Month: September 2024

Sizzling Srinagar: Heatwave Pushes Mercury to 33.7°C

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Sizzling Srinagar: Heatwave Pushes Mercury to 33.7°C

Severe heat wave was witnessed yet again in Kashmir parts on Monday with the gateway of Kashmir—Qazigund, recording the highest-ever day temperature in the month of September at 33.2 degree Celsius. Jammu and Kashmir parts recorded a rise in the maximum as well as the minimum temperatures with Kashmir recording the heat wave and some parts including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recording severe heat wave today. According to the news agency—KNO, the data reveals Srinagar recorded the maximum temperature of 33.7 degree Celsius, which was 6.7…

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Home Minister Promises White Paper on Terrorism: ‘We’ll Reveal Who Ate Biryani with Terrorists’

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Home Minister Promises White Paper on Terrorism: 'We’ll Reveal Who Ate Biryani with Terrorists'

Amit Shah Vows to Expose Political Leaders’ Alleged Links with Terrorists in Upcoming Report Jammu, Sep 22: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday asserted that the ‘White Paper’, to be brought by BJP after assembly elections, would “expose Abdullah, Gandhi and Mufti families and reveal who brought terrorism to Kashmir and who relished ‘Biryanis’ with terrorists.” He stated the first phase of polling had ensured a complete rout of Congress and National Conference and one could see writing on the wall that J&K would not witness their (Congress-NC) government after…

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Karra Slams BJP: Accuses Party of Treating J&K as an Experimental Lab

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Karra Slams BJP: Accuses Party of Treating J&K as an Experimental Lab

While transformation is indeed happening in J&K, it’s not what the BJP claims. Instead, the region has been transformed from a thriving tourism hub to an experiment laboratory. —Tariq Hameed Karra, J&K Congress Chief J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said that BJP has transformed Jammu and Kashmir from a thriving tourism hub to an experiment laboratory. According to a statement on Sunday, Karra strongly reacted to the claims made by BJP leaders regarding transformation in Jammu and Kashmir. “While transformation is indeed happening in J&K, it’s not…

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Omar Abdullah Challenges Amit Shah: ‘Decide Whom to Blame for Terrorism’

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Omar Abdullah Challenges Amit Shah: 'Decide Whom to Blame for Terrorism'

Amit Shah, during a rally in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, launched a scathing attack on three “dynastic families” of Abdullahs, Muftis and Gandhis. National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday hit out at home minister Amit Shah for accusing the Abdullahs of being responsible for terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, saying he should decide whom to blame for it – them or Pakistan. “Amit Shah should come clean. Amit Shah should tell who is responsible for terrorism in J&K. When BJP talks in the rest of India,…

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Rajnath Singh Predicts BJP Sweep in Jammu and Kashmir Elections

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Rajnath Singh Predicts BJP Sweep in Jammu and Kashmir Elections

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claims BJP will win in Jammu and Kashmir, promising statehood post-elections and dismissing Article 370 restoration claims. Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will sweep the elections in Jammu and Kashmir because it kept its promise and abrogated Article 370. Addressing a rally at RS Pura for party candidate and national secretary Dr Narinder Singh Raina, the defence minister said that statehood will be given to Jammu and Kashmir soon after the polls. “Statehood will be restored after elections,” he…

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Ravinder Raina Labels NC and Congress Leaders’ Statements as Treason

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Ravinder Raina Labels NC and Congress Leaders’ Statements as Treason

BJP President Accuses Opposition of Supporting Terrorists and Separatists in Jammu and Kashmir Rajouri, Sept 22 : Reacting to National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah’s remark questioning whether the central government has eliminated terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP President Ravinder Raina said that the statements made by Congress leaders and the NC chief are treason and “supporting terrorists and separatists.” “Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a grand public meeting in Nowshera, thousands of people came to hear him. There is a massive wave of BJP in J-K right…

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Iltija Mufti Pledges to Soften Home Minister’s Stance for Jammu and Kashmir

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Iltija Mufti Pledges to Soften Home Minister’s Stance for Jammu and Kashmir

“We will soften Home Minister’s heart for people of Jammu and Kashmir,” says PDP candidate Iltija Mufti In a passionate campaign speech, Iltija Mufti, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate from the Bijbehara assembly constituency, pledged to soften the stance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah towards the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti emphasized the need for a compassionate approach to governance, stating, “We will soften the Home Minister’s heart for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Our focus is on ensuring that the voices of the people are…

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Post-Article 370: The Role and Powers of J&K’s Elected Government

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Post-Article 370: The Role and Powers of J&K’s Elected Government

Understanding the Powers of the Elected Government in Jammu & Kashmir Post-Article 370 By: Javid Amin Since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has undergone a significant political transformation. The revocation of the state’s special status, combined with the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act of 2019, not only bifurcated the state into two Union Territories (UTs) but also redefined the governance structure. As the region prepares for its first Assembly elections post-reorganization, there is widespread curiosity about the scope of authority the newly elected government…

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BJP Govt Lacks Muslim Representation, Calls It Anti-Muslim: Omar Abdullah

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BJP Govt Lacks Muslim Representation, Calls It Anti-Muslim: Omar Abdullah

“Will the BJP seek votes for this? What have they done for us?” he asked. Mendhar/Jammu, Sep 20: National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah Friday criticised the BJP-led government at the Centre dubbing it anti-Muslim and said this is the first government since Independence that does not have a Muslim minister, despite Muslims constituting 14 percent of India’s population. Abdullah countered the BJP’s accusations of the National Conference (NC) being “soft separatists” and questioned why 4000 to 4500 workers, office bearers, MLAs and MLCs from his party were killed…

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Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi Gear Up for Phase 2 Polls: BJP’s Muslim Candidates in Focus

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Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi Gear Up for Phase 2 Polls: BJP’s Muslim Candidates in Focus

Saffron party banking on six Muslim candidates in three districts The BJP is banking on six of its Muslim candidates out of a total of 11 in three districts of the Jammu region where the second phase of the Assembly elections will be held on September 25. The focus of all political parties has now shifted to the crucial second phase of the Assembly elections for which polling will be held in the Pir Panjal region of Rajouri and Poonch, besides Reasi district of the Jammu division. Some constituencies in…

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