Jaipur,: Congress leaders K C Venugopal, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Govind Singh Dotasara and Ashok Gehlot will meet at the party headquarters here on Friday to discuss the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections. The meeting of the political affairs committee of the Congress will be held at the PCC war room. Prior to it, a meeting of […]
Surrender Of Sovereignty Of J&K To India Was “Absolutely Complete” With Accession: Top Court New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Thursday the surrender of Jammu and Kashmir’s sovereignty to India was “absolutely complete” with the accession of the former princely state in October 1947, and it was “really difficult” to say that Article 370 […]
Srinagar: A Tricolour was hoisted on the newly-renovated iconic Ghanta Ghar’ here on Thursday, as the city is preparing for the Independence Day celebrations, officials said. The famous clock tower in the heart of the city was renovated recently under the Srinagar Smart City Project. The ‘Tiranga’ was hoisted atop the clock tower on Thursday […]
Mendhar/Jammu: An Afghan national, who was arrested near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for his alleged links with Pakistan-based militants, a police official said on Thursday. Abdul Wahid with a disability in left leg was taken into custody […]
Srinagar: Six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) associates have been arrested in Baramulla and Budgam districts, officials said on Thursday. They said a militant module was unearthed in Uri area of Baramulla in north Kashmir and three associates of LeT involved in running the module were arrested. Acting on a tip off, security forces in a joint patrolling […]
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has asked the election authority in Ladakh to allow the candidates of National Conference to contest the upcoming LAHDC elections, Kargil, on party symbol. National Conference vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah termed it a “major victory” for the party. According to a notification […]
Jammu: Days after the central government ordered his premature retirement, former IPS officer Basant Rath on Thursday registered himself as a BJP activist online and sought blessings of people for what he called an “uphill trek called politics”. The IGP-rank officer, who was under suspension for the past over three years for “repeated instances of […]
Jammu: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested a man who was on the run for the last nine years after he was booked for duping people on the pretext of arranging government jobs, an official said. Bilal Ahmad Handoo alias “Doctor Sahib”, a resident of Bemina locality in Srinagar, was […]
Keran (JK): India’s “first” post office bearing PIN code 193224 is located on the banks of the Kishanganga river, the de facto Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district with Pak just across the stream at a stone’s throw. It was known as the last post office of the country until recently, when […]
Samba/Jammu: A 24-year-old labourer was electrocuted during the laying of electric cables in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Thursday, officials said. The death of Sabir Hussain, a resident of Nagrota area of Jammu, at Bari Brahmana sparked protests by his relatives who blocked the Jammu-Pathankot highway for over two hours in the evening, resulting […]