New Delhi: Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was detained by the Delhi Police, has been released from Bawana Police Station on Wednesday (October 2, 2024). A team of Delhi Police escorted him to Rajghat where he is expected to pay tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Mr. Wangchuk, along with around […]
Jammu: Former minister and BJP candidate from Surankote, Mushtaq Ahmad Shah Bukhari, died on Wednesday after collapsing at his residence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, party leaders said. He was 75 and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. Bukhari was unwell for some time and suffered a heart attack at […]
Srinagar: Members of Gandhi Global Family J&K (GGFJK), led by Padma Shri Dr SP Varma, called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan today. KR Desk
Srinagar: The three-phased Assembly Election in J&K concluded with the last and final one concluding on Tuesday with overall voter turnout of 68.72 percent. Elections Commission of India had issued formal schedule on August 16. Poll for 24 Assemblies in phase-1 was held on September 18, second phase for 26 Assemblies on September 25 and […]
Srinagar: The three border districts of Kashmir — Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara — registered a voter turnout of 60 per cent with traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla towns witnessing the highest turnout in an election in the last three decades. However, the turnout in the 16 Assembly segments of these three districts on […]
Srinagar: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said that “J&K assembly elections have marked a significant deepening of democracy which will echo in the pages of history and continue to inspire a democratic spirit of the region for years to come.” He dedicated these elections to the people of J&K acknowledging their determination and […]
New Delhi: The Election Commission said no re-polls have been recorded so far in the three-phased Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls which concluded on Tuesday. It also noted that despite an increase in the number of assembly seats from 83 in 2014 to 90 in 2024, the elections were completed in three phases this time […]
Srinagar: The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended hearty congratulations to the voters of the third phase of Assembly Elections for the record turnout. In a social media post, the Lieutenant Governor said, the great enthusiasm among voters in all three phases to exercise their franchise is a testimony to vibrant democracy in J&K and […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the government that would keep away terrorism, separatism, corruption and dynastic politics should be formed in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah also said Jammu and Kashmir needed a government that was visionary and could take strong decisions for security, peace and stability. “Today, the people voting in […]
Haryana: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched an attack on the Congress party, reviving the “urban naxal” accusation and saying that while Congress claims it will restore Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), it has never said that it will reclaim Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). Addressing a public rally in Haryana’s Palwal, […]