Police busts gang using fake gun for robberies in Sopore
Srinagar : Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of thieves who were using a fake (wooden) gun for robberies in north Kashmir’s Sopore town. Police in a press conference said that a gang using a wooden AK 47 were looting people in parts of Sopore has been arrested by a team of […]
Lok Sabha Polls: 12.4% Voter Turnout In Srinagar Till 3 PM
SRINAGAR — About 12.43 percent voter turnout was recorded in Srinagar parliamentary constituency, while Udhampur parliamentary constituency recorded 58 percent voter turnout till 3 PM on Thursday in the second phase of general elections in Jammu and Kashmir, according to poll officials.. Polling began at 7 am in the constituency, officials said. Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency […]
Militancy contained to two and half districts in Jammu and Kashmir: Modi
Agencies Amreli : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government managed to contain militancy to only “two and a half” districts in Jammu and Kashmir and that no bomb blast took place elsewhere in the country in last five years. Addressing a poll rally at Amreli in Gujarat, Modi also said that what […]
Farooq, Omar cast votes at Sonawar polling booth
Srinagar : National Conference president and party candidate for Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Dr Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah casted their votes early Thursday morning at Sonawar polling station. The overall poll percentage in Srinagar and Udhampur constituencies crossed 17% till 11am.
Lok Sabha polls : Srinagar records lowest turnout till 1 PM
Srinagar : Over twenty-nine percent votes were polled till 1 pm in Srinagar and Udhampur parliamentary seats of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The polling percentage at 1 pm in Budgam is 11.4% followed by Ganderbal at 11.0% and Srinagar registered 4.8%. In Udhampur Parliamentary Constituency Reasi district recorded 49.2%, Kathua 49.7%, Udhampur district recorded […]
Srinagar LS seat: Presiding officer of polling booth suffers heart attack, 2.3% voting till 11 AM
Agencies Srinagar : A presiding officer of a polling booth suffered a heart attack in the summer capital, where polling is underway for Srinagar parliamentary constituency, spread over three central Kashmir districts. Official sources said the presiding officer of polling booth No 85 at Government Middle School Wazah Bagh, Amira Kadal, suffered a heart attack on […]
Lok Sabha polls : Cop injured in stone pelting
Srinagar : A policeman was injured on Thursday during stone pelting in Chrar-e-sharief area of district Budgam in central Kashmir. Reports said that a constable identified as Muzamil Ahmad 836/AP 5th battalion received injuries at his leg during stone pelting at Boys Higher Secondary School Chrar-e-Sharief. Meanwhile, the polling for the second phase of Lok […]
LS Polls: Train service suspended in Kashmir
Srinagar : Train service was suspended for “security reasons” in Kashmir valley on Thursday, where polling is being held amid tight security arrangement in Srinagar parliamentary constituency. The polling was dull and mobile internet services were suspended. Hurriyat leaders have given a strike call in poll bound areas. “We have suspended train service in Kashmir […]
LC Polls : Kashmir shuts, mobile Internet suspended
Srinagar : A complete shutdown is being observed on Thursday across the Kashmir valley in wake of second phase of Lok Sabha polls. All the business establishments remained closed in Srinagar while traffic was off the roads. Heavy deployment of the police and paramilitary forces has been made at all the sensitive places across the […]
Kashmir Integral Part Of India,Won’t Allow 2 PMs In Country: Amit Shah
Agencies TASGAON (MAHARASHTRA) — Kashmir is an integral part of India and it would continue to remain so as long as the BJP exists, party president Amit Shah said here Wednesday. Shah’s remarks came at a poll rally, in response to National Conference leader Omar Abdullah’s recent suggestion of having a separate prime minister for Kashmir. […]
