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BJP dividing country on religious lines; Cong kept it safe: Mehbooba Mufti

March 23, 2022 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that BJP was devoid of any development agenda hence it was fanning communal passion to divide the people and the country on religious lines while Congress kept it safe all these years. She was addressing a workers’ convention in Vijaypur in the Samba district. PDP president alleged that the ruling dispensation led by BJP had failed to provide better road infrastructure, regular water and power supply besides addressing basic issues of people hence it was trying to distract them (people)…

Vikramaditya Singh quits Congress, offers his SWOT analysis

March 23, 2022 Editor

Vikramaditya Singh, 57, is the son of veteran Congress leader Karan Singh, and grandson of former Jammu & Kashmir ruler Maharaja Hari Singh. He joined Congress from the PDP in 2018. Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh on Tuesday resigned from the party “with immediate effect”, saying the Congress was unable to reflect the sentiments and aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Singh, who is the son of veteran Congress leader, Dr. Karan Singh, and grandson of former Jammu & Kashmir ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, has not spelt out his…

Minor child among 4 killed, 15 hurt in Jammu scrap shop blaze

March 15, 2022 Editor

At least 4 people, including a woman and a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in a major blaze that broke out in a scrap shop near Dak Bungalow at Residency Road in Jammu on Monday evening. Officials in Government Medical College ( GMC) Jammu said that they received four bodies, including that of a woman and a minor child from the incident of the fire. The officials in Fire and Emergency Services said that five fire tenders and several ambulances were rushed to the spot to start rescue…

BJP will repeat UP-like victory in J&K: Ravinder Raina

March 11, 2022 Editor

Leaders led by party’s J&K president Ravinder Raina, former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta and others celebrated the BJP’s victory in assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday celebrated the party’s victory in assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur, at the party headquarters here. Leaders led by party’s J&K president Ravinder Raina, former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta and others celebrated the BJP’s victory. Raina said that people have chosen the public-centric policies of the…

One killed, 15 injured in suspected IED blast in Udhampur

March 10, 2022 Editor

Senior Jammu and Kashmir police officer Mukesh Singh said the preliminary investigation indicates that an improvised explosive device led to the blast. One person was killed and 15 injured in a blast by the roadside in the garrison town of Udhampur on Wednesday afternoon. “An explosion was heard in which 15 people were injured and one died. Preliminary investigation indicates it is an IED (improvised explosive device) blast but more information can be shared only after detailed investigations by forensic and ballistic experts,” Jammu and Kashmir additional director general of…

Strengthen party base in J&K: BJP Chief JP Nadda

March 8, 2022 Editor

Aiming to strengthen the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Assembly elections, party president JP Nadda today held a meeting of senior leaders at Katra, the base camp for pilgrims bound for the Vaishno Devi shrine. He asked the cadre to strengthen the party also in far-flung areas of the Jammu division. He shared experiences of his J&K stint when he discharged organisational duties. The BJP chief appreciated the residents for braving hostile conditions in social and economic fields and hailed the party men for strengthening the organisation. Earlier,…

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s kin Mubashir Azad joins BJP

February 28, 2022 Editor

Mubashir Azad, an active Congress leader, is the nephew of former J&K Chief Minister and Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad. In another setback to Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, the party’s youth leader Mubashir Azad joined the BJP on Sunday, February 27. Mubashir, an active Congress leader, is the nephew of former J&K Chief Minister and Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad. He was formally inducted into the BJP today at the party headquarters in Jammu. Welcoming the young leader, J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina said his entry will boost the…

Mission 50: BJP starts gearing up for J&K polls, looks at 12 seats in the Valley

February 25, 2022 Editor

With Home Minister Amit Shah stating that Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir would be held within seven-eight months, the BJP is gearing up for the first-ever polls in the Union Territory of J&K to achieve ‘Mission 50’ and is hopeful of winning 10-12 seats in Kashmir. Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta said, “Our cadres are working on the ground and at booth level.” The BJP is hopeful of doing better in the Jammu region, where it had won all its 25 seats in the…

Six persons missing amid heavy snowfall in Kishtwar

February 25, 2022 Editor

The authorities have launched a search and rescue operation to find six persons, who went missing yesterday while traveling from Anantnag to Kishtwar district on foot. It is believed that they might have lost their way due to heavy snowfall in the region. The six persons from Warwan went on foot from Anantnag via Margan Top. A three-pronged rescue mission gas been launched to trace them. The administration has requested the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Army to help in the search operation. The IAF can be deployed once the weather…

After two years gap juniors back in schools across Jammu region

February 22, 2022 Editor

Students of lower classes thronged their schools in most parts of Jammu province early Monday to attend offline classes after a gap of nearly two years, a week after the Jammu and Kashmir Administration announced phased opening of educational institutions amid declining trend of COVID-19 cases. However, the schools in Kashmir and winter zones of Jammu region are scheduled to open next week at the end of over two-month long winter vacation. On February 14, most of the high and higher secondary schools opened after the J & K Administration…