Kulgam breaks boycott shackles: Once deserted, polling booths come alive with serpentine queues

  Kulgam,: The areas that were known for boycotting the elections in the past in this picturesque district of Kulgam in South Kashmir Wednesday came alive with serpentine queues with voters showing great enthusiasm. The voters’ majority of whom were first timers claimed that boycotts haven’t yielded anything in the past and it’s time to […]

Atishi to be new CM of Delhi

    NEW DELHI: Senior AAP leader Atishi will be the new chief minister of Delhi, the party unanimously agreed on Tuesday after Arvind Kejriwal proposed her name as his successor in a meeting of the party’s legislators.   Kejriwal, who was released from jail on Friday, announced on Sunday that he would resign from […]

AAP MLAs to meet to pick Kejriwal’s successor as CM likely to resign today

    NEW DELHI: With Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expected to resign later on Tuesday, AAP MLAs will hold a crucial meeting at 11.30 am at his residence to pick his successor.   Kejriwal is likely to meet Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena at 4.30 pm and tender his resignation.   After being released […]

Terrorism breathing its last in J-K: PM Modi

JAMMU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said terrorism is taking its last breath in Jammu and Kashmir where his government projected a new leadership to counter dynastic politics which has “destroyed this beautiful region”. Addressing an election rally in the Doda district of Jammu region in support of BJP candidates, PM Modi said, “We […]

US put sanctions on Chinese firms, individuals for supporting Pakistan’s missile programme

    WASHINGTON: The US has taken action against four Chinese entities, one Pakistani company, and one Chinese individual for their supply to Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme under the missile sanctions laws, a State Department statement has said.   State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement on Thursday said the US imposed sanctions on […]

J-K: Barkati’s daughter accuses MP Rashid of not supporting family, tears father’s nomination papers

    Kupwara,: Jailed cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay’s daughter on Thursday accused Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid of not supporting her family “in the time of need” and tore her father’s nomination papers from the Langate assembly seat, represented twice by the Awami Ittehad Party chief in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.   […]