SOPORE — Ahead of the third phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled next week, apple growers associated with Asia’s second-largest fruit mandi in Sopore district have demanded the establishment of a cold storage facility, a waiver on trade taxes, and subsidies on quality pesticides and fertilisers. The apple growers of Sopore, often […]
SRINAGAR — Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s brother Aijaz Ahmed Guroo, who is fighting the Jammu and Kashmir polls from Sopore on development and employment plank, said the challenges faced by the assembly segment mirror the broader problems of the Union Territory. With a promise to uplift the area and create job opportunities for the […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday claimed that the National Conference-Congress alliance has been able to keep BJP at bay in the first two phases of polling in Jammu and Kashmir. “We (alliance) have foiled the efforts of the BJP at government formation in the first two phases of polling. We now […]
JAMMU — Asserting that Article 370 can only be restored by the Government of India, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad, took a dig at the National Conference (NC) and the Congress over the “restoration of statehood” of Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah […]
TEL AVIV — Israel has confirmed the killing of top Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the airstrikes carried out by the Israeli military in Beirut. In a statement, the Israel Defence Forces said, “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.” The IDF said that alongside Nasrallah, the commander of Hezbollah’s so-called […]
JAMMU — People in Jammu and Kashmir are looking forward to a government free of “corruption, terrorism and separatism” for peace and a better future for their children, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates at M A M Stadium here, he said this assembly election […]
JAMMU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that for the first time, the BJP will form a government in J&K with full majority after the Assembly elections. Addressing a large BJP campaign rally in M. A. Stadium here, PM Modi said, “I am filled with great feeling of patriotism when I visit Jammu. […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of presiding over an “unprecedented deterioration of security” in Jammu and claimed the Union Territory’s administration led by the lieutenant governor was showing “incompetence” in managing the situation. Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and address the Vijay Sankalp Maharally today, Congress […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is expected to experience mostly dry weather conditions until October 6, according to the Meteorological Department (MeT) forecast on Saturday. “Generally dry weather with brief, isolated showers towards the afternoon is expected in Jammu and Kashmir today,” said an official from the MeT. “From September […]
NEW YORK — India termed it a “travesty” that Pakistan, which has “a global reputation for terrorism,” has the “audacity to attack” the world’s largest democracy and raise the issue of Jammu and Kashmir on the platform of the United Nations. The First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, Bhavika Mangalanandan on […]