NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will start a two-day tour of J&K on Wednesday to take stock of the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly elections. They will visit Jammu and Srinagar, and hold meetings with party workers and office bearers.The new J&K Congress president, Tariq Hameed Karra, has said that…
NEW DELHI: In a clear sign of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) greater engagement with BJP affairs, its prominent functionary Ram Madhav on Tuesday returned to active politics as the saffron party appointed him poll in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir.Union minister and party’s Telangana president G Kishan Reddy has also been appointed as poll in-charge for…
NEW DELHI: In the run up to assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Tuesday said that it was ready to form alliance with anyone who opposed the Bhartiya Janta Party’s policies, accusing the saffron party of destroying the “communal fabric” of the Union territory.“The stand of Congress (on pre-poll alliance) is crystal clear….
NEW DELHI: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 struck Jammu and Kashmir‘s Baramulla district early Tuesday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. There have been no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage. Authorities are monitoring the situation for any further developments.More details awaited Source link
JAMMU: An inspector from CRPF’s 187th battalion was killed in a terrorist attack in a remote forest of Udhampur district Monday, bringing the total number of security force fatalities in J&K to 18 since May, with 14 in Jammu region and an additional four in Kashmir.According to officials, the inspector was fatally shot when terrorists…
NEW DELHI: An exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in Dudu in Udhampur on Monday which claimed the life of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) inspector, the Jammu and Kashmir police said.Officials said that the CRPF inspector belonged to the 187th battalion and was hit by a bullet during a…
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…
