SRINAGAR, Aug 27: Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu Kashmir on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest the Assembly polls in the Union Territory as independent candidates. Sugra Barkati, daughter of jailed separatist worker Sarjan Barkati, also filed nomination papers on behalf of her father.While Jamaat cannot take part in the elections due to…
Jammu, Aug 16: Assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir will be held in three phases and counting will be done on October 4, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced in a press conference on Friday. Voting for J&K elections will be held on September 18, 25 and October 1.Kumar made a stark observation over the acceptance…
SRINAGAR, Aug 15: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday (August 15, 2024) said Pakistan was pushing foreign terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir as it was frustrated by dwindling local recruitment and increasing faith of people in democracy, reflected in record turnouts during the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir.In his Independence Day speech at…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday broke the record of his immediate predecessor Manmohan Singh by hoisting the national flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the 11th consecutive time.With this, Modi has become the prime minister to hoist the tricolour for the third highest time.The record lies with first prime minister Jawaharlal…
Indian Army’s Colonel Manpreet Singh, who lost his life in a confrontation with terrorists in Jammu Kashmir’s Anantnag district last September, has been posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra on this Independence Day.Three Army personnel were honored with the Kirti Chakra in total, including Rifleman Ravi Kumar and Major M Naidu.Colonel Manpreet Singh was leading the…
The Election Commission will hold a meeting with Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Wednesday to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir where it plans to hold assembly polls, sources said. The EC had reviewed the poll preparedness in Jammu and Kashmir last week.Addressing a press conference in Jammu, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv…
JAMMU, Aug 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the sentiment expressed by people of Jammu Kashmir during Tiranga rally will become a source of inspiration to everyone.Taking to micro-blogging site X, PM Modi said.“#TirangaYatra को लेकर जम्मू-कश्मीर के लोगों की यह भावना हर किसी को प्रेरित करने वाली है।”. (This sentiment of the people…
‘Some new security factors can’t become reason for delaying Assembly polls in J&K; Admin, Police ready for polls; Electoral rolls to be published on Aug 20; People of J&K scripted history in Lok Sabha polls; All J&K political parties pitched for early polls, level playing field, streamlining of security cover’ Jammu, Aug 09 : Keeping…
Dr Bharti GuptaOver the years, various separatist movements have emerged in J&K, advocating for either greater autonomy or outright independence from India. These movements amplified feelings of distinct identity and separation. Separatism in Kashmir had contributed to a psychological disconnect between a chunk of people in the region and the rest of India before the…
Jammu, Aug 1: Three people were killed and about 40 went missing after two separate incidents of cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh where rains washed away many houses and roads and left two hydro power projects damaged, officials said on Thursday. A cloudburst at Samagh Khud (nallah) in Rampur subdivision of Shimla district left two people…
