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ULB polls: Independent candidates demand security, say ‘we feel insecure’

ULB polls: Independent candidates demand security, say ‘we feel insecure’

Srinagar: The independent candidates who have filed nomination papers and are contesting the upcoming Urban Local Body and Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday demanded adequate security till the elections is over. “We feel insecure and therefore ask the authorities to provide us adequate security so that our lives are safeguarded,” they said. […]

Candidates contesting ULB polls put in ‘heavily guarded’ hotels: J&K Police

Candidates contesting ULB polls put in ‘heavily guarded’ hotels: J&K Police

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday said that the candidates contesting the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections have been put in hired hotels “already guarded by heavy contingents of police and paramilitaries”. Additional Director General Police law and order and security Muneer Ahmad Khan while talking about the security plans for the poll […]

Mian Qayoom sweeps J&K High Court Bar Association elections

Mian Qayoom sweeps J&K High Court Bar Association elections

Srinagar: The election commission of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar association on Thursday declared the results of the recently concluded elections of the Bar. A spokesperson of the Bar said that the 19 time president of the Bar association Mian Abdul Qayoom won the elections for the coveted post 20th time, unopposed. He said […]

DGP sanctions Rs 9.69 lakh as scholarship for wards of Police personnel

DGP sanctions Rs 9.69 lakh as scholarship for wards of Police personnel

Srinagar: The Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh on Thursday granted scholarships of Rs. 9.69 lac in favour of 161 wards of serving police personnel and slain police personnel; welfare relief for sixteen retired police personnel was also sanctioned. A police spokesperson said that 109 wards of serving police personnel were granted scholarship for […]

Govt retrieves 8825 kanals of State, Kahcharai land from encroachers

Govt retrieves 8825 kanals of State, Kahcharai land from encroachers

SRINAGAR: District Administrations across the valley has retrieved 8825 kanals of State and Kahcharai land from the encroachers in a two month-long daily anti-encroachment drive starting August 01, 2018, On the directions of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir. The district administrations of Pulwama retrieved the maximum 1261.60 kanals of State and 1597.80 kanals of Kahcharai land during this […]