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Crackdown in J&K: Nine FIRs Filed, Five Govt Employees Suspended for Poll Code Breaches

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Crackdown in J&K: Nine FIRs Filed, Five Govt Employees Suspended for Poll Code Breaches

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has said nine FIRs were lodged and five government employees suspended for violations of the Model Code of Conduct in Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-three warnings were issued and inquiries were underway in 48 cases of poll code violations, the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said in a statement. The Model Code of Conduct for elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly came into effect on August 16. The statement from the CEO’s office said 175 cases of poll code violations, including…

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Fierce Competition Ahead: 310 Candidates Submit Nominations for J&K Assembly’s 2nd Phase

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Fierce Competition Ahead: 310 Candidates Submit Nominations for J&K Assembly's 2nd Phase

As many as 310 candidates have filed their nomination papers across 26 Assembly constituencies of six districts in Jammu and Kashmir, which are going to polls in the second phase on September 25, according to the officials. Thursday was the last day of filing nomination papers. A statement from the office of Chief Electoral Officer said a total of 310 candidates have filed 329 nomination papers for the second phase. It said a total of 112 candidates have filed their nominations in Srinagar district, followed by 68 in Budgam district,…

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Mehbooba Mufti Slams BJP: ‘Assembly Polls Aren’t the Solution for Kashmir’

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Mehbooba Mufti Slams BJP: 'Assembly Polls Aren’t the Solution for Kashmir'

BJP has reduced resolution of Kashmir issue to conducting Assembly polls: Mufti PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the BJP has succeeded in reducing the resolution of the Kashmir issue to the conduct of Assembly polls in the Union Territory. “The BJP has succeeded in reducing the Kashmir issue — for which thousands have died, thousands were orphaned and we suffered losses of billions — to Article 370 and reduced Article 370 to the restoration of statehood and statehood has been reduced to polls,” Mufti told reporters at the…

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Farooq Abdullah: ‘J&K People Are Owners, Not Slaves of the Centre’

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Farooq Abdullah: 'J&K People Are Owners, Not Slaves of the Centre'

Farooq Abdullah Asserts J&K’s Autonomy: “We Are Not Slaves of the Centre” By: Javid Amin In a powerful and impassioned statement, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah declared that the people of Jammu and Kashmir are not subservient to the Centre but are the rightful owners of their land. This assertion was made during a press interaction in Beerwah, Budgam district, on Thursday. A Bold Declaration “Let me tell you one thing… we are not their slaves. People of this state are the owners of this place, remember it,” Abdullah emphasized,…

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Bukhari’s Vision: Independent Infrastructure Growth with Apni Party

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Bukhari’s Vision: Independent Infrastructure Growth with Apni Party

Srinagar, 04Sep 2024: Apni Party President Altaf Bukhari Wednesday promised widespread infrastructure development in the Chanapora assembly constituency. After filing his nomination papers for the Chanapora assembly constituency, Bukhari urged the electorate to vote for him and support his vision for transforming Chanapora through extensive infrastructure development and various initiatives aimed at improving the well-being of its residents. “Apni Party is contesting these elections independently, neither seeking nor offering support to any other party,” he said. Bukhari was accompanied by a large number of his workers, supporters, and prominent party leaders…

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‘Sab Kuch Khoya, Kuch Nahi Paya’: Congress Critiques BJP’s J&K Rule

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‘Sab Kuch Khoya, Kuch Nahi Paya’: Congress Critiques BJP’s J&K Rule

Srinagar 04 Sep 2024: On the first day of Rahul Gandhi’s Kashmir tour, the Congress party released a hard-hitting charge sheet against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of monumental failures in governance over the past decade. The charge sheet, entitled Kya Khoya, Kya Paya? Jammu and Kashmir Chargesheet: Sab Kuch Khoya, Kuch Nahi Paya, presents a bleak picture of Jammu and Kashmir under BJP rule. Rahul addressed public gatherings in both Jammu and Kashmir, echoing the concerns raised in the charge sheet. He lambasted the BJP for what he…

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Omar Abdullah’s Allegation: BJP’s Plan to Form Govt with Independent Support in Kashmir

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Omar Abdullah’s Allegation: BJP’s Plan to Form Govt with Independent Support in Kashmir

Srinagar 04 Sep 2024: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the BJP is trying to make independent candidates win on as many seats in Kashmir as possible in order to cobble up an alliance with them for government formation. However, the NC leader said, the voters will not allow that to happen and “when the results will be declared, neither the BJP nor its ploys will be successful”. “It is clear, and there are media reports as well, that the BJP is trying to make as many…

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Rahul Gandhi’s Heartfelt Pitch: Statehood and Family Bonds in J&K

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Rahul Gandhi’s Heartfelt Pitch: Statehood and Family Bonds in J&K

The BJP has accused the Congress-National Conference alliance of being supported by militants. Srinagar 04 Sep 2024: Aiming to win over the people of Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the Assembly elections, which begin in less than two weeks, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opted to mix a political pitch with an emotional one while kicking off his party’s campaign in the Union Territory on Wednesday. As Jammu and Kashmir sees its first election in nearly 10 years as well as its first as a Union Territory after it was stripped…

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Mufti’s Bold Statement: ‘No Hush-Hush Deals,’ Aimed at Omar

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Mufti’s Bold Statement: ‘No Hush-Hush Deals,’ Aimed at Omar

Mufti’s reaction came a day after NC’s vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday appeared to agree with the assertions by former J&K governor Satya Pal Malik that BJP appointed Ram Madhav to stitch a post-poll alliance with PDP Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday clarified that her party was not in touch with Ram Madhav whom Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed for J&K’s election campaign. She, instead, lashed out at the National Conference vice-president saying the PDP doesn’t do things in a hush-hush manner like Omar Abdullah would…

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Rana Hits Out at NC for ‘Canards’, As Omar Abdullah Raises Possibility of BJP-PDP Alliance

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Rana Hits Out at NC for 'Canards', As Omar Abdullah Raises Possibility of BJP-PDP Alliance

Srinagar, Sep 02: The senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Devendra Singh Rana on Monday said that JKNC vice president, Omar Abdullah is trying everything in book to fool the people of Jammu and Kashmir. He said, Omar does this by projecting every other party other than JKNC as an alliance of BJP, which isn’t true, he said. Rana, who was a member of the JKNC, said that in 2014 elections, JKNC and Omar Abdullah tried their utmost to alliance with BJP. “I was a part of that team back then, Omar…

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