LS Polls: in Jammu, Amit Shah accuses NC, PDP, Congress of staging fake encounters, handing over guns to Kashmiri youth

LS Polls: in Jammu, Amit Shah accuses NC, PDP, Congress of staging fake encounters, handing over guns to Kashmiri youth

Jammu: Hinting that BJP won’t field candidates for the three crucial Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday said that BJP was not in a hurry to see Lotus bloom in Valley and urged Kashmiri people especially youth not to vote for parties like National Conference, Congress and PDP. Shah also […]

Jammu-Srinagar Highway Partially Restored

Jammu-Srinagar Highway Partially Restored

SRINAGAR: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway was restored partially after remaining blocked due to heavy landslides at Kishtwari Pather and shooting stones at many places en route, officials said. The thoroughfare, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the world, was blocked late afternoon on Monday and authorities had started restoration work immediately, […]

Polling booths

Polling booths

Recently the District Election Officer (DEO), Budgam, Akshay Labroo visited distribution and collection centres of Beerwah and Budgam Assembly Constituencies within the Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 2024. He along with SSP Budgam, Al Tahir Gillani visited centres at SAM Degree College, Budgam, and Boys Higher Secondary School Magam. He assessed […]

Electoral participation

Electoral participation

  In Bandipora district, District Election Officer has started conducting different training programmes. Recently in a significant step towards promoting electoral participation and strengthening democracy, a special awareness programme under Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) was conducted at Migrant transit accommodation Odina Sumbal. The programme was held under the patronage of Chief Education […]

Rain Drenches Kashmir, Snowfall in Higher Reaches

Rain Drenches Kashmir, Snowfall in Higher Reaches

SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley lashed by widespread light to moderate rain while some higher reaches experienced a fresh light snowfall for the second consecutive day on Monday, bringing down the temperature, officials said. Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley experienced widespread light to moderate rainfall during the past 24 hours, disrupting normal life and bringing down […]

US to ‘steer clear’ if Israel responds to Iran’s onslaught

US to ‘steer clear’ if Israel responds to Iran’s onslaught

• President Joe Biden warns Benjamin Netanyahu to ‘think carefully’ about any escalation • Tehran says US was informed of ‘limited’ attack on Israel, warns Tel Aviv against reprisals • ‘Operation Honest Promise’ achieved all its objectives, says Iranian army chief • Iran to be responsible if US targets, Israel attacked again, UNSC told WASHINGTON: […]

Ladakh Apex Body Organises Foot March to Protest Land Loss

Ladakh Apex Body Organises Foot March to Protest Land Loss

SRINAGAR: Days after withdrawing its call for border march amidst imposition of restrictions by administration, Leh Apex Body (LAB) said a small group of their representatives would undertake a foot march in coming days to Changthang near China border to show the reality of farmers losing their pasture land in the absence of sixth schedule. Climate […]