JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain on Tuesday issued a stern warning saying that anyone found aiding those who seek to disrupt peace and development will face strict legal consequences. DGP Swain, who held a security review of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine and Shiv Khori temple in Reasi, emphasised […]
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Supreme Court dismisses petitions seeking review of Article 370 verdict
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has dismissed the petitions seeking review of its judgment upholding the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, LiveLaw reported. A 5-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and AS Bopanna dismissed […]
ACB books Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, IAS Officer among seven for alleged Custodian Land Encroachment
SRINAGAR — The Anti-graft body of Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and a serving senior bureaucrat among seven people for allegedly encroaching Custodian land in convenience with revenue officials in summer capital Srinagar. According to an FIR copy accessed by Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com a preliminary enquiry of […]
Anger against Article 370 abrogation also a reason behind high voter turnout in Baramulla: Omar Abdullah
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that the high voter turnout in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir was due to the courage shown by the people to express themselves through their votes. Abdullah, who is a candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, did not agree with […]
PC leader booked for manhandling polling officer, cop at voting booth in Baramulla
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference leader Imran Ansari has been booked for allegedly manhandling a police officer and a polling official while voting was underway at a booth in the Baramulla district in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday, officials said. P K Pole, Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir, said he has […]
PDP supports INDIA bloc on ideological basis, Constitution must be guarded: Mehbooba Mufti
JAMMU — Despite fielding her party’s candidates against the National Conference on three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party continues to be a part of INDIA bloc on ideological basis and agrees with it on the need to safeguard the Constitution. The NC, also a […]
Article 370 abrogation wasn’t needed as 99 pc of laws were already operational in Kashmir: Kapil Sibal
NEW DELHI — Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday said the abrogation of Article 370 was a “political decision” and there was no need for it as 99 per cent of the laws of India were already operational in Kashmir. Sibal also said that he does not see assembly elections being held in Kashmir […]
High voter turnout in LS polls reflects people’s anger against abrogation of Article 370: Mehbooba Mufti
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti claimed on Monday that the high voter turnout in Kashmir in the fourth and fifth phases of polling for the ongoing Lok Sabha election is reflective of people’s anger against the BJP-led centre for abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcating the erstwhile state of […]
CS chairs high-level meeting to review security in view of elections, tourist season
SRINAGAR — In the wake of two militant attacks last week, Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary Atal Dulloo Monday chaired a high-level meeting of civil and police administration to review the security situation in the Union territory, an official spokesperson said. The meeting was taken in view of the ensuing tourist season and ongoing elections […]
Rising voter turnout indicative of declining dynastic politics in Kashmir: Jitendra Singh
NEW DELHI — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the rise in voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir is indicative of declining dynastic politics in the Kashmir Valley. Polling for five Lok Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir were held in five phases. Voting was held in Udhampur constituency on April 19, Jammu on […]








