Wont contest next assembly elections hints PDP President Mehooba Mufti

Wont contest next assembly elections hints PDP President Mehooba Mufti

PDP President and former chief minister J&K Mehooba Mufti on Sunday said she will not contest assembly election in J&K. Mehooba is not alone in the fray. Earlier National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah also announced that his son and former chief minister J&K Omar Abdullah will not contest assembly elections till statehood to J&K is restored. Interacting with media persons here in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti said that participating in the next election was not her priority. “Those at the helm of the affairs are hell-bent to stifle dissent voice.…

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Two migrant labourers attacked by terrorists in Anantnag

Two migrant labourers attacked by terrorists in Anantnag

Terrorists fired upon two migrant labourers in Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. The two men – one of whom came from Bihar and the other person from Nepal – were working at a private school at Bondialgam in Anantnag district. The Kashmir Zone Police said both of them were shifted to a hospital. “Terrorists fired upon two outside labourers (one from Bihar and second from Nepal), who were working at a private SAPS school at Bondialgam in Anantnag district. Both of them are being shifted to the hospital,” tweeted Kashmir…

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Assassination bid on Imran Khan, foot wounded, several hurt in firing at Khan’s long march

Assassination bid on Imran Khan, foot wounded, several hurt in firing at Khan’s long march

Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan was on Thursday injured after a gunman opened fire at his campaign truck during his Long March rally in Wazirabad, Punjab Province. Khan reportedly suffered injuries in his leg but was said to be out of any immediate danger. Local reports said Khan and some leaders of his party, including Faisal Javed Khan, were among those injured. “A man opened fire with an automatic weapon. Several people are wounded. Imran Khan is also injured,” Khan’s aide Asad Umar was…

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Democratic Azad Party: Ghulam Nabi Azad announced the highly anticipated name where youth, seniors would co-exist

Democratic Azad Party: Ghulam Nabi Azad announced the highly anticipated name where youth, seniors would co-exist

Veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday announced the name of his new party nearly a month after his exit from the Congress. The new party would be called the ‘Democratic Azad Party’, he said at an event, stressing that the party would have “no age bar”. “Youth and veterans would co-exist in the party,” he underlined. Azad had ended his decades long association with the Congress on August 26. “Around 1,500 names for my new party were sent to us, in Urdu, and Sanskrit. The mix of Hindi and…

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Two non-local labourers shot at, injured in Pulwama

Two non-local labourers shot at, injured in Pulwama

In yet another attack on the non-local labourers, militants fired at and injured two non-local labourers in the Pulwama district. Police said the targeted attack took place in Ratnipora village on Saturday evening. “Terrorists fired upon & injured 02 outside labourers at Kharpora Ratnipora in #Pulwama. They have been shifted to hospital where their condition is stated to be stable. Identified as Shamshad S/O Islam Shiekh & Faizan Qasri S/O Fayaz Qadri, R/O Batya Zila Bihar,” tweeted J&K police spokesman soon after the attack. Police and Army cordoned off the…

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Non local labourer shot at, injured in Pulwama

Non local labourer shot at, injured in Pulwama

A non-local labourer was shot at and injured in Ugergund Newa area of Pulwama district on Friday. Police in a tweet as per said that a non-Lcal was shot at and injured by militants in Ugergund area of south Kashmir’s . They said that labour identified as Muneeb ul islam son of Ab Kabir resident of West Bengal got injured and was shifted to district hospital Pulwama for treatment where his condition is said to be stable. He added that area has been cordoned off  to nab the attackers. “Militants…

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq ‘Disallowed’ to join Friday prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq ‘Disallowed’ to join Friday prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid

Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was disallowed on Friday to leave his residence in Srinagar to attend congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid, a week after J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha suggested “he was a free man”. “I started for the Jamia Masjid around 12:40 p.m. All I intended to do was offer my namaz. However, policemen outside stopped me from leaving my residence. I told them that a statement on my release was made by a responsible person who heads J&K,” the Mirwaiz told…

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Policeman injured when militants strike at police party in Bijbehara

Policeman injured when militants strike at police party in Bijbehara

In the latest attack ahead of the Independence Day, militants on Friday afternoon fired at a police party in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. A policeman identified as Ghulam Qadir was injured in the firiing. Militants fired upon the joint naka party of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Bijbehara, according to police. “In this terror incident, one police personnel got injured. He was evacuated immediately to a hospital for treatment,” said the police. It added that the area has been cordoned off and…

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Unknown gunmen killed migrant labourer in Sumbal Bandipore

Unknown gunmen killed migrant labourer in Sumbal Bandipore

A migrant labourer from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipore, police said today. The attack took place around midnight at Soadnara Sumbal in Bandipore. After being shot, Mohd Amrez, a resident of Bihar’s Madhepura, was rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. “During intervening night, terrorists fired upon & injured one migrant labourer Mohd Amrez, r/o Madhepura, Besarh, Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, Bandipora. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he succumbed,” tweeted Kashmir Zone police. This comes a…

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Five persons dead, Eleven injured in Ramban accident

Five persons died whereas 11 others sustained injuries when a rashly-driven cab in which they were travelling towards Jammu from Railway Station Banihal rammed into a car and plunged into a gorge at Kelamorh, 4 km ahead of Ramban on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway late Thursday evening. Police said a cab (JK02AP 5338) on its way to Jammu rammed into a car and went out of the control of its driver and plunged into a several hundred feet deep gorge in the Kelamorh area of Ramban, resulting in the death…

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