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BJP Gears Up: Election Preparations on War Footing

August 12, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, 10 August: Tarun Chugh, BJP National General Secretary & J&K Prabhari, Ravinder Raina, President, J&K BJP, Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organization), Aseem Gupta, Vice President, J&K BJP & Convenor of Election Management Committee hold 1st meeting with the newly announced J&K BJP Assembly Election Management Committee at BJP headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. Tarun Chugh, while addressing the 2024 Assembly Election Management Committee meeting of J&K BJP, asked the party leaders entrusted with the different responsibilities, to prepare their roadmap to extreme working till the last day of elections. He…

Dry Spell Continues: J&K Records 43% Rainfall Deficiency

August 11, 2024 Editor

Kashmir’s Cool Haven Turns Hotbed: Heatwave Bites Amidst Dry Spell Srinagar, Aug 10 : The heat wave has once again gripped multiple places of Kashmir including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir where the mercury settled at 34.8 degree Celsius on Saturday. However, Srinagar and Kupwara stations were hotter than the Jammu division. The maximum temperature in Srinagar settled 4.8 degree above normal, a data shared by the local Meteorological department (MeT) reveals. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Qazigund, a gateway of Kashmir, also recorded…

J&K HC Slams Govt for 6K Contempt Cases

August 9, 2024 Editor

J&K high court observes that justice dispensation system in the UT had been reduced to to a ‘cruel joke’ With over 6,000 contempt petitions pending, the Jammu and Kashmir high court lashed out at the UT administration for “ignoring” court orders. The observations came in an order passed by justices Atul Sreedharan and Javed Iqbal Wani on Monday as the chief secretary Atal Dulloo and secretary, general administration department (GAD) failed to appear before the court through video conferencing to respond to a contempt case with court now summoning them…

J&K Administration Ready to Face Poll Challenges Despite Terror Threats: Manoj Sinha

August 8, 2024 Editor

Jammu & Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, spoke to Hindustan Times on new ground realities in the region, the surge in terror strikes in Jammu, and the Opposition’s criticism on the alleged crackdown on dissent. Srinagar Five years after the abrogation of Article 370 that removed Jammu & Kashmir’s special status and split the state into two Union territories, J&K is on course to holding its first assembly elections in a decade in line with the Supreme Court-mandated deadline of September 30. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, 65, spoke to Hindustan…

Alliance Brewing: Congress and NC in Discussions, PDP Absent

August 7, 2024 Editor

Political Realignment: Congress and NC Discuss Alliance, PDP Missing With the possibility that the Assembly elections will be held here in the coming months, the Congress and the National Conference (NC) have started talks to form a pre-poll alliance. However, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has so far not shown any interest in the alliance in the wake of a rift between NC vice-president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti ahead of the Lok Sabha elections a few months ago. Abdullah and Mufti had criticised each other in separate…

Countdown to J&K Polls: Union Minister Confirms September Election Date

August 6, 2024 Editor

R S Pura, Aug 5: Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in September. Addressing the ‘Ekatma Mahotsav’ rally at Bana Singh Stadium, Reddy urged the people of J&K to vote for the BJP to sustain the development momentum and eradicate terrorism. Reddy highlighted that the activities of Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI had been significantly curtailed in J&K following the abrogation of Article 370 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on August 5, 2019. Reddy, the BJP’s…

Mian Altaf Demands Rectification of BJP’s Injustices in J&K

August 4, 2024 Editor

Grave Injustices in J&K: Mian Altaf’s Bold Stand Against BJP Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Member of Parliament from Anantnag-Rajouri, Mian Altaf Ahmad Larvi, said that the PM’s phrase “Dil ki Doori and Dilli Ki Doori” contradicts the injustices faced by the people of Jammu and Kashmir. In his address during the motion of thanks on the President’s speech in Parliament, Mian Altaf said that the achievements outlined in the speech regarding J&K contradict the increasing issues faced by the people of the region. He expressed concern that the…

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Appeals to Amit Shah for Release of Kashmiri Youth

August 4, 2024 Editor

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, the Srinagar MP, said the relatives of these prisoners found it tough physically and financially to meet them in different parts of the country National Conference (NC) Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding immediate release of Kashmiri youth held in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir. “As the representative of people of Jammu and Kashmir, I would like to bring to your notice that several of our people have been incarcerated from different regions…

Jammu Under Siege: Valley Sees Decline in Militancy

August 3, 2024 Editor

Five Years On: Kashmir Valley Stabilizes, Jammu Faces Terror Onslaught Five years after the abrogation of the special status, the security apparatus was confident about the decline in militancy in the Valley, but now it looks like terror has a new address — Jammu. Militants have shifted the battleground from the Valley to the mountainous forests of Jammu, triggering a spike in deadly strikes and forcing the security forces to rush to the drawing board. From 2023 to mid-July this year, over 40 security personnel have been killed in J&K.…

Election Commission Prepares Ground for J&K Assembly Elections

August 2, 2024 Editor

In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar had said not only assembly polls will be held in the UT but also statehood will be restored. Last year while hearing Article 370 case, the Supreme Court had directed the ECI to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30, 2024. In a fresh indication that assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir are imminent, the Election Commission (EC) has asked the union territory administration to transfer out officers posted in their home districts, an exercise it holds ahead of…