Srinagar, Dec 01 (KNO): State Election Commissioner K K Sharma has said that phase two of the District Development Councils (DDC) polls recorded 33.34 percent polling in Kashmir while 65.5 in Jammu. Addressing a press conference here, Sharma said that phase two elections for DDCs remained peaceful and the total voting percentage remained at 48.62 percent. […]
Srinagar, Dec 1: Communist Party of India (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has filed an Application for Direction in the pending Writ Petition in the Supreme Court challenging new land laws on behalf of the CPI (M). In the application, Tarigami submitted that the new land laws promulgated by the Central Government permits anyone from […]
Srinagar, December 01:A 24 year old man was critically injured after unknown gunmen fired upon him in Buchpora area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Tuesday evening. A senior police officer said that militants fired upon a man identified as Nadif Khan son of Muhammad Hanief Khan resident of Bilal colony Soura in Buchpora, leaving […]
Bandipora, Dec 1: A residential house besides at least two shops were completely gutted even as considerable damage dealt to two other shops in a blaze incident in Rekhi Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, the fire which broke out from a Kiryana shop spread in no time […]
Islamabad, Nov 30: Pakistan and China on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further deepen cooperation between the two countries’ armies as the latter’s defence minister met army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Rawalpindi. General Wei Fenghe is not only the minister for national defence but also a state councilor, a top […]
Srinagar, Dec 01: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz on Tuesday alleged that BJP is promoting separatism in Jammu and Kashmir by pushing mainstream parties to the wall. He added if New Delhi wishes to come out from prevailing uncertainty, there is no option left behind except to initiate a meaningful […]
Poonch, Dec 1: An Assistant Sub Inspector of BSF was killed in snipper fire by Pakistan along LOC in Tarkundi area of Balakote Sector in Poonch district on Tuesday. SHO Mendhar Manzoor Ahmad Kohli confirmed that Assistan Sub Inspector was killed. He identified him as P. Jatha of 59 Bn BSF. (GNS)
