Year: 2019

Tej Bahadur Yadav, sacked BSF jawan says he will contest LS polls against PM Modi from Varanasi

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Ex-BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was sacked from service after he uploaded a video complaining of bad quality food being served to the forces, on Friday said he will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yadav, a resident of Rewari in Haryana, claimed he was approached by several parties to join them but chose to contest as an independent candidate. He said by contesting the elections he would raise the issue of corruption in the forces. “My motive…

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Asking for Kashmir Resolution no crime: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said asking for resolution of Kashmir issue is neither terror nor crime. Addressing a Friday gathering at Jamia Masjid Mirwaiz said government of India should not criminalize political aspirations which are rooted in history and principle of justice. Mirwaiz said Hurriyat Conference have always taken a realistic and principled stand and advocated dialogue among stakeholders as a means to finding an acceptable solution for all parties involved in the dispute and for friendship between India and Pakistan. He said that his…

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Why are new parties coming up in Kashmir only: Omar Abdullah

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New parties being created to divide Kashmiris: Omar National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said the emergence of new political parties in Kashmir only was dividing Kashmiri voters.Addressing an election rally in Lolab, Omar said six new political parties came up in the past 15 days in Kashmir but none in Jammu or Ladakh. “I am no one to stop their entry into politics but why only in Kashmir, why not in Jammu and Ladakh?” he said.“They are only dividing the votes of Kashmiris,” he said and challenged the new…

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Campaign on to remove tourist’s fears about J&K

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Ahead of the tourism season, the J&K Government has launched a major media and promotional blitz across India to dispel ‘fears’ among tourists about Kashmir, post the Pulwama suicide attack of February 14. Some of leading Bollywood personalities will also be involved in promotional activities to project the peaceful face of J&K. After the terror attack in which more than 40 CRPF personnel were killed, the tourism sector received a major setback, with large scale cancellations and travel agencies receiving requests to divert tours to other states, a blow to…

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Militants and their sympathizers​ will be deal sternly: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that his government’s “tough stance” against militancy is “giving sleepless nights” to the Congress and local parties in Jammu and Kashmir, including the PDP and NC. Starting his political campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with a rally in Dummi area of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu district, Modi held the Congress, NC and PDP responsible for the “present mess” in J&K, saying these parties have “always played politics which has benefited Pakistan and its sympathisers in the country”. “This is the result…

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BJP left red-faced as Lal Singh refuses to withdraw papers

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In a major embarrassment to the BJP, its rebel leader Choudhary Lal Singh has refused to withdraw papers from the Jammu-Poonch parliamentary seat.BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday announced that the party leadership was talking to Lal Singh to convince him to withdraw his nomination from both seats of the Jammu region. The last day of withdrawal of nomination papers for the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat, which is going to the polls in the first phase of elections on April 11, was Thursday. Returning Officer for the Jammu-Poonch…

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Article 35A constitutionally vulnerable, hampering J&K’s development: Arun Jaitley

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Finance minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said Article 35A, which restricts non-permanent residents to buy property in Jammu and Kashmir, is “constitutionally vulnerable” and also hampering economic development of the state.The statement comes amidst the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pressing for early elections to the assembly in the state, which is presently under president’s rule. In a blog, Jaitley said the seven-decade history of Jammu and Kashmir confronts “changing India” with several questions. “Was the Nehruvian course, which the state had embarked, a historical blunder or was it the correct course…

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Modi not my enemy but Rahul Gandhi acknowledged torture I was facing in BJP: Shatrughan Sinha

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Shatrughan Sinha said his attacks on BJP were not aimed at any individual. He said he never spoke against an individual but only on issues. “No individual is above the party.” Rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha, who is set to join the Congress, has said he is still “officially” part of the BJP but is on the “right track”. In an exclusively interview with India Today TV, Shatrughan Sinha, the present Lok Sabha MP from Patna Sahib, said he is “disappointed” on being denied ticket from Patna…

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Non biodegradable disposables banned across J&K

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Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday imposed ban on the non-biodegradable disposable items being used in the daily chores.The department of forest, environment and ecology issued a notification ordering complete ban on the disposable articles made of non-biodegradable material within the territorial jurisdiction of the state. “Government imposed complete ban on (the) articles made of non-biodegradable material listed in the schedule of the said Act, within the territorial jurisdiction of the state,” an official statement reads.The articles include disposable plates, cups, bowls, tumblers, spoons, forks and knives. The order shall be…

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Three militants killed in Shopian, Internet snapped

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Three militants were killed in south Kashmir’s Shopian by security forces after a gun battle, Indian Army officials said on Thursday. According to officials, weapons have also been recovered during the search and cordon operation in Yarwan area of Keller of Shopian district. “Three terrorists eliminated in Op Yarwan Forest in Shopian. Weapons also recovered and the operation is in progress,” an army spokesperson said. Another encounter began in Yaroo area of north Kashmir’s Handwara. “Area under cordon. Details will follow. @JmuKmrPolice @HandwaraP,” Jammu and Kashmir police tweeted. Meanwhile, Mobile…

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