Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the convincing victory of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the parliamentary elections and expressed his readiness to work together to build up the full range of bilateral relations. “I am convinced that, as the Prime Minister of India, you will further […]
Sopore: A tractor driver died in Watergam area of Rafiabad in North Kashmir Baramulla District this afternoon. Reports said an overloaded tractor on way from Handwara to Baramulla turned turtle near Army Camp resulting in death of the driver. The deceased was identified as Aijaz Ahmad of Dachinpora Rohma. Eyewitnesses said that locals rushed to […]
Awantipora: Three civilians were injured in a grenade blast outside police station Awantipora in south Kashmir on Thursday. A police official said that suspected militants hurled a UBGL grenade towards the police station which exploded outside, causing damages to vehicles and the police station. “Three civilians have been injured in the explosion,” he said.
Jammu: The BJP and National Conference have swept the parliamentary polls in Jammu and Kashmir. While the three seats in Kashmir have gone to NC, BJP has won two seats in Jammu. The BJP has switched to celebration mode in Jammu complete with beating of drums and bursting of crackers following the overwhelming trends in […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has swept the recently held Lok Sabha polls in Kashmir valley winning all the three parliamentary seats including Srinagar, Anantnag and Baramulla. The party’s Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency candidate Dr Farooq Abdullah secured more than half of the votes polled and he defeated PDP’s Agha Mohsin and PC’s Irfan Ansari. In […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti conceded defeat on Thursday in the election to the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat after trailing in the third place, behind the National Conference’s (NC) Hasnain Masoodi, who has taken a lead of 7,600 votes over Jammu and Kashmir Congress president G A Mir. Masoodi, a retired high court judge, was […]
Bhopal: Congress district president of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal parliamentary constituency Ratan Singh Thakur has died of a heart attack. According to reports, he was present at one of the counting centres in the constituency when he suffered the heart attack. Ratan Singh was rushed to the district hospital but his health kept failing, […]
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday congratulated the BJP and the NDA for its “stellar performance” in the Lok Sabha polls. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for putting together a winning alliance and a professional campaign. “So the exit polls were […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has won the Srinagar Parliamentary Seat. By the tie of filing of this report Dr Farooq had crossed 50 percent of the total votes polled in Srinagar. His vote share stood at over 82000 votes.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is heading for a landslide victory in the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections and a spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha elections. Of the 175 assembly seats in the state, he is ahead in 142, compared to the 27 of the ruling Telugu Desam Party, NDTV reported. The majority mark in the […]
