Rajendra Soni 
A contingent of 335 Haj pilgrims from Ladakh has completed their Umrah rituals in Mecca today, marking a significant milestone in their pilgrimage journey. Mohd Ali Majaz, Chairperson of the Haj Committee of Ladakh said that the safe landing and successful Umrah have been a source of relief for the pilgrims and their families
In Jammu and Kashmir, the Department of School Education, under the SVEEP initiative, organized a Chipko movement-inspired awareness program at City Forest Poonch. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the event aimed to highlight the crucial role trees play in our lives and emphasize the importance of their protection. During the event, students from different schools
Haryana’s Chief Electoral Officer, Anurag Agarwal, stated that the C-Vigil app, developed by the Election Commission of India to directly address complaints of violations of the Model Code of Conduct, is proving effective. He said that the voters of Haryana are particularly sensitive in this matter and have sent more complaints to the commission
In Jammu and Kashmir, in an unprecedented move to ensure inclusive participation in the electoral process, the District Election Authorities of frontier district Poonch have commenced home voting for 1100 voters across the district.105 dedicated teams have been deployed across the district to facilitate this process, which are tasked with reaching out to the voters
In Uttar Pradesh, polling parties are reaching at the polling booths of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies where elections will be held tomorrow. These 14 seats are spread over Oadh and Bundelkhand areas of Uttar Pradesh. These are Raebareli, Amethi, Lucknow, Mohanlalganj, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Banda, Fatehpur, Kaushambhi, Faizabad, Barabanki, Kaiserganj and Gonda. In
All arrangements are in place for the fifth phase of polling tomorrow. In this phase, voting will be held in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over six States and two Union Territories. 14 seats of Uttar Pradesh, 13 seats of Maharashtra, seven seats of West Bengal, five seats each of Odisha and Bihar, three seats
In Maharashtra, a large hoarding collapsed injuring three men and a horse due to heavy rain yesterday, and damaging two vehicles near Kavdipat Bridge in Loni Kalbhor, 30 kms from Pune. Two of the injured were discharged after receiving treatment, while condition of the third is reported stable. Police said, the hoarding collapsed due
In Jammu and Kashmir, a former sarpanch was killed while a tourist couple from Jaipur was injured yesterday in two separate terror attacks in Shopian and Anantnag districts. In the first incident, terrorists opened fire at a former sarpanch Aijaz Sheikh, in Shopian’s Hirpora area who later succumbed to injuries at a hospital. In another
Heavy rain continues to lash across Kerala. The Meteorological department has predicted heavy rains to continue till Tuesday. Red alert is issued in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Idukki districts for today and tomorrow; orange alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts; and yellow alert in Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts. Quarrying and
In Maharashtra, all arrangements are in place for the polling in 13 constituencies of the state namely Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane and six parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai. A total of 264 candidates are in the fray for the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra. Voting will take place