Day: August 26, 2024

Supporters Protest as BJP Withdraws Initial Candidate List for Jammu & Kashmir Polls

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Supporters Protest as BJP Withdraws Initial Candidate List for Jammu & Kashmir Polls

Many workers threatened to act rebels in the upcoming J&K polls starting September 18, warning that their votes could undermine the party’s position. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers protested in Jammu on Monday shortly after the release and swift withdrawal of the first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. Though the party subsequently released two fresh lists, one with 15 candidates, including eight from the Jammu region and seven from the Kashmir Valley, and another with just one name, Choudhary Roshan Hussain…

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BJP Releases Revised List of 15 Candidates for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election

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BJP Releases Revised List of 15 Candidates for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election

BJP has nominated Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar constituency. Her father Ajit Parihar and uncle Anil Parihar were killed by terrorists on November 1, 2018. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its revised list of 15 candidates for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, after withdrawing its initial list of 44 candidates. The first list which was promptly withdrawn included candidates for the second and third phases also. The revised list focuses exclusively on the first phase with polling scheduled for September 18. The second phase…

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BJP U-Turn: Party Withdraws 1st List of Candidates for J&K Elections Hours After Release

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BJP U-Turn: Party Withdraws 1st List of Candidates for J&K Elections Hours After Release

In the now-withdrawn list, the party had dropped senior leaders including former deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh, Sat Paul Sharma and Priya Sethi. Hours after its release, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday withdrew its first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. The party had named 36 candidates from the Jammu region and eight from the Kashmir Valley, including two Kashmiri Pandits, Veer Saraf and Ashok Bhat, nominated from the Shangus and Habbakadal constituencies, respectively. Sources said the list was withdrawn because only the…

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New Dawn for Ladakh: Centre Announces Creation of 5 New Districts, Says Amit Shah

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New Dawn for Ladakh: Centre Announces Creation of 5 New Districts, Says Amit Shah

Amit Shah attributed the decision to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to build a developed and prosperous Ladakh. The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to create five new districts in the union territory of Ladakh, said home minister Amit Shah on Monday. In a post on X, Amit Shah said the creation of new districts will take the benefits meant for the people to their doorsteps by bolstering governance in every nook and cranny. He attributed the decision to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to build a developed and prosperous…

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Massacre in Balochistan: 23 Civilians Executed After Being Forced Out of Vehicles

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Massacre in Balochistan: 23 Civilians Executed After Being Forced Out of Vehicles

The gunmen stopped several buses, trucks and vans and shot people after checking their ethnicity. At least 23 people were killed after they were forced out of their vehicles and shot by Gunmen in southwest Pakistan on Monday, PTI reported. According to AFP, the militants stopped several buses, trucks and vans and shot people after checking their ethnicity in the district of Musakhail in Balochistan province. Five people were injured. “At least 22 people were killed and five injured when militants stopped several busses, trucks and vans on a highway connecting…

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Timing Tweak Threatens Vital Services at Srinagar’s Super Specialty Hospital

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Timing Tweak Threatens Vital Services at Srinagar’s Super Specialty Hospital

Srinagar, Aug 25: A government order issued in April this year to change the timing of doctors and paramedical staff at the Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) in Srinagar has badly impacted patient care with critical medical services remaining non-available here after the afternoon hours on Saturdays. Due to the order to change the timing of doctors from 9 am to 5 pm instead of the routine 10 to 4:30, Saturday remains only a half day at the hospital as a result of which medical services even in the critical cardiac…

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With Deadline Approaching, Congress and NC Grapple with Seat Sharing Disputes in J&K

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With Deadline Approaching, Congress and NC Grapple with Seat Sharing Disputes in J&K

There had been no official announcement on any seat till Sunday evening, but local leaders were informed about the list of candidates. Local Congress leaders have questioned the ‘allotment’ of Hindu-dominated seats — Nagrota, Jammu North, Vijaypur, Sunderbani-Kalakote & Nowshera — to National Conference On the other hand, NC workers are agitated over Banihal seat going to the Congress. Even as the senior leadership of the Congress and National Conference (NC) announced a pre-poll alliance in J&K, internal strife has started following an impasse on some seats in the Jammu…

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NC, PDP Embrace Possibility of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Entry into Jammu & Kashmir Polls

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NC, PDP Embrace Possibility of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Entry into Jammu & Kashmir Polls

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said on Sunday banned Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JeI) willingness to contest the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir is a good step, but the ban on the organisation should be revoked. “It is a good thing. I want the Government of India to revoke ban on the JeI because if you are not banning communal organisations which are spreading venom in this country, I do not want to name them, those who take out rallies, pelt stones on mosques, lynch Muslims, then why is there a ban on…

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