Month: March 2019

Uphill task for BJP as four Rajputs lock horns for Doda-Udhampur seat

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Unlike 2014 parliamentary polls, BJP is facing tough time on Doda-Udhampur seat where four influential Rajputs are in fray. As the opposition political parties in Jammu and Kashmir joined hands to support common candidate of Congress party in both the seats of Parliament i.e. Jammu-Poonch (Raman Bhalla) and Udhampur -Doda-Kathua (Vikramaditya Singh), the BJP is “feeling nervous” and is contemplating to convince former legislator and ex-Minister Choudhary Lal Singh to withdraw his nominations. In 2014, Congress candidate and present, Leader of Opposition, Ghulam Nabi Azad was defeated by the BJP…

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Kashmir’s iconic attraction Dal Lake is facing a slow death by sewage

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Sitting near a shop in the interiors of Dal Lake, 65-year-old Abdul Rehman is old enough to remember a time when the lake’s water was clean enough to drink. Today, he gazes sadly at the highly degraded state of its water. “Even after filtering multiple times, this water will not be fit to drink,” he said.Rehman now makes it a point to ask every tourist in a shikara who glides by his shop to not throw waste overboard. “This city’s tourism economy is heavily dependent on the lake,” he added.…

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Pulwama recruiting ground for LeT, JeM: Govt report

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Pakistan-based terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) recruited the most number of locals from Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama both in 2018 and in 2019, according to a report prepared by security agencies and shared with the Prime Minister’s office, among others. Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed in Pulwama on February 14 when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a bus carrying the paramilitary troopers. JeM claimed responsibility for the attack.Describing the attack, the report, a copy of which has been…

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BJP told him not to contest, Murli Manohar Joshi revels in a letter to voters

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi will not contest from the Kanpur Lok Sabha seat, the BJP confirmed on Tuesday after a letter from the party veteran emerged informing people of the city that he had been asked by the party not to contest from here or elsewhere. In the letter, Joshi, who was insistent on contesting the seat for a second time, said the party’s organisational secretary Ram Lal had conveyed to him that he would not be contesting from Kanpur or elsewhere. BJP’s city president Surendra Maithani…

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BJP denies ticket to trusted ‘Chowkidar’ Shahnawaz Hussain

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BJP has ignored its trusted ‘Chowkidar’ Shahnawaz Hussain, the national spokesperson of the party , who lost marginally from Bhagalpur during 2014 LS poll. The party has denied a ticket to him although he has been the most loyal Chowkidar throughout his entire political career. Hussain has been very loyal to the party despite being almost sidelined in the last five years of the Narendra Modi government and not considered for Rajya Sabha after defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha seat unlike many losers of the party like Smriti Irani…

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BJP plans to expose ‘Politics of lies, Set aside falsehood and speak the truth’

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The poll campaign of the BJP will focus on exposing the ‘politics of lies’ by the Valley-based parties.The party candidates that filed nominations for the Srinagar and Baramulla Lok Sabha seats said their campaign would revolve around the issues of unemployment and corruption facing the state. “Set aside falsehood and speak the truth…. This will be our agenda. People have seen how much lies the leaders of this place have told them. Exposing the politics of lies will be our main issue besides ending unemployment and corruption,” said BJP candidate…

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Five must visit lakes in J&K

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From Dal Lake to Pangong Tso, the lakes in Jammu & Kashmir are at the centre of all activity. The lakes are at the centre of life for the inhabitants of Jammu & Kashmir, and can be credited for the emergence of a unique culture in the state where the trip is incomplete for a traveller without spending some time at these lakes. The tranquil and snowy lakes have been a major attraction, surrounded and protected by the Himalayan mountains on all sides. Here are the top 5 ones you…

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Who let RSS enter Kashmir? Mehbooba shedding crocodile tears to gain power: Omar Abdullah

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“Who brought RSS in this state? Who gave permission to the RSS people to take out processions in the cities brandishing guns and swords,” asked Omar Abdullah. National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said it was PDP-BJP government led by Mehbooba Mufti that “let RSS enter the state of Jammu and Kashmir and allowed it to take out processions in cities brandishing guns and swords.” “Who brought RSS in this state? Who gave permission to the RSS people to take out processions in the cities brandishing guns and…

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Pak approves plan to open Sharda Peeth in PaK, KP group hails the decision

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The Pakistan government on Monday approved a proposal to establish a corridor that will allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharda Peeth, an ancient Hindu temple and cultural site in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), according to a media report. The Sharda Peeth corridor, when opened, will be the second religious tract after Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan-controlled territory that will connect the two neighbouring nations. India had already sent a proposal to Pakistan to open the temple corridor, the Express Tribune reported quoting sources in Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.“After…

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Global Internet Shutdown score is not good news for Kashmir

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The Stanford University study says that Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and J&K account for nearly 75% of all recorded shutdowns in India, while J&K alone comprises about 47%. Internet shutdowns in Kashmir, perhaps, remain the missing pages in the narrative of a Digital India. A country attempting a digital revolution, while also globally leading the internet shutdown track record, undisputedly, reflects the irony in the world’s largest democracy. According to a study at the Stanford University (Of Blackouts and Bandhs: The Strategy and Structure of Disconnected Protest in India), India has…

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