Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson Tahir Sayed resigned from the basic membership of the party on Monday. Sayed had also served as a media consultant to former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during the PDP-BJP coalition Government. “It’s with a heavy heart that I write this unpleasant letter of resignation from the post of spokesperson […]
Srinagar: The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) in Jammu and Kashmir has booked a government employee for amassing wealth beyond the sources of his known income, officials said on Monday. The bureau has also lodged an FIR against an executive engineer, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, for misappropriation of funds by allotting work to an unqualified contractor and later […]
New Delhi: Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by the CBI were pending trials in different courts, 361 for more than 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Besides, as many as 658 corruption cases were pending CBI investigation, 48 for more than five years. Of the total of […]
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today attended the flag-in ceremony of the triumphant mountaineering expedition, accomplished by Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering & Winter Sports, Pahalgam and interacted with the Expedition team at Raj Bhawan. The Mountaineering Expedition team has successfully completed the expedition to Nine peaks including Six peaks (Mount Kang Yatse-I, Mount Kang […]
Pulwama: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K, Pandurang K Pole, today visited Pulwama to review the preparedness ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections in the district. The meeting was attended by District Election Officer (DEO) Pulwama, Dr. Basharat Qayoom; SSP Pulwama, P.D. Nitya; SSP Awantipora Aijaz Ahmad, Returning Officers (ROs), Deputy District Election Officers, District and […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged the Election Commission has changed the date of counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls at the behest of the BJP. “They (ECI) do what suits the BJP. When I contested the (Lok Sabha) elections, they unnecessarily changed the date (of polling). Everything is […]
Srinagar: Separatist leader and Hurriyat member Syed Salim Geelani on Sunday joined the People’s Democratic Party here. Geelani joined the PDP in presence of party president Mehbooba Mufti at party office here. “PDP is a party which talks about democratic rights, human rights and political rights of people. It talks about political solution to Kashmir […]
Jammu: To boost the BJP’s election campaigning in J&K, Prime Minister Narendera Modi, Amit Shah and other senior ministers of the party are all set to arrive in the UT from September 8 onwards, party sources said. They said talks about the final date about PM Modi’s arrival are on and it is expected that […]
Begusarai (Bihar): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday attacked Congress, the National Conference, and the Peoples Democratic Party for exploiting the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “The Prime Minister said that he will conduct the elections. So, he is doing that. The announcement of the elections has been done democratically…The nepotist parties and leaders like […]
Srinagar: Suhail Bukhari, the former Chief Spokesperson of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) joined the Congress party on Sunday. The move comes shortly after his resignation from the PDP on August 20. Bukhari was displeased with the PDP leadership, as he was denied a mandate to contest the forthcoming elections, leading to his decision of […]