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Polling underway for sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections
Polling is underway for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Voting, which began at 7 AM, will continue till 6 PM. Voting is taking place for 59 constituencies, spread over 7 states. Polling is being held for 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats in Haryana, 8 seats…
Read More »Aeroflot plane crash: 41 killed on Russian jet
Forty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning, but Russia’s national carrier said only that it returned to the airport for technical reasons. Two children are among the…
Read More »Div Com Reviews Ramzan arrangements, calls for strict action against profiteers
Srinagar: In view of holy month of Ramzan, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan on Saturday directed all Deputy Commissioners to start intense market checking across the valley on daily basis and take strict legal action against profiteers and black marketers. The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir made these directions in…
Read More »Jammu city’s metered areas not to have power cuts: Governor chairs high-level meeting
Jammu, April 30: A high level meeting was held under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik to review the preparedness of JKPDD for providing regular and smooth power supply to the consumers during peak demand period of summer season. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Advisor to Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary;…
Read More »Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the nation shortly
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation shortly on Wednesday,27 March.Says he has an “important message for the nation.” Earlier today, PM Modi chaired the National Security Council meet. The minister of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was present in the the meet, along with NSA Ajit Doval…
Read More »Pleas against Article 35A: Hearing most likely Wednesday or Thursday
Kashmir High Court Bar Association Srinagar has constituted a team of its members who will remain present before the Supreme Court on Wednesday and on Thursday when the bunch of petitions filed for scrapping of Article 35-A of the constitution of India are most likely to come up for hearing.…
Read More »Interstate GST racket busted in Jammu and Kashmir
The State Taxes Department, Jammu has busted a fake GST firms’ racket operating in Jammu & Kashmir and New Delhi, official said on Saturday. “On the basis of specific inputs, the enforcement team of State Taxes Department, Jammu detained vehicle bearing No.RJ09GB – 2622 carrying goods worth Rs.40 lac to…
Read More »IED blast in Awantipora: No loss of life reported
An Improvised explosive device( IED)went off in Awantipora area of south Kashmir Pulwama district on Saturday, barely 4 km from the February 14 Pulwama attack spot where more than 40 CRPF troopers lost their lives. No life was lost in the 3 a.m. explosion though that rocked the Amlar village. But window…
Read More »NIA carries out raids on separatists, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, in Kashmir
The NIA Tuesday carried out searches on separatists in the Kashmir valley, including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, in a terror funding case, officials said. The NIA sleuths accompanied by local police and CRPF personnel carried out searches at nearly nine places across the valley, which included the house of Nayeem Geelani,…
Read More »SJM Gilani transferred, posted as ADGP (Armed)
Jammu, Feb 23: Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gillani , IPS (JK 1994) on his repatriation from Anti Corruption Bureau, J&K, to the Home Department has been posted as ADGP, Armed, J&K vice A. K. Choudhary, IPS (JK 1991). The order to this effect was issued by the J&K Government, Home Department vide Order No.…
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