Srinagar: The Expenditure Observers for Srinagar District for General Elections to Legislative Assembly-2024, Capt. Pradeep Shoury Arya and Subodh Singh Friday visited the Integrated Election Control Room, Media Certification & Monitoring Committee(MCMC) and Media Centre established at the DC/DEO Office Srinagar. The inspections were part of their taking stock of the arrangements for the coming […]
Jammu: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday claimed that five years since the abrogation of Article 370, peace had returned to Jammu and Kashmir and large-scale development was underway, as he urged the people to vote for his party in the upcoming state election. Reddy said that before the abrogation of Article 370, which […]
Srinagar: Calling democracy a “battle of ideas”, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti urged the government on Friday to lift the ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami to enable it to contest elections. She also described as “regrettable” National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah’s claim that the Jamaat-e-Islami once considered elections “haram (forbidden)” but now as “halal (permissible)”. The People’s […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday said the pre-poll alliance with the Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls was not an easy decision as the party had to “sacrifice” many seats it felt it had a chance to win. Addressing a party function at the NC headquarters Nawa-i-Subah, Abdullah said […]
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the “era of uninterrupted dialogue” with Pakistan is over even as he noted that India is “not passive” and whether events take a positive or negative direction, either way New Delhi will react. In his address at a book launch here, Jaishankar also said for […]
‘Moral Values And Scientific Thinking Essential For Enriched Knowledge System’ Katra: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended the 39th Foundation Day celebration of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at Matrika Auditorium of SMVD University. The momentous occasion also marked the 14th annual day of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul. Addressing the gathering, the Lt […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting of Revenue Department to have appraisal about the modernization and updation of revenue records across the revenue villages of the UT. Besides Financial Commissioner Revenue, the meeting was attended by Secretary Revenue; Commissioner, Survey & Land Records and other officers of the Department. During the meeting, […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of Administrative heads of all the Departments to take stock of the budget expenditure made and the position of revenue receipts registered by each of the Departments till date. Dulloo, during this meeting, impressed upon the administrative Departments to improve their capital expenditure without waiting for […]
Srinagar: Weatherman on Friday forecast “generally” dry weather with brief spell of Rain or thundershower at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir on weekend. A meteorological department official here said that while generally weather is expected on Saturday and Sunday, generally cloudy skies with possibility of light to moderate Rain and thundershowers are expected at […]
MENDHAR/JAMMU: Army troops on Friday recovered a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. An Army party found the landmine in the Pattri Gali area during a patrol along the LoC, they said. The patrol party secured the area and called the bomb disposal squad to destroy […]