Srinagar: Over 6.97 lakh electors are set to vote in the last phase of Parliamentary Elections 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir on May 6. In the last phase, Ladakh Parliamentary Constituency and Pulwama-Shopian districts of Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) are going to polls with aggregated electoral strength of 697,148 voters including 357,879 males, 335,799 females, […]
Srinagar: Calling for ceasefire in the holy month of Ramadhan, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said that the government of India has made hell out of the lives and dignity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Mehbooba said Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeps on telling that he […]
Pulwama: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday asserted that all the major gains in decreasing the foot print of “security forces, mellowing down of PSA (Public Safety Act) and efforts to do away with Armed forces special powers act (AFSPA) were put into an abyss by the former PDP-BJP led […]
Srinagar:Traffic will continue to ply from Jammu to Srinagar for the second day on Saturday on the National Highway, the only all weather road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country. “Due to one-way no vehicle will be allowed from Srinagar to Jammu today,” a traffic police official told UNI. There will be […]
Srinagar: BJP’s Parliamentary candidate for Srinagar constituency, Khalid Jehangir, on Saturday lashed out Peoples Democratic Party chief, Mehbooba Mufti, for “misleading” the common masses. Jehangir said that Mehbooba is telling “blatant lies” by claiming that she was unaware about Hizbul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani being caught in an encounter in which he was killed. “It seems […]
Dhaka: At least 14 people were killed and 63 others injured as severe cyclone Fani barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday, a day after leaving a trail of destruction in neighboring India, media reports said on Saturday. Bangladesh authorities said that more than1.6 million people have been shifted to safer places as about 36 villages were […]
Colombo: Madrasas in Sri Lanka should be regulated by the Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry and not by the Education Ministry, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days after the country’s worst terror attack killed over 250 people. Authorities are on high-alert in the country after nine suicide bombers carried out a series of […]
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani on Saturday appealed the people of Pulwama and Shopian district in southern Kashmir for a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the twin districts and asked them to observe a complete shutdown on May 6. Geelani said that on one hand ruthless killings, unabated arrest spree, economic strangulation, vehicular […]
Srinagar: The Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora in Pulwama, on Saturday postponed all examinations and suspended classes. The university will remain open, a notification issued by the university said on Saturday morning. However, all scheduled examinations today have been postponed and new date will be announced later. The university also suspended classes […]
Srinagar: The United States Defense Department stated that China seeks to establish military bases around the world to protect its investments in its ambitious One Belt One Road global infrastructure program, according to an official report released Thursday. Beijing currently has just one overseas military base, in Djibouti, but is believed to be planning others, including possibly […]
