Omar reacts to Mehbooba’s detention says personal liberty is now a favor of government
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Not only Mehbooba Mufti has erupted in anger blaming the government of keeping them away from common people in order to disallow them from proper campaigning. She said that even the press conference she had scheduled was disallowed by police and were only trying to confine all the leadership of […]
All roads lead to Khanyar shrine on Friday
By: Tariq Shah VOV Srinagar Thousands of people despite efforts by the administration not to allow people to converge at the shrine, offered Friday prayers even on the roads at Khanyar shrine and got the glimpse of Holy Relic of Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani R.A, housed in this shrine. Earlier on Thursday evening authorities […]
SMC Mayor Junaid Mattoo joins JKAP
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor, Junaid Azim Mattoo Friday formally joined Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) at the party’s head office in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mattoo was welcomed in the partyfold by its president and former minister Syed Altaf Bukhari. Many leaders including former […]
Government Declares Holidays on Scheduled Dates for DDC, Panchayat Bye-Elections
Government on Thursday announced holidays for scheduled election days of DDC and Sarpanch bye-elections across Jammu and Kashmir. The order copy with KNS, reads that “Public holiday shall be observed in the respective Gram Panchayat(s)/Municipal Bodies on the day of Poll, on account of Elections to District Development Councils and Panchayats/Municipal Bodies Bye-elections 2020 .” […]
BJP promises 70 thousand jobs, regularisation of dailywagers in its manifesto for JK DDC polls
The BJP on Thursday released its election manifesto for the forthcoming District Development Council (DDC) polls, promising to provide 70,000 jobs with 100 per cent reservation to locals besides ensuring private sector employment, industry-friendly policy and a clean, transparent and accountable administration in Jammu and Kashmir. Claiming that the “stone-pelting era” is over as the […]
Waheed Para remanded to 15-day NIA custody
PDP youth leader Waheed Para was remanded to 15 days of National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday following his arrest earlier this week for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen militant to get their support during the 2019 parliamentary elections. Para was taken to Jammu and produced before a designated NIA court in a case […]
Anger in Mehbooba
Mehbooba has been very aggressive in her campaign not only for the restoration of article 370 but also against all the laws being implemented by the central government after converting Jammu and Kashmir into a union territory. Mehbooba erupted in anger soon after the news came that her youth wing president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra has been […]
Two army personnel killed in cross-LoC firing in J-K’s Rajouri
Srinagar : Two army personnel were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in Suderbani area o Rajouri, officials said here on Friday. “Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked cease fire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani Sector of District Rajouri on 27 November,” Lt Col Devender Anand, army’s Jammu based spokesman was […]
Mehbooba Mufti Put Under House Detention, Says Her Daughter Iltija
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party chief and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday put under house arrest, her daughter Iltija Mufti said here. Talking to news agency KNO, Iltija Mufti said that her mother has been put under house today morning by the authorities. She said that Mehbooba was going to […]
COVID-19: J-K records five more deaths as toll mounts to 1,668
Jammu and Kashmir reported five more COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 1668, officials said on Thursday. Among the fatalities, three were reported from Kashmir and two from the Jammu region. The victims include a 55-year-old woman from Noorbagh Baramulla besides two persons from Srinagar—a 63-year-old man from […]
