Tara Chand

Seventeen former leaders of the Democratic Azad Party (DAP), including ex-deputy chief minister Tara Chand and ex-PCC chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, today returned to the Congress fold and were welcomed back by the party.

Resigning from the Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad was a "blunder", former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief Minister Tara Chand said on Saturday - two days after he was expelled from the Azad-led Democratic Azad Party (DAP).

One of the expelled leaders, Tara Chand, who has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was considered a close confidant of Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Nearly three months after launching his party, Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday appointed three former ministers -- Tara Chand, Peerzada Mohd Sayeed and G M Saroori -- as vice-chairmen of the party.

With schools closed during lockdown, head constable Tara Chand and constable Neelam have been taking classes for these children for an hour daily since April 10, the police said.

Amid tight security, polling today began on a brisk note for the fifth and final round of elections in Jammu and Kashmir in which 213 candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and four other Ministers, are trying their luck in 20 seats.

As Jammu and Kashmir votes in the fifth and final leg of Assembly elections today, several high-profile candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, will try their luck in 20 seats spread over three districts, amid a strong security deployment.

The stage is set for the fifth and final leg of Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, in which several high-profile candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, will try their luck in 20 seats spread over three districts of Jammu, amid a strong security deployment.

Curfew was lifted in Kishtwar today 13 days after restrictions were imposed after violent clashes claimed three lives.

Bharti Airtel and its promoter Sunil Mittal have been directed by a consumer forum in Delhi to pay Rs 1.5 lakh as compensation to a subscriber, who was not able to avail the free trips he was entitled to on buying connections of the telecom company.

A Class VIII board examination question paper was leaked; following which Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a probe into the incident and postpones the exams in Poonch district of the state.

A man found guilty of committing rape on his minor niece resulting in the girl getting pregnant and then suffering a natural abortion has been awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court which also directed the government to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the victim.

The central government has sanctioned Rs.356 crore for the development and beautification of Srinagar's iconic Dal Lake, said Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand.

Seventeen former leaders of the Democratic Azad Party (DAP), including ex-deputy chief minister Tara Chand and ex-PCC chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, today returned to the Congress fold and were welcomed back by the party.

Resigning from the Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad was a "blunder", former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief Minister Tara Chand said on Saturday - two days after he was expelled from the Azad-led Democratic Azad Party (DAP).

One of the expelled leaders, Tara Chand, who has served as Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was considered a close confidant of Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Nearly three months after launching his party, Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday appointed three former ministers -- Tara Chand, Peerzada Mohd Sayeed and G M Saroori -- as vice-chairmen of the party.

With schools closed during lockdown, head constable Tara Chand and constable Neelam have been taking classes for these children for an hour daily since April 10, the police said.

Amid tight security, polling today began on a brisk note for the fifth and final round of elections in Jammu and Kashmir in which 213 candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and four other Ministers, are trying their luck in 20 seats.

As Jammu and Kashmir votes in the fifth and final leg of Assembly elections today, several high-profile candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, will try their luck in 20 seats spread over three districts, amid a strong security deployment.

The stage is set for the fifth and final leg of Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, in which several high-profile candidates, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, will try their luck in 20 seats spread over three districts of Jammu, amid a strong security deployment.

Curfew was lifted in Kishtwar today 13 days after restrictions were imposed after violent clashes claimed three lives.

Bharti Airtel and its promoter Sunil Mittal have been directed by a consumer forum in Delhi to pay Rs 1.5 lakh as compensation to a subscriber, who was not able to avail the free trips he was entitled to on buying connections of the telecom company.

A Class VIII board examination question paper was leaked; following which Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a probe into the incident and postpones the exams in Poonch district of the state.

A man found guilty of committing rape on his minor niece resulting in the girl getting pregnant and then suffering a natural abortion has been awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court which also directed the government to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to the victim.

The central government has sanctioned Rs.356 crore for the development and beautification of Srinagar's iconic Dal Lake, said Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand.