KASHMIR

Panchayat polls: Northern Kashmir’s Baramulla records over 36% turnout till 12 am

Srinagar: 36.46 percent of registered voters have exercised their franchise in the first phase of Panchayat polls in north Kashmir’s Bramaulla district till 12 am. Elections are being held at Kunzer, Uri, Parenpillan, Noorkah and Kandi-Belt Rafiabad in Baramulla in the first phase of the nine-phased election process. An official said that 22,175 votes have been […]

Panchayat polls: Baramulla in north Kashmir records 24.86% turnout till 11 am

Srinagar: 24.86 percent of registered voters have exercised their franchise in the first phase of Panchayat polls in north Kashmir’s Bramaulla district till 11 am. Elections are being held at Kunzer, Uri, Parenpillan, Noorkah and Kandi-Belt Rafiabad in Baramulla in the first phase of the nine-phased election process. Polling for the first phase of Panchayat elections […]

Fire partially damages CRPF camp in south Kashmir

Fire partially damages CRPF camp in south Kashmir

Srinagar: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp was partially damaged in a fire in Qazigund in south Kashmir, official sources said here on Friday. The blaze broke out at Walnut factory Levdoora in Qazigund, housing CRPF battalion headquarters late last night. However, before the fire tenders could douse the flames, the blaze spread to […]

Power shutdown in kashmir

SRINAGAR: According to the Power Controller Kashmir, 11KV power line of feeder number 3 and 4 of Rangreth Receiving Station will be shut down from 1.30 am to 4.30 pm and 09.30 pm to 1.30 respectively on 17 November 2018 to carry out pruning. Meanwhile, 33KV Baramulla IstKanilbagh , Baramulla IIndSheeri-Drangbal and MES power Line […]

What Afridi said was not suitable, should have been avoided: Miandad on former Pak captain’s Kashmir comments

What Afridi said was not suitable, should have been avoided: Miandad on former Pak captain’s Kashmir comments

Karachi: Pakistan’s former captain Javed Miandad has advised his fellow cricketers to avoid voicing opinions on political and other sensitive issues to avoid controversies. His advice came in the wake of comments made by all-rounder Shahid Afridi on the Kashmir issue. “I would say what Afridi said was not suitable and should have been avoided,” […]