature marked an improvement but continued to settle below the freezing point, MET officials said. The weather […]
PAGD warns against ‘disrespecting’ people’s mandate
Govt should desist from humiliating people’s "great verdict": Lone
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Thursday warned against disrespecting the people’s mandate in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir, saying tinkering with democracy is totally unacceptable. At the end of the first meeting of the alliance after the polls, in which it secured a majority (110 seats), […]
Independents being wooed, coerced to join a particular political party: NC
Lodges formal complaint with SEC for intervention
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Thursday alleged that several Independent candidates, who have emerged as winners in the DDC polls, are being coaxed and coerced to join a certain political party and asked the State Election Commission to act swiftly to save the sanctity of the polls. In a letter to State Election Commissioner (SEC) […]
PAGD stands united, will continue to be united in future as well: Farooq Abdullah
Lone questions need to detain people when elections were conducted peacefully
Srinagar: PAGD president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said that the alliance is united, and will continue to remain so in future as well. Addressing media after chairing a meeting of seven-party People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), Farooq Abdullah said the alliance would work together in future as well and that there should be no […]
Pak anti-terror court sentences Hafiz Saeed to 15 years in one more case
Lahore: Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was on Thursday sentenced to 15 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan in one more terror financing case. The court also imposed 200,000 Pakistani rupees fine on him. Saeed, 70, has already been convicted for 21 years imprisonment in four terror financing cases of late. Now, […]
COVID-19: J&K records 291 fresh cases, 7 deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s COVID-19 caseload surged to 1,19,344 on Thursday with 291 fresh infections, while the death toll climbed to 1,860 as seven more people succumbed to the disease, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 147 were from the Kashmir division and 144 from the Jammu division, they said. Jammu district recorded the maximum […]
Injured CRPF man succumbs at SKIMS
Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper injured in a grenade blast in Ganderbal yesterday, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura. Quoting officials, news agency KNO reported that a CRPF man identified as Ct Mritunjoy Chutia, 24, of 115 bn CRPF G Coy succumbed to his […]
JEE Mains 2021 to be held in 13 languages, including Urdu
Jammu: Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains is being held in 13 Languages including Urdu Language for the next session –2021. As per the exam conducting authority, National Testing agency the JEE mains 2021 would be held in 13 languages including Hindi, English Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu as […]
With Congress support, PAGD can head 12 DDCs leaving 5 districts for BJP
PC registers highest success rate of 72.72%, winning 8 of 11 contested seats; Apni Party wins 12 out of 134 with lowest strike rate of 8.95%
In Srinagar and Poonch, independents would be key players; In Reasi, BJP may need to woo one independent or Apni Party which has 2 seats Srinagar: As expected the results of the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections held in Jammu and Kashmir have thrown up many surprises, laying bare some false notions and clearing […]
Results of 278 DDC seats declared; PAGD gets 110 seats
BJP emerges single largest party with 75 sets followed by NC with 67
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) swept the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls by winning 110 seats, while the BJP emerged as the single largest party by getting 75 seats after securing the largest vote share in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Addressing a presser here this evening, the State […]