Both police and election commissioner have denied that former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was detained and said that only she was advised not to move to the villages of Pulwama which are highly volatile. But Mehbooba Mufti claimed in her tweets that she was not only detained but even the press conference scheduled by her […]
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said elections are no solution to the Kashmir problem and called for a dialogue between India and Pakistan to address the issue. She also accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of murdering the democracy in the name of District Development Council (DDC) polls as alliance candidates were being […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has prematurely retired an orderly making him the first employee to retire under the new law introduced a month ago. In October, the government amended Article 226 (2) of the J&K Civil Service Regulations to enable it to retire an employee upon completion of 22 years of service or […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 471 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,09,854. Out of the total cases, 1,03,082 have already recovered and 1,685 have died leaving a total of 5,087 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 211 were reported in Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR: A 35-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his rented room in Shah Mohalla area of Chattabal in Srinagar on Sunday, police said.
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti, Sunday took a jibe at BJP led government at Centre stating that if revocation of Article 370 had resolved all issues, why nine lakh troops are still stationed in valley and why they have not been sent to borders. The PDP chief also accused BJP led government […]
Srinagar: State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma Saturday said that amid Covid-19 pandemic and bone-chilling cold in Kashmir and some parts of Jammu, a large number of people participated in the first-ever District Development Council (DDC) polls and 51.7 percent voting was recorded for the phase one in J-K. Addressing a press conference in […]
Srinagar: Barring one incident of minor stone pelting in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district in which a voter was injured, the first of the 8-phased elections to maiden DDC elections passed of peacefully in Kashmir valley on Saturday. By-elections to 12,153 panchayat constituencies are also taking place along with the DDC polls. Out of these, 11,814 […]
SRINAGAR: A Railway Police Head Constable died due to cardiac arrest inside his car in Bonigam area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday evening.
Srinagar: The first phase of maiden DDC elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded over fifty-one percent voting. A total of 3,62,766 of the 70,08,42 registered electors accounting for 51.76 turnout cast their votes across 20 J&K districts, official data shared by Election Commissioner, K K Sharma on Twitter, read. The voters comprise 1,93,375 […]