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Simranjit Singh Mann during the protest. @SimranjitSADA

Denied entry into J-K, Sangrur MP holds protest in Kathua

October 19, 2022 08:11 IST

Protesting the decision, Mann refused to return and spent the night at Lakhanpur despite both Pandey and SSP Ramesh Kotwal visiting him around midnight and requesting him to return.

Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann. (Source:Twitter)

Punjab MP Simranjit Singh Mann continues his dharna to allow him to proceed to Jammu

October 18, 2022 10:01 IST

Mann was on Monday night stopped from entering Jammu and Kashmir in view of the likelihood that his visit may “cause disturbance in public tranquility”.

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SAD president and MP Simranjit Singh Mann stopped from entering J-K

October 18, 2022 08:13 IST

Mann, who is a Member of Parliament from Sangrur (Punjab) was stopped on the orders of district magistrate Kathua, Rahul Pandey

The panel, which comprises all five constituents of the People’s Alliance For Gupkar Declaration including the NC and the PDP, and several others such as the Congress, was formed on October 8. It held its first meeting on Monday.

Voter roll revision: J&K opp parties to protest over inclusion of non-locals

October 18, 2022 07:41 IST

The panel, which comprises all five constituents of the People’s Alliance For Gupkar Declaration including the NC and the PDP, and several others such as the Congress, was formed on October 8. It held its first meeting on Monday.

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah

Farooq questions BJP’s normalcy claim: ‘I don’t see improved situation’

October 17, 2022 22:09 IST

The NC leader had gone there to pay condolences to senior party leader and former minister Jagjeevan Lal on the death of his sister, and also to the family of former bureaucrat Babu Lal who had passed away recently.

Former Minister Harsh Dev Singh joined AAP in May this year. (file)

Jammu & Kashmir: AAP announces formation of UT and provincial units

October 17, 2022 21:51 IST

Arvind Kejriwal-led party upbeat about contesting the next Assembly polls with full force

Voters at a polling station in Pahalgam. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi/ File)

A day later, Jammu administration repeals order on new voter registrationSubscriber Only

October 14, 2022 06:00 IST

Decision comes on heels of row over decision to enroll voters on basis of year's residential status

The order lists documents such as water and electricity or gas connection for at least one year; Aadhaar card; current passbook of any nationalised /scheduled bank or post office; Indian passport; Revenue Department’s land-owning records, among others, required for the certificate.
(Representational image)

Parties oppose order to issue certificate of residence to non-locals in JammuSubscriber Only

October 13, 2022 04:54 IST

Jammu Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Avny Lavasa issued the order, urging the officials to issue certificate of residence “after conducting necessary field verifications” to all those residing in the district for more than a year, facilitating their entry in the electoral rolls in the UT.

The order pointed out that the special summary revision is meant for registration of new voters, deletion, correction, transposition of voters who have migrated or died since the last summary revision was held in J&K.

Jammu residents for a year can register as voters, says DC orderSubscriber Only

October 12, 2022 07:00 IST

Deputy Commissioner/District Election Officer, Jammu, Avny Lavasa issued the order on Tuesday while referring to difficulties faced by some people in getting registered as voters since they do not possess documents prescribed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for registration as voters.

J&K: NIA arrests trust chairperson for ‘diverting charitable funds to radicalise local youth’

October 11, 2022 20:46 IST

The accused has been identified as Mohammad Ameer Shamshi, 60, chairperson (Nizam-e-ala) of Al Huda Educational Trust

J&K: Police recover IEDs and sticky bombs from Kathua district

October 9, 2022 10:01 IST

The seizure followed disclosures by an already arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad militant Zakir Hussain Bhat who was nabbed from the Kathua district’s Billawar area last Sunday.

Union HM Amit Shah chairs a security review meeting with senior officials in Srinagar, October 5, 2022 (Photo Credits: ANI)

Home Minister Amit Shah reviews security situation in Jammu and Kashmir

October 5, 2022 14:11 IST

Shah is scheduled to address a public rally at Showkat Ali Stadium in Baramulla district before returning to Srinagar.

Lohia was posted as the DGP prisons in August. (Image credit: jkprisons.in)

J&K DGP Prisons Hemant Kumar Lohia found murdered in Jammu: Police

October 4, 2022 10:56 IST

Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said the domestic help is absconding and a search for him has started.

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Udhampur blasts: 1 arrested, IEDs recovered

October 3, 2022 00:40 IST

The new type of brick-shaped IEDs were planted inside the buses which later led to the twin explosions, injuring two people in Udhampur town, the police said.

A militant was killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian earlier in the day, the police said. (Representational image)

Policeman killed, CRPF jawan injured in militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s PulwamaSubscriber Only

October 2, 2022 15:58 IST

The police said that on Sunday afternoon, militants surfaced at Pinglana village of south Kashmir's Pulwama and opened indiscriminate fire on a joint checkpost of J-K Police and the CRPF which returned fire.

Sources said that the surrendered militant and his associate hail from Basantgarh area in Udhampur district.

Two apprehended over blasts in J&K’s Udhampur, ‘LeT links’ emerge

October 2, 2022 10:28 IST

The accused had planted the explosive devices in two buses plying on the Udhampur-Basantgarh route at Ramnagar bus stand on the evening of Wednesday, sources said.

When contacted, a top functionary in the UT administration said that the Act and Rules are at different footings, and that the procedure laid down is always followed. (File Photo)

J&K admin to get own nominees in panel to select staff, seeks rule changeSubscriber Only

October 2, 2022 22:25 IST

J&K Public Service Commission also asked to change selection criteria of some posts after process had begun

Azad, 73, who quit the Congress on August 26, launched DAP in Jammu on September 26 with the support of dozens of former ministers, ex-legislators and other prominent leaders, majority of whom also resigned from the Congress in his support. (File/Express)

Ghulam Nabi Azad elected chairman of Democratic Azad Party

October 1, 2022 10:52 IST

A resolution to this effect was passed at a founder members session, which was held both in Jammu and Srinagar, Ghulam Nabi Azad said, adding the decision was unanimous.

The bus was parked at Domail Chowk after its daily sortie on the Udhampur-Ramnagar-Basantgarh route.

Two blasts in parked buses in J-K’s Udhampur, 2 injured

September 30, 2022 02:34 IST

Sources said the first blast took place around 10.30 pm in a bus parked at Domail Chowk near a petrol pump in Udhampur injuring its conductor Sunil Singh, 27, of Pringka Ramnagar and his friend Vijay Kumar, 40, of Jaganoo. Both were sitting inside the driver’s cabin at that time.

The agency said Singh was in contact with Khateeb via encrypted apps and had clandestinely visited Dubai to arrange funds. (Representational/File)

J&K terror funding case: Chargesheet filed against ex-minister, two others

September 25, 2022 03:07 IST

The others named in the chargesheet are Mohammad Sharee Shah of Anantnag’s Larnoo area and Mohammad Hussain Khateeb of Bhaderwah in Doda district. The latter is, at present, staying in Pakistan.

Exams put off as strike over teacher suicide hampers Jammu University academicsSubscriber Only

September 23, 2022 19:34 IST

Associate professor Chander Shekhar was found dead on the campus minutes after he was suspended pending an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations.