Jammu: Nineteen candidates saw an extremely close contest in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir where the margin of victory was less than 100. Of these candidates, eight are Independents, followed by three from the BJP, two each from the National Conference and the Congress and one each from […]
Srinagar: The Centre should listen to the people’s voice against the abrogation of Article 370 since it has itself termed the DDC polls as a victory of democracy, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday. Addressing party workers at NC headquarters Nawa-i-Subah, he said the people have made clear their view by […]
Awantipora: Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a six-member module of the JeM militant outfit involved in grenade lobbing on government forces and pasting “threatening” posters in south Kashmir. The accused have been identified as Aijaz Ahmad Bhat son of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat resident of Larow Tral, Mohammad Amin Khan son of Ghulam Hassan […]
Srinagar: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that forging alliance with other political parties in the maiden J&K DDC polls was a very tough decision but it was taken for the larger interests of people of the erstwhile J&K. “It was a difficult to forge alliance with the parties that were the rivals […]
New Delhi: Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Wednesday visited various high-altitude forward areas in eastern Ladakh and reviewed India’s overall military preparedness as the tense border standoff with China in the region prolonged for over seven months, the Army and official sources said. The Army said Gen Naravane visited the forward areas including Rechin […]
Jammu: The PAGD has got a clear majority in six districts, followed by the BJP in five in the maiden DDC election in Jammu and Kashmir but the alliance of seven mainstream parties has got an edge over the saffron party in six other districts as it is just short of one or two seats […]
Washington: An American financial corporation has announced to invest USD 54 million in India to support the development of critical infrastructure projects in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. India is one of the fastest growing countries in the previous three decades, but it suffers from a significant infrastructure deficit, holding back […]
Jammu: Former BJP minister Sham Lal Choudhary lost by a razor-thin margin of 11 votes in Suchetgarh constituency of Jammu district in the maiden District Development Council (DDC) election, officials said on Wednesday. The Gupkar alliance led by Farooq Abdullah was leading the tally by winning over 110 out of 280 seats on Wednesday, followed […]
Budgam Dec 23: National Conference has won eight of the fourteen seats in the maiden J&K DDC polls in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said. Hakeem Yaseen’s PDF and independents have won two DDC seats each while as one seat each has gone into the account of the PDP and the JKPM. The NC candidates […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,99,066 with 23,950 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96.63 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,46,444 with 333 new fatalities, the data updated at […]