Jammu: At least three persons were killed and five injured when a van they were travelling in plunged into a gorge in Ramsoo area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. “An Eco vehicle (JK 19-3718), which was on way from Ramban to Senabhati (Paristan) late on Monday night, driven rashly by Rayaz Ahmed of Chulli […]
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Government’s decision to partially close the national highway in the state for two days in a week for civilian traffic till May 31. A bench of the apex court, headed by […]
Srinagar: Around three dozen persons including polling staff and government forces personnel were injured in clashes in several parts of Pulwama and Shopian even as the twin districts observed complete shutdown on Monday. At least five polling booths were attacked with grenades and petrol bombs in southern districts. Reports of clashes were received from several […]
Srinagar: As many as 299 polling booths in Pulwama and Shopian district saw no voting in Monday’s elections to the Anantnag Parliamentary seat, sources said. There were 695 polling booths set up in the twin districts spread over six assembly segments of Pampore, Tral, Pulwama, and Rajpora in Pulwama and two in Shopian—Shopian and Wachi. […]
Srinagar: Amid sporadic incidents of violence, the polling for the Anantnag parliamentary polls ended on Monday with the volatile Shopian and Pulwama districts recording a dismal turnout of over 2 percent taking the aggregate turnout to around 20 percent in Kashmir. The Election Commission of India conducted the polls for the Anantnag parliamentary constituency in […]
Srinagar: Massive clashes rocked Shopian and Pulwama districts on Sunday, a day ahead of the polling in the twin south Kashmir districts. Several persons including polling staff were wounded amid while many government buildings were set ablaze. Official sources said that a youth Sohail Ahmad Dar suffered pellet injuries when police and government forces resorted to […]
KARACHI: The Ramadan moon was not sighted in Pakistan on Sunday, hence first Roza will be on Tuesday (07th May), Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman announced after consulting all the four zonal offices. The meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was held under the chairmanship of Mufti Muneeb at the Karachi Met Office today to decide the […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday afternoon airlifted election staff from District Police Lines Shopian to their respective polling stations in sub-division Zainapora area even as clashes were reported from many parts of the southern district amid heightened security arrangements. Official sources said that election staff along with Electronic Voting Machines for 24 polling stations were airlifted […]
Anantnag: Since the party’s inception in July 1999, the South Kashmir region comprising four districts Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian has remained bastion of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), but the situation is completely different now. The PDP is fighting for its survival and relying on party President Mehbooba Mufti’s win in Anantnag parliamentary segment, […]
Srinagar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Vice District President of Anantnag district was shot dead by suspected militants at Verinag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday. Reports said that the gunmen believed to be militants fired upon the man identified as Gul Mohammad Mir (60) alias Attal son of Abdul Karim Mir […]
