Bandipora, September 26: Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Pandurang K Pole, on Thursday visited Bandipora to review the poll preparedness for upcoming general elections to the Legislative Assembly. The comprehensive review, which spanned across multiple key locations in Gurez and Bandipora, was aimed at ensuring smooth and efficient election management across the district. The CEO, during […]
Beijing: China and India were able to “reduce differences” and build “some consensus” on disengaging troops from friction points to end the standoff in eastern Ladakh and agreed to maintain dialogue to reach a resolution acceptable to both sides at an “early date”, the Chinese Defence Ministry said on Thursday. Under the guidance of two […]
New Delhi: Amid Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said the Dal lake in Srinagar was “dull” when he went there in 1990 but is now teeming with tourists, while pointing out that Article 370 is no longer applicable to the region. Addressing the 83rd foundation day celebrations of […]
Jammu: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today impressed upon the Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to lay added focus on providing affordable housing facilities to the urban population of J&K. Dulloo made these remarks while speaking in a meeting held to review progress on flagship housing schemes being implemented by the department. Among others, the […]
Samba/Jammu: Six labourers were rescued on Thursday after a heap of soil collapsed on them while they were working in a pit dug for the construction of a bridge in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Two of the labourers were critically injured in the incident, which took place in the Vijaypur area, […]
KATHUA/JAMMU: Police on Thursday seized a pistol and five rounds of ammunition from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. Acting on an tipoff, a police team found a packet lying at an isolated spot in the Khanpur village and seized it, they said. A pistol and five rounds were found in the packet, the […]
Reasi Sees Highest Voting Of Nearly 72%, Srinagar Lowest At Around 27% Srinagar: Over 54 per cent voters on Wednesday exercised their franchise in the second phase of polling for 26 seats in Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. Addressing reporters, J&K Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole said the polling was peaceful and by and […]
Srinagar: As many as 20 of the 26 assembly segments that went to polls on Wednesday in the second phase of voting in Jammu and Kashmir have registered lower voter turnout than that in the 2014 assembly elections. According to the data of the Election Commission of India, the overall voting percentage in the 2014 […]
Srinagar: The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended hearty congratulations to the voters of second phase of Assembly Election for turning out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. In a social media post, the Lieutenant Governor applauded the spirit of the people to strengthen the democratic values and for upholding the rich democratic traditions. […]
Srinagar: The members of a foreign delegation who are here on Wednesday to observe the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir expressed satisfaction over the conduct of polls, with some of them saying the process looks comparable to how it happens in their own countries. Jammu and Kashmir is voting in the second phase of […]