SRINAGAR — While reacting to releasing of District Good Governance Index (DGGI) for J&K, CPI(M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Saturday said that claims of good governance and development in J&K is far from ground realities. One of the principle fundamentals of good governance is participation and representation of people ,a right which continues to […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti reacted sharply to the remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah that statehood will be restored once the situation becomes normal in Jammu and Kashmir. Amit Shah today said that elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held as delimitation has started. Shah […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir has started and soon elections will be held soon. Speaking virtually at the launch of the District Good Governance Index in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Minister said, “Delimitation has started and soon elections will be […]
SRINAGAR — Considered as the country’s finest and decorated forces, Jammu and Kashmir Police has been tasked to ensure peaceful Assembly elections in neighboring Punjab state that set to go for polls on February 20. As per police spokesman of district Kathua, a district that shares a long border with Punjab as well as International […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the District Good Governance Index for 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the first of its kind index for a union territory. Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir will […]
HYDERABAD — Prime Minister Narendra Modi would unveil a 216-foot statue of Ramanujacharya, an 11th century saint and a social reformer, in Hyderabad on February 5. The statue, described as the ‘Statue of Equality’, is located in a 45-acre complex at Shamshabad on the outskirts of the city. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Centre’s plan to appropriate powers of transferring IAS and IPS officers will be “another nail” in the coffin of the country’s federal structure. He was reacting to media reports that the Union government is planning to acquire for itself overriding powers to transfer IAS […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday demanded fire service stations for dwellers of Dal Lake, Nigeen Lake and Jhelum to prevent fire incidents and mitigate the losses during these incidents. In a joint statement, Srinagar district president Haji Parvez, state youth secretary Arif Laigroo and youth leader Asif Wangnoo demanded fire services stations for […]
NEW DELHI — Vijay Rawat, brother of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat who recently died in a helicopter crash, joined the BJP on Wednesday. The BJP may field him as its candidate in poll-bound Uttarakhand, sources said. Vijay Rawat, who retired as a colonel from the army, joined the BJP in […]
JAMMU — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said she is not taking back those leaders who have deserted the party even though many of them are willing to return. Dozens of senior PDP leaders including former ministers and legislators left the party after the BJP withdrew its support to the Mehbooba-led coalition government in […]