Poll timing for Phase 3rd, 4th notified
Srinagar, Oct 11: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Shaleen Kabra today notified that the timing for polling for the Phase-III and Phase-IV of the Municipal Election would be from 6.00 am to 4.00 pm. According to the notifications issued by the CEO JK, the Phase III and Phase IV of municipal elections to be held […]
Four persons arrested in Rajouri
Jammu, Oct 11: Four persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in unlawful activities, including drug peddling, in Rajouri district, police said Thursday. Tariq Munir, Ghulam Mustafa, Mohammad Safeer and Imran Khan, residents of Thanamandi, were arrested, they said. A report for their detention was submitted by police to the executive magistrate, who later issued […]
CBSE relaxes passing criteria for Class 10 students
New Delhi, Oct 11: In a relief to Class 10 students, the Central Board of Secondary Education has extended the passing criteria. “To give relaxation to students, the board has decided to ease the passing criteria for Class 10 students from 2019,” said CBSE chairman Anita Karwal. From next year, the students need to get […]
Hurriyat activist shot dead in Shopian
Srinagar, Oct 11: A Hurriyat activist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Meemender area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday. Tariq Ahmad Ganie, who was a former militant, was fired upon by gunmen near his home at Meemender village. In the incident Ganie received serious bullet wounds and was taken to nearby hospital […]
SPO shot at, injured in Pulwama
Pulwama, Oct 11: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was shot at and injured by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district late Wednesday night. A police official said that suspected militants barged into the house of SPO Bilal Ahmad Ganaie, son of Muhammad Maqbool Ganaie, around 11:45 pm in Karimabad village and fired upon him. […]
Two absconders arrested
Jammu, Oct 11: Two alleged absconders were arrested in separate incidents in Rajouri and Samba districts, police said Thursday. A team of police officers raided a place in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district on Wednesday night and arrested Munshi Khan, they said. Khan was earlier booked under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the […]
BJP expels three party workers from Samba
Jammu, Oct 11: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday expelled three more workers for “anti-party” activities, officials said. They were expelled from the primary membership of the party for filing their nomination for the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls as independent candidates against BJP’s official nominees and campaigning in favour of an independent […]
Man held with heroin in Jammu
Jammu, Oct 11: A man was arrested and heroin seized from his possession here on Thursday, police said. A police party intercepted Jaspreet Singh and during his search seized 8 grams of heroin from his possession in the Kotli Shah area in R S Pura, they said. A case has been registered against Singh, police […]
Hardcore criminal’ slapped with PSA in Samba
Jammu, Oct 11: A “hardcore criminal” was on Thursday arrested and slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district, police said. Vipan Kumar Gupta alias Jony was nabbed by a special police team during a raid, a police officer said. He was involved in a number of criminal activities and drug peddling. […]
Valley records 3.4% though 35.6% vote in Bandipora; Reasi tops with 84.4%
ULB polls: 31.3% polling recorded in Phase-II: CEO
Srinagar: Nearly 80 per cent of over 1.26 lakh voters exercised their franchise in Jammu while there was a low voter turnout yet again in Kashmir with 3.4 per cent of 2.20 lakh electorate casting their votes Wednesday in the second phase of municipal polls in the state, officials said. The second phase witnessed overall […]
