Strongly Condemns Killing Of Ex-Sarpanch, Injuring 2 Tourists SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Sunday strongly condemned the militant attacks in Shopian and Pahalgam and said security forces have been given a free hand to bring the perpetrators of these attacks to justice. Terrorists struck at two places in Kashmir on Saturday night, killing []

Srinagar: Director General of Police, J&K, R.R Swain made a lightening visit to District police headquarters in Shopian and held a meeting with senior officers of army, CRPF and police. The visit comes a day after militants killed a former BJP sarpanch and injured a tourist couple in Shopian and Anantnag districts respectively. Enemys plans []

PRAYAGRAJ (UP): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) belongs to India, and we will take it back. Shah was addressing an election rally in Prayagraj to seek votes for BJP candidate Neeraj Tripathi. Farooq Abdullah and Mani Shankar Aiyar say give respect to Pakistan because it []

Dubai: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a hard landing on Sunday, Iranian state television reported, without immediately elaborating. Raisi was travelling in Irans East Azerbaijan province. State TV described the area of the incident happening as being near Jolfa, a city on the border with with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 []

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Election Department has taken action against 40 government employees for violation of Model Code of Conduct in the Union Territory. Four employees have been suspended, disciplinary action has been initiated against one besides one employee has been disengaged from services and inquiry has been started against thirty four employees, read []

Jammu: Bodies of two youths were fished out from the Tawi river here, two days after they were reported missing, police said on Sunday. The belongings of Rajinder Singh and Abhikash Singh were found on the banks of Tawi river near their village at Kishanpur-Manwal on Friday, shortly after they went for a bath in []

Srinagar: More than 500 centenarians are among the 17.37 lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise in Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency, with political observers expecting a high turnout on the back of the huge crowds that thronged election rallies and roadshows. The first major political battle post the abrogation of Article 370 []

Srinagar: IGP Kashmir V. K. Birdi (IPS) on Sunday visited all the districts of North Kashmir Range where he reviewed the security arrangements, law & order situation and election preparedness. In a handout, the police said that during his visit, IGP Kashmir accompanied by DIG NKR Vivek Gupta-IPS met all the district SSsP and other []

New Delhi: Polling will be held on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections that will decide the electoral fate of several prominent leaders like former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani and former J-K chief minister Omar Abdullah. []

Srinagar: A former spokesperson of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami who faced multiple cases has surrendered before police in connection with an attempted jailbreak in 2019, police said on Sunday. They said Ali Mohammad Lone alias Zahid Ali surrendered before the police in Srinagar. A police spokesman said, The accused person namely Ali Mohd Lone @ Advocate []

Srinagar: Candidates made a last-ditch effort to woo voters as campaigning for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat ended on Saturday. There are 22 candidates in fray including former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference (NC) Vice-President Omar Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) chief Sajad Lone, Er Abdul Rashid Sheikh []

New Delhi: Campaigning concluded on Saturday for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls covering 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs including the high-profile Rae Bareli and Amethi seats from where former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani are in the fray respectively. In Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla, former chief []

SRINAGAR: Ahead of the Parliamentary election to Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, security forces protocols and deployment for the conduct of smooth, free and fair election were finalised on Saturday, officials said. Baramulla Parliamentary constituency is going to polls on May 20 and the poll campaign ended on Saturday. A joint comprehensive meeting was held on []

Srinagar: A sarpanch was killed and two tourists were injured in two separate attacks by militants in south Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. Police said that the former sarpanch was severely injured when militants fired upon in Shopian district late Saturday evening, officials said. Terrorist fired upon a person Aijaz Ahmad at Heerpora, #Shopian. Injured []

ANANTNAG: An ITBP personnel was injured after an escort vehicle of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti met with an accident near Uranhall Bijbehara area of Annatnag district on Saturday, officials said. They said Mufti was on way Bijbehara from Anantnag town when one of her escort vehicles met with the accident near Uranhall area. []

Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) J&K, R.R. Swain on Saturday reviewed the security arrangements in place for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the border district of Kupwara. DGP Swain visited the border area of Karnah for a comprehensive general and operational overview of the security arrangements in place for the upcoming Lok Sabha []

