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Nature’s Wrath: Flash Floods Hit Ganderbal, Machine Operator Swept Away In Banihal

September 3, 2024 Editor

Flash floods triggered by a possible cloudburst in the upper reaches occurred in the Kullan area of Kangan in Ganderbal district on Monday, blocking the Srinagar-Leh National Highway. The flashfloods in the nallah snaking through Shah Mohalla Kullan occurred due to a possible cloudburst on Monday afternoon following a heavy spell of rain. However, there are no reports of any loss of life or damage to property. The flash floods also resulted in the closure of Srinagar-Leh National Highway near Kullan due to which traffic remains suspended on both sides of…

PDP Faces Exodus: Leaders Quit Ahead of Crucial Polls

September 3, 2024 Editor

Ahead of the first phase of the poll on September 18, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing a major challenge as party’s senior leaders are leaving one after the other over the allocation of seats. On Monday, PDP’s senior leader and spokesperson Tahir Sayeed, announced his resignation. Tahir, who hails from Kupwara, had joined the party in 2014. “It is with a very heavy heart that I write this unpleasant letter of resignation,” Sayeed said, while announcing that he is parting away from the basic membership of the party.…

Kashmir’s Security Overhaul: Four New District Police Chiefs Appointed

September 1, 2024 Editor

Ahead of the September 18 assembly elections, the police chiefs of four Kashmir districts, including Srinagar, were changed with ECI approval. Ahead of the first phase of assembly elections on September 18, the police chiefs of four Kashmir districts, including capital Srinagar, were changed on the approval of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday. The ECI approved new senior superintendents of police (SSPs) for Srinagar, Baramulla and Kupwara, and a superintendent of police (SP) of the police district of Handwara. In a communication from the ECI to chief…

MeT Issues Warning: Kashmir Prepares for Torrential Downpour

September 1, 2024 Editor

Kashmir Braces for Monsoon: A Forecast for September Srinagar: As the monsoon season continues to make its presence felt in Kashmir, the region is bracing for a spell of heavy rainfall and potential natural hazards. The Meteorological Centre in Srinagar has issued a forecast for the month of September, outlining the expected weather patterns and cautioning residents and visitors about the risks associated with heavy rainfall. Heavy Rainfall and Potential Hazards Between September 2 and 3, remote areas of Kashmir are expected to experience heavy rainfall. This could lead to…

BJP Battles Internal Strife in J&K: Two More Leaders Quit Over Ticket Dispute

August 31, 2024 Editor

The assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held on September 18, 25 and October 1. The counting of votes will take place on October 4. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on Saturday hit by two exits of two more leaders in the Jammu and Kashmir unit ahead of the assembly elections. Kashmir Singh, the BJP’s Samba district president, resigned from the party’s primary membership. Opposing the candidature of former J&K minister Surjit Singh Slathia who switched over from Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference to the BJP, Singh said,”With…

Election 2024: JD(U) Vows to Free Prisoners in Valley, BJP Ally’s Bold Move

August 31, 2024 Editor

As political parties are scrambling in the Valley to attract voters ahead of the next month’s elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) main ally, Janata Dal (United), has promised the release of stone pelters and political prisoners to “promote peace and reconciliation” in its poll manifesto. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Janata Dal (United) party, which has fielded two candidates in the first phase of next month’s poll, says it has already sent a letter having names of more than 800 stone pelters to the Union Home Ministry,…

Congress Candidate Jailed for 5 Months Over 2012 Code Violation

August 31, 2024 Editor

A court in Uttar Pradesh has convicted Congress candidate from Banihal and former Jammu and Kashmir chief Vikar Rasool Wani to five months’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him for violating the model code of conduct (MCC) during the 2012 Assembly elections in the state. The conviction came as a shock to the Congress party, which is banking on Wani, who is a two-time MLA from the Banihal seat. Banihal is one of the five constituencies in J&K, where the NC and Congress will have a…

What Was Given Up: Omar Abdullah on National Conference’s ‘Sacrifices’ for Congress Alliance

August 31, 2024 Editor

J&K elections: As per the seat-sharing formula between the two parties, the National Conference will contest 51 seats while Congress will fight on 32 Jammu and Kashmir National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday revealed what transpired during pre-poll alliance talks with the Congress for the upcoming assembly election. Addressing a rally at the party’s headquarters in Srinagar, the former chief minister said that the election is a fight for the entire J&K. “If we have to undo the wrongs done to us, it will not only benefit us, but…

Omar Abdullah Urges Vigilance: ‘Elections Should Never Be Taken for Granted’

August 30, 2024 Editor

Former CM and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said even though the newly elected Assembly lacks power, it can be strengthened through the Assembly only. Omar, who is contesting the polls from Ganderbal seat, was asked if he had sacrificed his principles after changing his earlier stance not to contest Assembly elections. He said those who talk about sacrificing principles for power have fielded their own relatives. “If they were so bound to their principles, they should have completely stayed out of the elections. What is the point…

DPAP’s Strategy in Doubt as Ghulam Nabi Azad Withdraws From Election Campaigning

August 29, 2024 Editor

Clouds hang over DPAP’s plans as Azad unavailable for campaigning; Due to poor health, ex-CM not to fight election either Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is the chairman of Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), is unlikely to contest the Assembly poll and wouldn’t be able to campaign in the first phase of elections, one of his party’s senior leaders said on Wednesday. “Because of Azad’s health issues, he won’t be able to campaign for at least the first phase of polls,” DPAP general secretary (organisation) RS Chib told…