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 […]
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J&K Cops to ensure ‘smooth’ polls in Punjab
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 […]
Amit Shah to release district-based Good Governance Index for J&K
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 […]
PM Modi to unveil 216-foot ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad on February 5
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 […]
Omar Abdullah slams Centre over its plan to appropriate powers of transferring IAS, IPS officers
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 […]
PDP demands fire service stations at Dal, Nigeen Lakes and Jhelum
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 […]
Late CDS Bipin Rawat’s brother joins BJP in Uttarakhand
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 […]
J&K turned into laboratory by BJP for experiments: Mehbooba Mufti
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 […]
Getting rid of BJP will be bigger than freedom from British rule: Mehbooba Mufti
SRINAGAR — Accusing the BJP of “sowing seeds of hatred” among different communities, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said getting rid of the saffron party will be bigger than freedom from British rule. The former chief minister said the existence of Jammu and Kashmir is in danger under the BJP and urged the youth […]
UP Elections 2022: Priyanka Gandhi names mother of 2017 Unnao rape victim as Congress candidate
LUCKNOW — Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday on Thursday released the party’s first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, she said 40 per cent of the Congress candidates are women and another 40 percent are youth and by doing so […]