NAGPUR, Mar 31: Avowing abiding confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of 370 seats, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari says the additional seats to its current strength of 288 will come from gains in southern India in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.In a wide ranging interview with PTI at his residence in Nagpur, Gadkari said…
SRINAGAR, Mar 28: Police on Thursday attached the “illegal” properties of a notorious drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district.The drug peddler identified as Mudasir Ahmad Shah, a resident of Chanderseeran is presently lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal Jammu under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act,…
Jammu, Mar 24: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday at Singapore, said that Article 370 was a temporary measure and it prevented very progressive laws from being extended to Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh.Addressing the Indian community members in Singapore, Jaishankar said that the benefits of the change are now visible.The minister said that Article…
JAMMU, Mar 13: Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar Wednesday said that the Commission is concerned about holding Lok Sabha and Assembly elections but the final call on whether to hold two elections concurrently, will be taken about thorough consultations with the security agencies and political parties. He, however, said that elections will be…
Srinagar, Mar 3: Security forces have been put on alert ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to address a public rally at the Bakshi Stadium here on Thursday, officials said on Sunday.The deployment of security personnel has been increased around the renovated Bakshi Stadium with barricades set up for…
Jammu, Mar 3: Jammu Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha on Sunday launched a new start-up policy with a focus to establish 2,000 start-ups in the Union Territory by 2027.The ‘New Jammu Kashmir Start-up Policy- 2024-27’ will also provide patent-related assistance, financial assistance for mentorship to recognised start-ups, facilitation for department for promotion of industry and internal…
I The parliamentary party of the PML-N headed by three-time former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif formally nominated his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif for the post of prime minister to head a coalition government.The parliamentary members’ meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was held in Islamabad with party supremo Nawaz Sharif, 74, in the chair.Shehbaz,…
Jammu, Feb 28: The Union Government on Wednesday banned two factions of the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir for five years for their anti-India and pro-Pakistan propaganda, and asking people to refrain from taking part in elections.Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to uproot terrorism,…
Srinagar, Feb 27 The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday extended the ban on Jammu and Kashmir Jamaat-e-Islami for 5 years. The outfit was earlier banned in 2019. In a post on X, Amit Shah said that pursuing PM Modi’s policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and separatism the government has extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami…
SRINAGAR, Feb 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Kashmir on March 7, official sources said on Tuesday.This will be Modi’s first visit to Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.Official sources said that Modi would attend an official meeting at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on March…
