August 28, 2024 | Kashmir POST

Legends League Cricket Returns to Kashmir After 40 Years, Schedule Unveiled

August 28, 2024 Editor

With an extended schedule and an even more star-studded lineup including the recently retired Dhawan, the upcoming season is poised to surpass previous records. Indian and international cricketing stars will be playing cricket in Kashmir after almost half a century during the final leg of the Legends League Cricket. Legends League Cricket is back with another edition of the tournament starting on the 20th of September at the Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur. “Legends League Cricket is back for another season and we are very excited to also be playing in…

Junaid Azim Mattu Steps Down from JK Apni Party, Sparks Speculation Ahead of Polls

August 28, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, 28 Aug: In a significant political development, Junaid Azim Mattu, a senior leader of the Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP), has announced his resignation from the party. He resigned from the party days after he was declared as its candidate from Zadibal segment. Mattu made the announcement about his resignation from the Apni Party, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday night. Mattu claimed that the decision was made after extensive consultations with his supporters. “It is with a…

Following Protests, BJP Replaces Rohit Dubey with Baldev Raj Sharma in Vaishno Devi

August 28, 2024 Editor

A day after the BJP released its first list of candidates and later withdrew it following protests by party workers, the saffron party again released a list of 29 candidates with only one change on Tuesday. The party has changed the candidate for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi constituency. Earlier, the party has allocated this seat to Rohit Dubey, but now it has been given to Baldev Raj Sharma. Party workers and local leaders had staged a protest demonstration at the BJP headquarters in Jammu after the party released a…

Jailed Religious Leader Sarjan Barkati to Contest in Upcoming Assembly Elections

August 28, 2024 Editor

Srinagar: A popular religious cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay aka Sarjan Barkati, who is in jail in a terror funding case, is set to contest the upcoming legislative assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir as independent candidate. Quoting family, new agency news agency KNO reported that they are filing nominations papers today at DC office Shopian. They said that they have already conducted a meeting with locals in Reban, the native village of Barkati, and will leave toward Shopian to file his nomination papers. Barkati’s daughter is expected to hold a press…

South Kashmir Sees Ex-Jamaat Members Running on Youth, Mainstream Platforms

August 28, 2024 Editor

The banned outfit is also backing another Independent in J&K first phase polls; it proposed to field seven candidates for this phase, but three of them backed out Three former members of the banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir filed their nomination papers from various constituencies of South Kashmir on Tuesday, the last day for filing nomination for the first phase of the upcoming J&K Assembly elections. These Jamaat-e-Islami nominees include Dr Talat Majeed, Sayar Ahmad Reshi and Nazir Ahmad. The Jamaat is also backing another Independent candidate Umar Hamid in…