KUPWARA: Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir RR Swain on Friday visited Sharda Temple at Line of Control Teetwal Kashmir. This was the first visit of the present DGP to LoC. Teetwal is a small border village in Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated on the banks of the Kishanganga River in Kupwara []

Sonipat (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday kept up the attack on the Congress, saying it should forget the dream of bringing back Article 370 as it has been buried in the kabristan (graveyard). Addressing a rally at Gohana here, his second of the day in Haryana, Modi referred to the Lok Sabha polls as []

Poonch/Jammu: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday of dividing the people of the country on the basis of religion, saying his recent statements have even contradicted his own slogan of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister claimed that the hatred for []

Srinagar,:In another militant attack, one former Sarpanch was shot at, injured by militants in Hurpora area of South Kashmirs Shopian district on Saturday evening.A top police office said that this evening Saturday that militants fired upon former Sarpanch from a close range.He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for advanced treatment. Till this report was []

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that two tourists were injured after militants fired upon them in Yannar area of South Kashmirs Anantnag district.Taking on to micro-blogging platform X, the Kashmir police wrote, Terrorist fired upon and injured a lady Farha R/O Jaipur and spouse Tabrez at Yannar, Anantnag. Injured evacuated to hospital for treatment. Area []

Srinagar: Candidates made a last-ditch effort to woo voters as campaigning for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat ended on Saturday. There are 22 candidates in fray including former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference (NC) Vice-President Omar Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) chief Sajad Lone, Er Abdul Rashid Sheikh []

Anantnag: An ITBP personnel was injured after an escort vehicle of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti met with an accident near Uranhall Bijbehara area of Annatnag district on Saturday, officials said. An official said , Mehbooba Mufti was on way Bijbehara from Anantnag town when one of here escort vehicles met with the accident []

LEH/KARGIL: As Ladakh votes to elect its MP for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, safeguards under the sixth schedule, statehood and employment are the key issues in the two distant districts of the constituency that is the largest in the country in terms of area. Spread over more []

NEW DELHI: Climate change is likely to negatively affect the health of people suffering from brain conditions such as migraine and Alzheimers, new research published in The Lancet Neurology journal has found. Extreme temperatures, both low and high, and greater changes over the course of the day driven by climate change were shown []

JAMMU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he removed Article 370 of the Constitution of India granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and gave a befitting reply to Pakistan for self-respect of the country but the Congress is talking about spoiling it by saying that it will bring back the Article. Addressing a mammoth []

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday wrapped up his brief visit to Kashmir Valley during which he interacted with several delegations, including those from the BJP and local Sikhs, officials said. Shah, who arrived here on Thursday evening, left for New Delhi on Friday morning, they said. Though his visit in the midst []

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that the rise in voter turnout from 14% in the past to nearly 40% now in the Srinagar constituency of Jammu and Kashmir is the greatest testament to the success of the abrogation of Article 370. All leaders of extremist groups voted. It does not matter []

Ballia (UP): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will remain ours while also hitting out at the opposition parties for raking up the China issue. Accusing the opposition parties of spreading confusion on the China issue, he said, India has not lost anything. We will []

NEW DELHI: India on Friday said the protests witnessed in several parts of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) are a natural consequence of Islamabads continued policy of systemic plundering of resources from the region that remains under its forcible and illegal occupation. India also asserted that the entire Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and []

SRINAGAR: Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Apurva Chandra and Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today addressed the second National Conference of National Health Mission (NHM) here today. The conference was organised by MoHFW in collaboration with National Health Mission, J&K, to deliberate on critical healthcare initiatives and strategies of []

NEW DELHI: Asia is witnessing new tensions in land and sea as agreements were dishonoured and rule of law disregarded while terrorism has started to consume those who have long practised it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, amid Chinas military continuing posturing along the frontier in eastern Ladakh and Pakistans support to []

Jammu: State Investigation Agency, Jammu today filed supplementary chargesheet against two militants allegedly involved in number of terrorist acts and activities in KandiBudhal area of District Rajouri. A case of terror acts was registered in Police Station Mahore where 2 terrorists were arrested with huge quantity of automatic arms and its ammunition including other war []

