Srinagar: Only one voter has cast his vote in Lokut Dal ward of Dal Lake in Srinagar till 12 noon on Tuesday. The polling began for the fourth and final phase of the Urban Local Body polls today morning. Sources said that out of the 2583 registered voters in the Lokut dal ward just one […]
Srinagar: Scores of residents of Kaloosa village in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday blocked the Bandipora-Sopore road to demand release of three local youth booked under draconian Public Safety Act (PSA). The protesters included several women. The blockage of road led to massive traffic jam on the otherwise busy road. The residents said that […]
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in Soura locality of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar on Tuesday even as the Urban Local Bodies polls are underway in the area. Sources said that several youth assembled at Soura locality and hurled rocks on government forces deployed in strength in the area in view of the polls. The protesters were raising […]
Srinagar: In the ongoing last phase of Urban Local Bodies polls, only three votes were polled at nine polling booths in Soura area of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar. Officials said that at Ramzana high school Soura, where 9 polling booths have been set up, only three votes have been polled till 10:00 am. All three […]
Srinagar: Popular social networking site Facebook has started a clamp down on Facebook news pages and accounts for uploading the photographs of slain scholar turned Hizb militant Manan Wani. Wani along with his associate Ashiq Hussain Zargar of Tulwari Langate were killed in Shatgund area of Handwara town Thursday last. Manan a former Phd scholar […]
Srinagar: Scores of students of Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora on Tuesday protested in the varsity campus against the killing of slain scholar turned militant Mannan Wani and his accomplice. Witnesses said that the students of various departments of the varsity assembled in the varsity campus and later amid massive pro freedom and […]
Srinagar: As the fourth and last phase of the ongoing municipal elections kicked off in Kashmir, Ganderbal municipal committee recorded a turnouit of 483 voters till 9 am Tuesday. Official sources put the total voter turnout at 5.60 percent.
Srinagar: After former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party [resident Mehbooba Mufti described slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Wani a “victim of relentless violence in Kashmir”, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah Monday accused her of showing “fake sympathy”, saying it worked in the past but would not work now. “How short […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday refuted the reports that a private school teacher of southern Kashmir’s Chee village in Islamabad district had joined militant ranks. In a statement, a police spokesperson said that a photograph of a private school teacher from Chee Islamabad was circulated on social media platforms describing him as […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday ordered promotion of 337 J&K police personnel in different cadres and ranks. The promoted personnel include 32 Inspectors, 295 Sub inspectors, three ASIs and seven Head Constables. “20 Sis (M), 12 Sis (S), 9 ASIs (Tel), three ASIs, one ASI (s), two HCs (M) and seven Sg Cts […]
