16.4% polling recorded in Phase-III: CEO

3.49% electors vote in Valley; Uri tops with 75.34%, Srinagar lowest at 1.84%

Srinagar, Oct 13: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra Saturday evening said that overall 16.4 percent polling was witnessed in the Phase-III of Municipal Polls-2018 across J&K today. Kabra said in Jammu division 81.4 percent polling was witnessed in 4 ULBs of district Samba that went to polls today while Kashmir division witnessed […]

Kashmiris want resolution of dispute: Mirwaiz

Srinagar, Oct 13: Hurriyat-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday asked New Delhi to pay heed to the message coming out from the “rejection” of the ongoing civic polls in Kashmir. Taking to Twitter, Mirwaiz said the rejection of elections by people of Kashmir meant that Kashmiris want the resolution of Kashmir dispute and peace […]

Separatists’ strike impact life in poll-bound areas

Srinagar, Oct 13: Shops and business establishments remained closed in poll-bound areas of Kashmir valley Saturday due to strike called by separatists against the conduct of the third phase of the four-phased municipal elections in the state. The government had also declared a holiday in the poll-bound areas so as to enable the voters to […]

HC recommends administrative action against junior judge for transgressing jurisdiction

Srinagar, Oct 13: The J&K High Court on Saturday recommended initiation of administrative action against the Special Mobile Magistrate (Electricity), Unit-III, Pattan, for conducting trial in a case of death of a young person from Baramulla and drawing conclusions on “conjectures and surmises”. Justice M K Hanjura recommended to Chief Justice and the portfolio judge, […]

Hizb militant killed in Pulwama gunfight

Other escapes in injured condition, interned at SMHS hospital

Pulwama, Oct 13: A Hizbul Mujhaideen militant was killed in a gunfight at Babagund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Another militant reportedly injured in the gunfight was admitted in a Srinagar hospital. “Militants attacked an army Casper vehicle at around 1 am past night and fled from the spot. Soon after the […]

Centre’s policy on Kashmir diabolical: Yechury

Kolkata, Oct 13: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the Centre’s policy on Kashmir is “diabolical” and the “alienation of the people of the Valley is almost complete”. The BJP-led government at the Centre is using the disturbances in Kashmir to “get going its process of communal polarisation,” Yechury said. He was referring […]

Omar criticises Centre’s handling of Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 13: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Saturday criticised the Centre’s handling of Kashmir, seeking reasons for the all-time low voter turnout in the ongoing urban local body polls. “From the highest turnouts since 1987 in 2014 to the lowest turnouts ever recorded in 2018 why is the Modi government able to get away […]

NPP threatens agitation to press for dissolution of J-K Assembly

Jammu, Oct 13: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) on Saturday threatened to launch an agitation to press for dissolution of the Assembly which is under suspended animation after the fall of PDP-BJP government in the state in June. Criticising the decision of keeping the Assembly in suspended animation for the last 116 […]

Incidence of cancer surges in Ladakh due to UV rays, sedentary lifestyle

Srinagar, Oct 13: The rough terrain, the snow-capped peaks, the winding roads and monasteries – the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir is the abode of nature’s raw and untouched beauty. The region might be a haven for adventure travellers, but all is not well for the local residents. The high altitude, exposure to excessive […]