Government Declares Holidays on Scheduled Dates for DDC, Panchayat Bye-Elections

Government Declares Holidays on Scheduled Dates for DDC, Panchayat Bye-Elections

Government on Thursday announced holidays for scheduled election days of DDC and Sarpanch bye-elections across Jammu and Kashmir. The order copy with KNS, reads that “Public holiday shall be observed in the respective Gram Panchayat(s)/Municipal Bodies on the day of Poll, on account of Elections to District Development Councils and Panchayats/Municipal Bodies Bye-elections 2020 .” […]

BJP promises 70 thousand jobs, regularisation of dailywagers in its manifesto for JK DDC polls

BJP promises 70 thousand jobs, regularisation of dailywagers in its manifesto for JK DDC polls

The BJP on Thursday released its election manifesto for the forthcoming District Development Council (DDC) polls, promising to provide 70,000 jobs with 100 per cent reservation to locals besides ensuring private sector employment, industry-friendly policy and a clean, transparent and accountable administration in Jammu and Kashmir. Claiming that the “stone-pelting era” is over as the […]

Waheed Para remanded to 15-day NIA custody

Waheed Para remanded to 15-day NIA custody

PDP youth leader Waheed Para was remanded to 15 days of National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday following his arrest earlier this week for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen militant to get their support during the 2019 parliamentary elections. Para was taken to Jammu and produced before a designated NIA court in a case […]

Arrest of PDP leader

Arrest of PDP leader

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) recently arrested PDP youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, after he was questioned for several days at New Delhi regarding his connections with Hizbul Mujahideen and with the suspended DySP Devender Singh. PDP has not only questioned the timing of his arrest as he got the summons from NIA in the evening […]

COVID-19: J-K records five more deaths as toll mounts to 1,668

COVID-19: J-K records five more deaths as toll mounts to 1,668

Jammu and Kashmir reported five more COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 1668, officials said on Thursday. Among the fatalities, three were reported from Kashmir and two from the Jammu region. The victims include a 55-year-old woman from Noorbagh Baramulla besides two persons from Srinagar—a 63-year-old man from […]

Govt extends high-speed internet ban in Kashmir, cites upcoming DDC polls

Govt extends high-speed internet ban in Kashmir, cites upcoming DDC polls

The government on Thursday extended ban on high speed 3G and 4G internet services till December 11 in all but two districts of J-K, citing apprehensions regarding disruptions to “extensive campaigning by the contesting candidates” in ensuing local body polls. “With the announcement of elections to the District Development Council constituencies and by-elections to fill […]