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Eid Expenditure Woes: High Prices of Essentials Impact Communities

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Eid Expenditure Woes: High Prices of Essentials Impact Communities

Srinagar: Consumers in the summer capital are facing financial strain as the prices of essential commodities, particularly bakery products, mutton, poultry, and other essential items skyrocketed on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. This surge in prices comes amidst the absence of government regulations, allowing traders to exploit the situation and charge exorbitant rates. Concerns have been raised regarding the impact of this deregulation on vulnerable segments of society, including low-income families and individuals already grappling with financial constraints. The sudden surge in prices not only strains household budgets but also threatens…

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Mehbooba Alleges Coercion and Temptation: PDP Leaders Reportedly Blackmailed into Quitting Party

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Mehbooba Alleges Coercion and Temptation: PDP Leaders Reportedly Blackmailed into Quitting Party

After the abrogation of Article 370, the PDP became the biggest target. I tried to raise my voice against their oppression and me and my family members faced many difficulties due to that. —Mehbooba Mufti, PDP President In a veiled attack on the Centre, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged her party became the “biggest target” after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and its leaders were either “lured or blackmailed” to break away from it. Mehbooba, who is contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls…

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Strategic Encounters: Tarun Chugh, Sajad Gani Lone Meet with Altaf Bukhari Amid Alliance Buzz

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Strategic Encounters: Tarun Chugh, Sajad Gani Lone Meet with Altaf Bukhari Amid Alliance Buzz

As the BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh and People’s Conference (PC) president Sajad Gani Lone paid a visit to the residence of Apni Party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, speculations about a potential new alliance in the Valley began to surface. The visit of Chugh and Lone to Bukhari’s suggests that the meeting might be another attempt to forge an electoral alliance among like-minded parties, aiming to challenge the dominance of the traditional political players — the National Conference, PDP, and Congress. While Bukhari downplayed the political significance of…

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INDIA Bloc Crumbles in Kashmir as PDP Joins the Fray in All Three Seats

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INDIA Bloc Crumbles in Kashmir as PDP Joins the Fray in All Three Seats

While party chief Mehbooba Mufti will contest from Anantnag-Rajouri, youth leader Waheed ur Rehman Parra will be in the fray from Srinagar and veteran Fayaz Ahmad Mir will lead the charge in Baramulla. Srinagar: After failing to reach an agreement with its INDIA bloc ally National Conference (NC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday fielded candidates from all three seats in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday. The decision of the PDP, which had been pushing for at least one seat from Kashmir, came almost a week after the NC…

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Altaf Bukhari’s Residence Hosts Chugh and Sajad Lone: Apni Party President Clarifies Non-Political Nature

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Altaf Bukhari's Residence Hosts Chugh and Sajad Lone: Apni Party President Clarifies Non-Political Nature

Srinagar: BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh and People’s Conference (PC) President Sajad Gani Lone today visited the residence of Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari here. Talking to us, Bukhari said, “There is nothing political about the visit. I was unwell and they came to inquire about my health. It was purely a courtesy call by them and no politics was discussed. Sajad sahib keeps on visiting me and we have family terms.” Asked when the Apni Party will announce its candidate for the Baramulla parliamentary constituency, he said,…

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BJP Transformed Jammu & Kashmir into a Prison since 2019: Mehbooba Mufti

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BJP Transformed Jammu & Kashmir into a Prison since 2019: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP President and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday said that normalcy claims of BJP have fallen flat with the closure of historic Jama Masjid on Jumat-ul-Vida and putting Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest, saying the saffron party has turned entire J&K into a prison. Talking to media persons at Dargah Hazratbal, Mehbooba as per Kashmir News Service (KNS) expressed resentment over closure of historic Jama Masjid and house arrest of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on eve of Jumat-ul-Vida. She said owing such actions of the BJP dispensation I am…

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2024 Elections: Star Campaigners Intensify Efforts in Key Battleground of J&K

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2024 Elections: Star Campaigners Intensify Efforts in Key Battleground of J&K

With the polling for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for April 19, star campaigners from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress will start arriving in Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for their party candidates. The star campaigners include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to visit Udhampur on April 12, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who will address a rally in Jammu on April 9, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is expected to address a rally on April 10 in Kathua. While…

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Ghulam Nabi Azad Set to Contest from South Kashmir LS Seat

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Ghulam Nabi Azad Set to Contest from South Kashmir LS Seat

Anantnag-Rajouri has seen a change in dynamics following delimitation, inclusion of Gujjar- and Pahari-dominated belts The Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) on Tuesday announced that its president Ghulam Nabi Azad will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency. The former Congress veteran and ex-J&K chief minister will be contesting his first election since he founded the DPAP in September 2022, after splitting from the Congress. Azad belongs to Doda district in the Jammu province, and the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency, which votes on May 7, falls largely on the…

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Five Individuals Detained Under Public Safety Act in Baramulla District

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Five Individuals Detained Under Public Safety Act in Baramulla District

The five accused have been identified as Asif Ali Bhat, Mohammad Yaqoob Bhat, Waseem Mehraj Farash, Bashir Ahmad Sualiah and Bilal Ahmad Dar alias Shakir, he said As many as five people have been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities, police on Monday said. “Police in Baramulla booked five persons under the Public Safety Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority,” a police spokesperson said. The five accused have been identified as Asif Ali…

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‘Jailed Without A Why’: Mehbooba Mufti Lashes Out at Government Over Detentions

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'Jailed Without A Why': Mehbooba Mufti Lashes Out at Government Over Detentions

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said Jammu and Kashmir is a laboratory to test plans and then these plans are implemented across the country Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday targeted the central government over the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and said people are being jailed without any investigation. Addressing the INDIA bloc’s ‘Loktantra Bachao’ (Save Democracy) Maharally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, Mufti said, “India is going through troubled times, and without any reason or investigation people are being put in jail. We have seen…

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