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Another jolt to PDP, former Tangmarg lawmaker quits party
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got another jolt on Monday after its leader and former MLA Tangmarg, Abbas Wani resigned from the basic membership of the party.
This comes days after former finance minister Haseeb A Drabu and…
Govt ready to deal with any weather eventuality: Div Com
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today said that Divisional Administration is fully prepared and ready to deal any kind of weather eventuality.
The Divisional Commissioner made these remarks while…
Why didn’t BJP choose you as its CM candidate for JK, PDP asks Jitendra Singh
Censures BJP leader for his separatist remark, says party making strenuous efforts to polarize situation
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday while reacting to BJP leader Dr Jitendra Singh’s statement that Kashmir’s…
Two drug peddlers arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri
Two drug peddlers were arrested with 200 grams of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said Monday.
A police team headed by Station house officer of Rajouri, Ajaz Haider, intercepted two pedestrians during a random…
JRL calls shutdown in poll-bound areas of Kashmir on Tuesday
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) – an amalgam of separatist outfits – has called for shutdown in areas going to polls in the ninth and last phase of Panchayat elections on Tuesday.In a statement on Monday, the JRL comprising Syed Ali…
Demand for granting of divisional status to various regions must be left to new Govt: Hakim Yasin
Srinagar: While urging the Governor Satya Pal Malik not to rake up controversial issues till an elected government is in place in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) chief and former minister Hakim Mohammad Yasin today said…
Woman locked inside home by son, dies of hunger: police
Shahjahanpur: An octogenarian woman, who was locked inside her home in Shahjahanpur allegedly by her son, is suspected to have died of hunger, police said Monday.
The body of the 80-year-old woman was found on Sunday after…
PDP concerned over non-disbursement of relief to Kashmir’s affected fruit growers
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday expressed serious concern over the non-disbursement of the relief to the fruit growers in Kashmir who suffered massive damages due to the recent untimely snowfall.
According to the…
BJP expels dissident MLA Gagan Bhagat
SRINAGAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday expelled dissident leader and former MLA Gagan Bhagat for his “anti-party’ and ‘anti-Jammu’ activities.
The move came hours after the Supreme Court junked a petition filed by Bhagat…