New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to drop five social science chapters from Class 10 syllabus from this academic session, according to the new curriculum. The dropped chapters, including three on political studies and two on environment, will only be part of internal assessment, but not the final board exam. […]
Sopore: Police claimed to have busted a gang of thieves who were using fake (wooden) gun for robberies in north Kashmir’s Sopore town, on Thursday. Quoting GNS, Police in a press conference said that a gang using a wooden AK 47 were looting people in parts of Sopore have been arrested by a team of […]
‘Overall poll percentage in Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies crosses 29.6 % till 1 pm’
‘Overall poll percentage in Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies crosses 29.6 % till 1 pm’ Srinagar: Nine percent votes are recorded in Srinagar Parliamentary constituency till 1 pm with Budgam registering the highest turnout of 11.4% followed by Ganderbal at 11% and Srinagar registered 4.8%. The Srinagar Parliamentary constituency is spread over 15 Assembly segments comprising three […]
Srinagar: Government forces opened fire on protesters in Hafroo village of Chadoora Township in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday afternoon. Sources said that three persons have received bullet injuries and were shifted to nearby medical facility. Reports said that youths pelted stones on the forces deployed in the area for polling. The forces retaliated […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has disengaged a Special Police Officer (SPO) for violating the model code of conduct by participating in political activities in Kishtwar, on Thursday. Identified as Mohd Ashraf (belt No. 1244/SPO), SPO was posted at District Police Lines Kishtwar, reports said. He was seen in a campaign of political leader in […]
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in several parts of Budgam district in central Kashmir amid polling for the second phase of parliamentary polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Witnesses said that the clashes ensued at several places including in main town Beerwah, Kandoora, Chewdara, Kawoosa and Rathsun villages. They said that the youths pelted stones on government forces […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday reacted sharply to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti’s comments on allying with NDA, saying he was ready to debate his three years with late Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government against Mehbooba’s four years of government with BJP headed by Narendra Modi. “When you are done tweeting […]
Rajnandgaon: Naxals triggered an IED blast on Thursday in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district where polling for Lok Sabha elections is underway, a senior police official said. No casualty was reported in the incident, he said. “The rebels detonated the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) around 10.30 am between Medha and Dabba villages, falling under Manpur-Mohla Assembly segment, when a […]
Amreli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government managed to contain ‘terrorism’ to only “two and a half” districts in Jammu and Kashmir and that no bomb blast took place elsewhere in the country in last five years. Addressing a poll rally at Amreli in Gujarat, Modi also said that what he learnt in […]
Srinagar: The polling percentage at 11 am for Srinagar Parliamentary constituency stood at 6.1% with Budgam registering the highest turnout of 9.1% followed by Ganderbal at 6.1% and Srinagar registered 3.9%. The Srinagar Parliamentary constituency is spread over 15 Assembly segments comprising three districts of Central Kashmir-Ganderbal, Srinagar and Budgam with 1,295,304 registered voters including […]