SRINAGAR/JAMMU: NC leader Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Election Commission not to postpone polls in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. The former chief ministers made the appeal after the EC sought a report from Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and the Chief Electoral Officer on representations submitted by some parties and […]
Election Commission of India recently developed a new app “KNOW YOUR CANDIDATE” for the coming Lok Sabha elections. The app helps citizens to know about the criminal antecedents of candidates contesting the elections. To use the KYC app, the voters need to select the election type and AC/PC name to view the list of nominations […]
Srinagar’: While the weatherman has forecast light to moderate rain in plains and snow over higher reaches from April 26 onwards, night temperature recorded a drop at most places and continued to hover below normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.A meteorological department official here said that during the next 24 hours, generally dry weather […]
In order to promote electoral participation and strengthening of democracy special Awareness campaign under SVEEP was held in Chamliyal, Abtal villages of Samba. This pivotal initiative was orchestrated under dynamic supervision of District Election Officer (DEO, Samba, Abhishek Sharma. The program aimed at enlightening inhabitants of these villages about crucial importance of their vote in […]
Srinagar: Two army troopers recieved bullet wounds in an ongoing gunfight in Ranji forest area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday.A top police officer said that two army soldiers sustained minor injuries during intial exchange of fire with hiding militants.Both are stable and are being treated in a hospital, officer said. Till this report […]
Srinagar: Gunfight brokeout between militants and security forces in Ranji forest area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora. Reports reaching that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Ranji forest. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off […]
Recently District Election Officer (DEO) Kupwara reviewed the progress of Polling Station preparations, accessibility. She took a detailed appraisal from Nodal Officer Welfare, ACD Kupwara and BDOs about the arrangements being made at Polling Stations, their accessibility and AMFs. She directed, Nodal Officer Polling Stations/ BDOs to check polling stations so that all requisite/Assured Minimum […]
SRINAGAR: Days after the six persons drowned to death in a boat capsizing incident at Gandbal area of Batwara, the authorities in Roads and Building (R&B) department here have started the construction work of the bridge in the locality. Poignantly, on April 16, a pall of gloom descended throughout Kashmir after a boat ferrying 15 people […]
SRINAGAR: Ten days after being closed by authorities “till further orders” following fresh snowfall, Mughal Road, connecting Kashmir Valley’s Shopian district with twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, has been thrown open for traffic partially, officials said on Tuesday. They said that there the thoroughfare was opened after clearance of fresh snowfall at several places along […]
Under SVEEP, different heads of the districts have been conducting mega Voter Awareness programmes. In a bid to bolster public participation in the forthcoming General Elections, the District Administration of Ganderbal has slated a mega voter awareness event to be held at the picturesque locale of Sonamarg. Under the umbrella of the Systematic Voters’ Education […]