Srinagar: A mosque was damaged in a fire incident in Srinagar on Friday morning, officials said. They said the fire broke out from a two storied structure in Shamaswari Khanqaharea of old Srinagar and due to the explosion of a gas cylinder the blaze engulfed the mosque. The fire tenders were rushed to the spot []

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals challenge to his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam but granted him liberty to move the trial court for regular bail. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta []

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a charge sheet against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, and also named his Aam Aadmi Party as accused. The prosecution complaint has been filed before a special court here and the accused have been sought []

Jammu: A policeman died of cardiac arrest in Rajouri district on Friday, officials said. They said that SgCt Shabir Ahmed of Tehasil Mankote in Mendhar Sub division of Poonch district complained of chest pain at his place of posting in police line Rajouri and was shifted to GMC Rajouri by fellow policemen. However he passed []

Srinagar:Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday wrapped up his brief visit to Kashmir Valley during which he interacted with several delegations, including those from the BJP and local Sikhs, officials said.Shah, who arrived here on Thursday evening, left for New Delhi on Friday morning, they said.Though his visit in the midst of Lok Sabha []

Srinagar,: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against former tehsildar Rajouri, former patwari and other officials on corruption charges.In a statement, , a spokespersons said that AC registered a case FIR no 02/2024 against Balwant Singh, then Tehsildar Rajouri (now Retired), Mohd Rafiq, then Patwari Rehtal, private beneficiaries namely Kanwal Singh, Masood Anwar and []

Srinagar: Fire broke out near Gandhi college in Baba Dem area of central Kashmirs Srinagar district on Friday morning.Eyewitnesses said that the fire initially started from a residential house and soon engulfed a local mosque.He said that soon after the incident, fire tenders were dispatched to the spot to douse off the flames.

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived on a two-day visit to Srinagar. Shah arrived at a Srinagar hotel where he is scheduled to meet local BJP leaders ahead of the remaining two phases of elections in Jammu and Kashmir. A local BJP leader said Shahs visit to Kashmir is not political. The Union home []

Katra: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended Shrimad Bhagavat Katha by Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza Ji at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra. In his address, the Lt Governor spoke about Shravan, Manan and Nidhidhyasan- the three pillars of vedantic practice to imbibe Gurus teachings in daily lives and to strengthen the bonds []

SRINAGAR: PDP candidate from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Waheed Para has been booked for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by holding a road show without prior permission in south Kashmirs Pulwama last month, officials said on Thursday. The Srinagar constituency went to polls on May 13, registering about 38 per cent voter turnout which []

Jammu: Going full steam with its efforts to destroy the terror network in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached as many as seven immovable properties of a top terrorist belonging to the banned Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist organisation. A statement issued by NIA said that terrorist Sartaj Ahmed Mantoos properties, []

New Delhi: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are seeing impressive voter engagement, with a turnout of 66.95% recorded so far, as approximately 451 million people have voted in the first four phases, said the Election Commission of India (ECI). To boost voter participation, the Election Commission of India has launched a series of targeted interventions. []

Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Muftis daughter Iltija Mufti said on Thursday that in a way, the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir was right as the Pir Panjal region will not be neglected now. Her statement on the delimitation exercise is in contrast with the PDPs stand. The party had rejected the Delimitation Commission, saying []

New Delhi: Compulsory acquisition of private properties will be unconstitutional if proper procedure is not established or followed before depriving a person of their right to property, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. In a significant verdict, the top court said even the statutory scheme of payment of compensation in return for acquisition of private []

SRINAGAR : With no significant weather activity forecast till May 25, temperature recorded an increase and settled above normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 13.6C against 10.5C on the previous night and it was 2.2C above normal for the summer capital of JK []

Jammu: National Investigation Agency on thursday attached multiple properties in South Kashmirs Pulwama. In a handout, the NIA said that going full steam with its efforts to destroy the terror network in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached as many as seven immovable properties of a top terrorist belonging []

ISLAMABAD: A High Court in Pakistan on Wednesday granted bail to Imran Khan in the 190 million pounds corruption case, in which the jailed former prime minister and his wife are accused of receiving land worth billions of rupees as a bribe from a real estate tycoon. A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court []