NEW DELHI: Former minister from Jammu and Kashmir Taj Mohiuddin declared his decision to quit the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) led by Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday. Mohiuddin also said that he is set to return to the Congress party.“I have intentions of ‘ghar wapsi (homecoming)’ but there was no question of doing it…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the first big electoral faceoff between the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA bloc after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with the Election Commission on Friday announcing dates for assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.The BJP has a lot at stake, especially in Haryana, where it…
NEW DELHI: Several senior police officers in Jammu and Kashmir, including IGPs and DIGs, have been transferred, with many districts to get new police chiefs.This reshuffling of top police officials comes in the wake of the Election Commission‘s announcement that it will declare the poll schedule for Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative assembly on Friday, marking…
NEW DELHI: Security forces exchanged fire with terrorists on Sunday in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The security officials had initiated a joint search operation in the elevated regions of Basantgarh, falling under the jurisdiction of Basantgarh Police Station in Udhampur, acting on precise intelligence regarding the presence of terrorists in the area. The…
NEW DELHI: Security forces have intensified their operation to eliminate terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district as one of the injured civilian succumbed to his injuries on Sunday taking the toll to 3. The ongoing encounter in the Ahlan Gagarmandu forest area has resulted in the deaths of two soldiers on Saturday as it…
NEW DELHI: An encounter erupted between terrorists and security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, according to officials.Security forces initiated a cordon and search operation in Ahlan Gagarmandu, located in the Kokernag area of south Kashmir, after receiving intelligence about the presence of terrorists, officials said. The clash began when the…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Thursday gave an update on preparedness for holding the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls stating that the election commission is working on it as political parties recognised in the state are “battling strongly” for it.“We are committed to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha saw a verbal spat between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday when the latter sought to raise an “emergent issue” (disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat) during the discussion on Appropriation Bill, but it was turned down by the Chair. When Kharge and Congress members asked…
Security forces have made contact with a group of terrorists in the elevated regions of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the police on Tuesday. The operation to neutralize the terrorists is currently in progress.According to officials, gunshots were heard from the Pathi Nalla Khaned area of Basantgarh when joint search parties of…
NEW DELHI: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that she was placed under house arrest on the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti said that the party office had been locked amid heightened security measures. “I have been placed under house arrest while the PDP…
