Decision set to further alienate party leaders already angry over tickets to newcomers With Thursday the last date for filing of nominations for the third phase of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP has ended the suspense and made it clear that it would contest only 19 seats in the Valley. In an official release on Wednesday evening, the party said it will not announce the name of any other candidate for Kashmir now. The BJP’s decision to skip 28 seats in the Valley has come despite…
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The iPhone 16 Series: A Leap Forward in Smartphone Technology
Power, Performance, and Privacy: The iPhone 16 Series By: Javid Amin Apple has once again set the tech world abuzz with the launch of its highly anticipated iPhone 16 series. With four powerful models to choose from—the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max—the series continues to uphold Apple’s legacy of cutting-edge technology, elegant design, and performance-driven innovation. This new series introduces several groundbreaking features that make it stand out in an ever-competitive smartphone market. Whether you are a tech enthusiast, a photography fanatic,…
Read MoreBJP Manipulates Released Inmates for Election Advantage: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar, Sep 11: National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir should unite to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and those who are “being released from jails” to take part in elections. Addressing an election rally, he said the alliance with the Congress was not easy but was necessary to save J&K’s identity, and raised the issue of “outsiders” being appointed in the administration. “This is not the time to sleep. I know the (agricultural) crops are ready (for harvest) but you will…
Read MoreSecurity Threat: Intelligence Agencies Warn of Potential Attacks on Forces, Political Leaders Ahead of J&K Elections
The warning came as two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kathua district on Wednesday. Central intelligence agencies have warned against possible terror attacks on security forces, road opening parties (ROPs), political leaders and party workers and non-locals in Jammu & Kashmir, in a bid to disrupt the upcoming assembly elections in the Union territory, officials aware of the details said on Wednesday. “Three unidentified terrorists were recently spotted in the orchards of Mughal Pora village in Baramulla district. We have received inputs that they have…
Read MoreEngineer Rashid Targets Omar: ‘My Battle is for the People, Not the Chair’
Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, walked out of Tihar jail a day after he was granted interim bail by a Delhi court to campaign for the J&K assembly elections, even as his plea for regular bail was on Wednesday deferred to Oct 5. Rashid, who heads the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), has been in prison since 2019 under UAPA in a 2017 terror funding case. The court of additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh had granted interim bail to Rashid on several conditions, which included…
Read MoreKharge Promises Bicameral Legislature for J&K Post-Statehood Restoration
‘The Congress will ensure that J&K gets Statehood again and will establish an Upper House and a Lower House,” the party’s president said at a poll rally in Anantnag Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who announced “five guarantees” during an election rally in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) said his party “will not only strive for J&K’s Statehood but also restore bi-cameral House system” as it existed before the Centre ended the erstwhile State’s special constitutional position in 2019. “The Congress will ensure that J&K gets Statehood again…
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