Jammu, July 11: Former Member of Legislative Council, Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is likely to join National Conference later in the day. Surinder Choudhary took to Twitter to announce his resignation. “Gud bye BJP….Ravinder Raina enjoy with your parivharbad and corruption,” Choudhary wrote on twitter. Choudhary is considered […]
SRINAGAR: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday raided houses of militants operating from across the border. A senior police officer said that SIU of Kishtwar police conducted raids at four different locations in Kishtwar District against militancy funding & OGW network operating from Pakistan through local militants. The raids […]
SRINAGAR: An army personnel was injured in a landmine explosion near LoC in Jammu And Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said. They said that the soldier on late Sunday night accidentally stepped on a landmine and suffered injuries. They said the injured was shifted to a military hospital and his condition is stated to be […]
Srinagar, Jul 08: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad while speaking on the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s scheme of land for “homeless” people said land should be given to poor residents of the union territory only. “We welcome the land allotment step, but there should be a condition for that and the […]
Jammu, Jul 08: The high command of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday directed its Jammu & Kashmir unit to knock every door and touch each booth for strengthening the party ahead of Lok Sabha elections and possibile civic polls in the Union Territory. Party sources said that BJP’s national president Jagat Prakash Nadda chaired […]
Srinagar, July 07: In a major setback to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed his plea seeking stay on conviction in a case related to Modi surname. The dismissal of the plea by the high court would mean that the Congress leader will continue to remain disqualified from the Lok […]
Srinagar, Jul 06: Apple industry in Kashmir which has been suffering losses for the last many years is again caught in the throes of crisis since the government ordered the reduction of import duty on Washington apples. The apple growers across Kashmir said that the industry which is considered the backbone of J&K’s economy has […]
Srinagar July 06: J&K People’s Conference President, Sajad Gani Lone, strongly emphasized the need for the government to clarify the eligibility criteria for Land for Landless scheme and restrict land allocation solely to the erstwhile state subjects of Jammu and Kashmir, without including any new domicile holders after August 5, 2019. In a statement Lone […]
SRINAGAR, JULY 06: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today launched various innovative initiatives of Rural Development Department to make Amarnath Yatra a zero-landfill pilgrimage. These initiatives include reusable cloth bags, Yatra Anthem for sustainable and responsible tourism, MIS Portal and Web App for waste process monitoring. In his address on the occasion, the Lt Governor congratulated […]
Rajouri, July 05: Four passengers died and eight others sustained critical injuries in a road accident that took place in Rajouri’s Thanamandi area in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Reports said that an Eeco vehicle carrying passengers fell into a deep gorge on Thanamnadi- Bhangai road at around 2:30 am. “Twelve passengers were […]
