Srinagar, Dec 20: The Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir has proposed six additional assembly seats for Jammu region and one for Kashmir while reserving 16 constituencies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. “Today, the Delimitation Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retd.) Mrs. Ranjana Prakash Desai in the august presence of Chief Election Commissioner, […]
Srinagar, Dec 19: A police follower was shot at and injured by militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday evening. A police officer said that the follower identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay son of Ghulam Mohammad was fired upon by the militants near his native village—Bandzoo. The follower with bullet injuries in legs was […]
Srinagar, December 19: A militant was killed in a brief shootout in Harwan Darbagh Dhara area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district in wee hours on Sunday. The officer further stated that on a very specific information generated by the police, a joint team of Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the […]
Srinagar, Dec 18: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said they don’t have any faith on delimitation commission as “it has been formed to pitch majority and minority community against each other and to help BJP politically “. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a party function in […]
Srinagar, Dec 18: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded coldest night of the season while the local Meteorological department is expecting further dip in coming days. MeT officials said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar plummeted further, saying that at minus 6.0 degree celsius, the J&K’s summer capital recorded coldest night of […]
Srinagar, Dec 17: Former Chief Ministers of J&K, Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, on Friday critized J&K government’s order allowing conversion of agriculture land for non-agriculture. While Mehbooba termed it as “engineering demographic changes” in erstwhile state, Omar said that the latest move “rekindle fears about the motives behind such decisions.” “JK admin’s new policy […]
Srinagar, Dec 17: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar expressed deep regret over the continuous closure of the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar, the spiritual centre and the largest place of worship of Jammu and Kashmir, for the 19th consecutive Friday. Condemning this oppressive move, the Anjuman Auqaf in a statement said that like previous Fridays, the […]
Srinagar, Dec 17: National Conference (NC) Members of Parliament (MPs) would likely participate in the Delimitation Commission’s meeting, slated to be held on December 20 in New Delhi. Pertinently, this would be NC’s first participation in the Delimitation Commission’s meet as earlier it turned down the invitation from the panel, saying that they would not […]
Srinagar, Dec 17: In a first, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is going to hold a meeting of its constituents in Jammu division on December 21 to discuss several issues including their reach out to New Delhi and opposition parties regarding abrogation of article 370, sources said here on Friday. Sources said that […]
Jammu, Dec 16: In a significant decision, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the regulations framed by the board of revenue for conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes. These regulations were necessitated after the legislative changes in the land revenue act post-reorganization of the […]
