Abdullah and PDP candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan filed their nomination papers before the Returning Officer Farooq Ahmad Lone.
Tasaduq started taking keen interest in the affairs of the PDP after the death of his father, the then chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and officially joined the party in January this year.
For the past one week, the police have frequently checked vehicles and frisked passengers at various places on the national highway.
Abdullah, who was a union minister during the previous UPA government, said it was "imperative that an effort be made towards restoration of peace (in Kashmir).
The court suspended the operation of the bail order till February 27 on a state government plea against the bail to the separatist leader.
The separatist leaders -- Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik -- have been issuing weekly protest calendars since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen leader Burhan Wani.
As stone-throwing intensified, the operation was called off and the blockade lifted, witnesses said.
When contacted, Bukhari said, “It was primarily my reshuffle alone. I have resigned and I wrote a detailed letter to the CM giving reasonable reasons.
National Conference spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu criticised the Army chief, saying the need of the hour was to engage the youth politically and threatening them would push them further away.
The PDP had left vacant two of its Cabinet berths in April last year
The BJP has complained that the party was kept in the dark over the decision to dismiss Sunil Fernandes.
Malik was arrested when he and his supporters tried to lead a march from Sarai Bala area to Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar, the summer capital of the state
The two banks gutted in the fire were the Court Road branches of Punjab National Bank and Vijaya Bank.
Heavy snowfall in the Valley is attracting hundreds of tourists from various parts of the country and abroad. Skiiers are flocking to the slopes of Gulmarg, considered one of the best skiing destinations in the world.
The agenda of alliance was reached between PDP and BJP after the elections in the state delivered a split mandate in December 2014, and after two months of hectic negotiations.
Tasaduq, a famed cinematographer, joined the party in the presence of his sister and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who was there along with her cabinet and party colleagues.
Lance Naik Daleep suffered an electric shock during some repair work of an invertor at army camp in Nagrota last night, they said.
Srinagar received fresh snowfall on Thursday while rest of the Valley witnessed snowfall for the third consecutive day, with the Met department predicting more wet weather over the next few days.
Srinagar recorded the first snowfall of the season as most areas in the Valley received overnight snow and rains that provided much-needed relief from the intense cold as the mercury rose due to cloud cover.
Kashmir continued to witness dry weather and sub-zero night temperature, even as there was some respite in the cold wave conditions in state's Ladakh region where the mercury went up by several degrees.
Despite restrictions on Internet and mobile services during the unrest in the Kashmir Valley, residents of Srinagar submitted more than four lakh suggestions to the administration in a bid to help the city win a spot in the Centre’s Smart City project. Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) had in September sought suggestions from people on how […]
The District Magistrate's order had alleged that the publication of Kashmir Reader posed a threat to peace in the valley
The present DGP, K Rajendra Kumar was appointed in May 2014 and completed his term in August this year.
The Meteorological Department in Srinagar has forecast mainly dry weather for the rest of the days of the year which could lead to a further drop in the night temperature.
CM Mufti dismissed the notion that the state was unsafe for tourists in the aftermath of months-long unrest in the Valley







