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LG’s Bold Move: Resignation Promise if Public Fails to See Progress

September 14, 2024September 14, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, Sep 12: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks that the LG was working as a ‘raja (king)’ and that no developmental work had been done in the UT during the last five years. Speaking at a media event, Manoj Sinha said that he would resign if more than 75 per cent of the people do not say that work has been done for the welfare of the public in the last five years. The Lieutenant Governor…

Mehbooba Mufti: PDP Is the Shield Against BJP’s Assault on J&K

September 13, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, Sep 12: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said that her party was the only party that could fight the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s onslaught on the identity, resources, and jobs of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. She said that when her party was in power, it took the people of J&K, especially south Kashmir, out of the difficult times when the area faced the worst impact of POTA and Special Task Force. “For us, the challenge is the work done by…

Phase 3 of J&K Polls Sees 483 Nominations Filed Across 40 Constituencies

September 13, 2024 Editor

As many as 483 candidates have filed their nomination papers for 40 Assembly constituencies, which are going to polls in the third and final phase of the J&K Assembly elections, officials said on Thursday. A statement by the office of the Chief Electoral Office read: “A total of 483 candidates have filed 518 nomination papers for the third phase.” Voting will be held in these 40 segments of seven districts on October 1. As many as 122 candidates have filed nominations in Jammu district, 111 in Baramulla district, 80 in…

Farooq Abdullah Criticizes BJP’s J&K Tourism Boom Claim: ‘They Come and Go Like Prisoners’

September 13, 2024 Editor

BJP’s Tourism Claims Under Fire: Farooq Abdullah’s Sharp Rebuttal Srinagar, Sep 12: In a sharp critique of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) claims of a tourism boom in Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah likened the situation to tourists coming and going like prisoners. His comments come amidst ongoing debates about the region’s development and security post the abrogation of Article 370. Farooq Abdullah’s Critique Addressing a gathering, Abdullah dismissed the BJP’s assertions that Jammu and Kashmir has seen a significant increase in tourism. “They come and go…

Kashmir First: Engineer Rashid’s Stand on Elections and Regional Issues

September 13, 2024 Editor

Released from Tihar Jail a day ago, the MP addresses supporters at Baramulla’s Delina area Member of Parliament and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid on Thursday (September 12, 2024) said the Kashmir issue, and not elections, was his party’s top agenda, as he addressed his first public rally in north Kashmir’s Delina after release from Tihar Jail a day ago. Kissing the ground on his arrival at the Srinagar airport, Mr. Rashid, who has been allowed to campaign for 22 days, headed for his…

BJP Manipulates Released Inmates for Election Advantage: Farooq Abdullah

September 12, 2024 Editor

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…

Security Threat: Intelligence Agencies Warn of Potential Attacks on Forces, Political Leaders Ahead of J&K Elections

September 12, 2024 Editor

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…

Engineer Rashid Targets Omar: ‘My Battle is for the People, Not the Chair’

September 12, 2024 Editor

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…

Kharge Promises Bicameral Legislature for J&K Post-Statehood Restoration

September 12, 2024 Editor

‘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…

Ram Madhav’s Comeback: Rekindling Ties with PDP, Says Altaf Bukhari

September 11, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, Sep 10 : Jammu and Kashmir’s Apni Party president Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari today stirred a hornet’s nest by stating that it seems that the BJP’s point-man Ram Madhav was brought back to Kashmir to revive old bonds with the PDP. Talking to reporters during his maiden visit to Bagh-e-Mehtab area of newly carved Chanapora constituency, Bukhari said he wonders as to why there was no Awami Itehad Party (AIP) candidate in Bijbehara, where PDP President Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti is contesting. “It looks as if Ram Madhav…