SRINAGAR — The National Conference’s pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections was formed to give people an option to avoid a hung House, party vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Sunday. According to the seat-share agreement, the National Conference is contesting 51 seats, the Congress 32 and the CPI(M) one. […]
TEHRAN — An explosion at a mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iranian state television reported, adding that several workers were still trapped. The blast took place due to a methane gas leak at a coal mine run by the Madanjoo company in Tabas, some 540km (335 miles) […]
JAMMU — BJP chief J P Nadda on Sunday labeled the Congress and the National Conference (NC) as “non-nationalist forces” and said Pakistan’s defence minister himself “certified” the two parties for carrying out that country’s agenda in Jammu and Kashmir. He also highlighted the “wave of change” in Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister Narendra […]
BUDGAM — National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, following his rally in Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah, mentioned that people in the valley are suffering due to the current situation and want solutions. “The people are suffering due to the current situation and they want […]
NOWSHERA — Talking tough on terror, Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said no stone pelter or terrorist will be released in Jammu and Kashmir and there will be no talks with Pakistan till terrorism is wiped out. At an election rally in Nowshera in support of J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina, the senior BJP […]
JAMMU — A 35-year-old Pakistani intruder was arrested by Indian army troops guarding the Line of Control in Mendhar sector of Poonch district on Sunday, security officials said. The intruder was intercepted and taken into custody by the troops when he tried to sneak into this side from across the border in the early hours […]
GANDERBAL — National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah is facing a battle of prestige in his bid to reclaim the Ganderbal Assembly segment, considered a family bastion that was represented by his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah, father Farooq Abdullah and himself in the past. Having lost the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from the Baramulla constituency, the […]
RAMBAN — Police have recovered skeleton of a missing person in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban. The police suspect that he was killed in a terrorist attack. “A missing report was filed in the Batote Police Station on 13th August. The police team and civilians together searched for 24 days but nothing was found. Yesterday evening, […]
SRINAGAR — The Congress has appointed M K Bhardwaj and Bhanu Mahajan as acting working presidents of its Jammu and Kashmir unit. The appointments come amid the ongoing assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has appointed Bhardwaj and Mahajan as acting working presidents of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee […]
DUBAI — Israeli troops raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Sunday, ordering the bureau to shut down amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera aired footage of Israeli troops live […]