Boycotting 2018 panchayat polls ‘a huge mistake’, confesses Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Monday said boycotting the panchayat polls in 2018 was “a huge mistake” and the party must contest every future election in Jammu and Kashmir. Abdullah also warned the government and the security forces not to interfere in any election process. “I want to tell the party that boycotting […]
HC rejects plea challenging notification for re-polling in Hajin-A DDC constituency
Srinagar: The High Court today rejected a plea challenging notification regarding re-polling in District Development Council (DDC) Constituency Hajin-A. The re-poll for the constituency was held today. The petitioner, Abida Afzal, had among others challenged the State Election Commission’s (SEA) powers to issue the notification on November 16 this year, calling for the re-election. The […]
Around 43% voter turnout recorded in Hajin, Drugmulla DDC repoll
Srinagar: Around 43 % voting was recorded in the two District Development Consistencies which went to the re-poll in the Kashmir Division of the Union Territory. 53.33 voter percentage was recorded in Hajin –A Constituency in Bandipora District whereas 32.73 % was recorded in Drugmulla Constituency Kupwara District which went to the polls today, an […]
Two Punjab residents give Rs 9.12 lakh to Kashmiri trucker after his apple cartons were stolen
Chandigarh: Two samaritans from Punjab on Monday came forward to help a Kashmiri man whose cartons of apples were stolen after his truck overturned in Fatehgarh Sahib district. Rajwinder Singh from Patiala and Gurpreet Singh from Mohali gave a cheque of Rs 9.12 lakh to Shahid, a resident of Sopore in Baramulla district of Jammu […]
AAP expresses concerns over terror threat to KP employees, seeks probe
Jammu: The Aam Aadmi Party on Monday expressed concerns over the fresh terror threat to Kashmiri Pandit employees and demanded a probe into the leak of names of employees from the community posted in the Valley. AAP spokesperson Pratap Jamwal criticised the silence of the Jammu and Kashmir administration and the central government on the […]
KCCI urges LG to announce amnesty for J&K’s commercial, industrial power consumers
Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) on Monday urged J&K’s Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha to announce amnesty of power tariffs in favor of commercial and industrial consumers. The business body, in a statement, said that the industrialists of the Jammu & Kashmir region have almost collapsed due to the crisis induced […]
Centre to convene all-party meet Monday to finalise strategies for 2023 G-20 summit
New Delhi: The Centre will convene an all-party meeting on Monday to solicit suggestions, discuss and finalise strategies for the G-20 summit which India will host in September next year. Presidents of nearly 40 parties have been invited to the meeting by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present. […]
3 arrested in hit & run case in Budgam
Srinagar: Police in Budgam today claimed to have solved a hit-and-run case by arresting three persons including the driver and the owner of the vehicle. On December 01, Ubaid Shafi, son of Mohammad Shafi Aakhoon of Namblabal Pampore and Huzaib Ahmad Yatoo, son of Tariq Ahmad Yatoo of Nagam Chadoora were injured when their scooty […]
J&K mulls creating pool of cyber security analysts to tackle cyber terrorism, other internet crimes
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir is planning to create a pool of cyber security analysts under the recently launched Cyber Security Policy (CSP) to combat cyber terrorism and cyber attacks. The CSP also talks about setting up a computer energy response team (CERT), a nodal agency which will ensure safer and stronger internet by responding to […]
BJP demands probe into leak of list of KP employees
Srinagar: The BJP on Sunday demanded a probe into the leak of a list of Kashmiri Pandit employees posted in Kashmir Valley which was circulated on social media after being published by a blog linked to a “terrorist outfit”. BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur expressed concern over the blog linked to The Resistance Front (TRF), “an […]
