JAMMU — The Jammu parliamentary constituency, where 22 candidates are in the fray, saw peaceful polling and recorded nearly 72 per cent voter turnout on Friday in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, officials said. The overall polling figure in the constituency this time was lower than the last general election in 2019 […]
HANDWARA — A self-styled faith healer was arrested after he axed a woman to death in Handwara village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday. An official said that a man, identified as Ghulam Rasool Shah @ Lass Bab, accused of killing a woman to death at Chogul area of Handwara was arrested. Shah, a […]
SRINAGAR — After gap of 11 days, the authorities on Friday retrieved the body of 11-year-old boy Haziq Ahmed Sheikh from Zero Bridge area of Srinagar. With the recovery of Haziq’s body, the death toll in the Gandbal boat capsizing incident has reached seven while two persons including Haziq’s father Showkat Ahmad and minor boy […]
SRINAGAR — The ideology of separatism is “dead” in Jammu and Kashmir as people realised it is futile, separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Lone said. In a freewheeling interview with PTI, the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC) chief called for an end to violeK.nce, saying, “India is our land and there is no ambiguity about that.” […]
RAMBAN — More than 50 houses, four electricity towers, a receiving station, and a main road were damaged in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district dur to sinking of a road, officials said on Friday. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary visited the Pernote village, five kms from the district headquarters, on Friday morning and assured assistance […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least two militants were killed and two soldiers and a civilian were injured during an encounter in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir on Friday morning. The encounter broke out between government forces and militants at Check Mohalla in Nowpora village of Sopore on Thursday evening after which the […]
JAMMU — The people of the country, especially those in Jammu and Kashmir, tasted ”real democracy” under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday. On a day when voting is underway in 88 constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories in the second phase of the Lok […]
JAMMU — With some candidates seeking postponement of polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat due to adverse weather conditions, Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Friday said they will respect any decision by the Election Commission in this regard. “It is a democracy. As a citizen of this country, we respect the […]
SRINAGAR/JAMMU — The 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 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday registered a case under relevant sections of law against the miscreants who attempted to desecrate shrine and a mosque during the intervening night of Thursday-Friday in Tral town of Pulwama district. “Yesterday night, some miscreants attempted to disrespect the local shrine and a mosque in Dadsara […]