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Kathua Tragedy: Policeman Killed, Two Officers Injured in Intense Gunfight

September 29, 2024 Editor

Kathua, September 28, 2024 – A tragic encounter unfolded in the Kog-Mandli village of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the death of a police head constable and injuries to two other officers. The incident occurred during a cordon and search operation aimed at flushing out terrorists hiding in the area. The gunfight began late Friday evening when security forces, acting on specific intelligence inputs, launched an operation in the Kog-Mandli village of Billawar tehsil. The terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad group, opened fire on the advancing security…

Lal Singh’s Challenge: Reviving Congress Fortunes in Basholi After 20 Years

September 29, 2024 Editor

People are frustrated with the L-G admn and the BJP govt. They want an end to this BJP’s dictatorship and cruel regime. They will vote the BJP out across Jammu and make Congress victorious. Lal Singh, Cong candidate, Basholi Kathua district goes to polls with battle lines clearly drawn between the Congress and the BJP across all six seats with focus on the Basholi Assembly constituency, where three-time MLA and two-time MP Choudhary Lal Singh faces a Herculean task to reclaim his traditional stronghold for the fourth time. Basholi has sent…

Empowered Voices: Nearly 40% of Migrant Kashmiri Pandits Vote in Jammu

September 27, 2024 Editor

The highest number of 2,796 votes were polled in the Habakadal constituency, which was once a bastion of Kashmiri Pandits, followed by 909 in Lal Chowk, and 417 in Zadibal Nearly 40% of migrant Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu cast their ballots in the second phase of polling for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (September 26, 2024) officials said. “Nearly 40% polling was registered at 19 polling stations in Jammu, followed by 37% in Udhampur and 43% in Delhi in the second phase of the Assembly elections,”…

Ravinder Raina Labels NC and Congress Leaders’ Statements as Treason

September 23, 2024 Editor

BJP President Accuses Opposition of Supporting Terrorists and Separatists in Jammu and Kashmir Rajouri, Sept 22 : Reacting to National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah’s remark questioning whether the central government has eliminated terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP President Ravinder Raina said that the statements made by Congress leaders and the NC chief are treason and “supporting terrorists and separatists.” “Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a grand public meeting in Nowshera, thousands of people came to hear him. There is a massive wave of BJP in J-K right…

Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi Gear Up for Phase 2 Polls: BJP’s Muslim Candidates in Focus

September 21, 2024 Editor

Saffron party banking on six Muslim candidates in three districts The BJP is banking on six of its Muslim candidates out of a total of 11 in three districts of the Jammu region where the second phase of the Assembly elections will be held on September 25. The focus of all political parties has now shifted to the crucial second phase of the Assembly elections for which polling will be held in the Pir Panjal region of Rajouri and Poonch, besides Reasi district of the Jammu division. Some constituencies in…

Ticket Denied, Loyalty Changed: Bishnah’s Former MLA Joins NC

September 13, 2024 Editor

Former Bishnah MLA Kamal Arora, in his address, highlighted his disillusionment with the BJP’s policies and expressed confidence in Abdullah’s leadership and NC’s vision Rattled by desertions over ticket distribution, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday suffered another setback after former legislator Kamal Arora and Rinku Arora joined the National Conference (NC). The formal induction took place in Srinagar after the duo met NC president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah. The BJP has fielded Rajeev Kumar Bhagat from Bishnah, the seat that Arora had won on an NC ticket…

Rebellion in Ranks: BJP’s Sharma and Khajuria to Contest Independently

September 11, 2024 Editor

BJP rebel Chander Mohan Sharma, who resigned from the party recently, today filed his nomination as an Independent from the Jammu East constituency. In a related development, another BJP dissident Pawan Khajuria announced to contest as an Independent from the Udhampur East constituency. It is pertinent to mention that Sharma had worked for the saffron party for decades while Khajuria is the vice-president of the UT unit of the BJP. On Monday, Khajuria had said he might throw his hat in the poll ring after the party decided to field…

Jammu Holds the Key to J&K’s Next Government : Amit Shah

September 8, 2024 Editor

Jammu, Sep 07: Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah Saturday launched Bharatiya Janata Party’s high-octane Assembly poll campaign with a strong pitch for politically empowering its stronghold, stating that the route to power in J&K would flow from Jammu, unlike the past practice. “Jammu would be the fulcrum, setting the tone for political narrative and deciding about the government formation in J&K. Gone are the days when someone else would take a call as to how and who would form the government here (in J&K). Now the people…

Nature’s Fury: Ramban Hit by Flash Floods After Cloudburst, One Casualty Reported

September 4, 2024 Editor

A man was washed away in flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Ramban district on Monday evening, officials said. The incident took place in the Bankoot area of Banihal tehsil, when a cloudburst caused flash floods that washed away a JCB machine along with its operator, they said. Officials said the cloudburst hit the upper reaches of Bankoot village near Banihal, causing flash floods in the Gagarwah and Bankoot rivulets. The flash floods also damaged the under-construction Bankoot-Gujjarnar road and swept away machinery including an L&T machine and a…

Tragedy on Vaishno Devi Track: Landslide Claims Two Lives

September 3, 2024 Editor

Two women, who were on their way to the Vaishno Devi shrine, died in a major landslide in Reasi district on Monday. The mishap that occurred on the Himkoti track around 2.30 pm also left a girl severely injured. The area witnessed heavy downpour during the past few days, loosening the soil adjacent to the track. Although there was an iron roof to protect pilgrims from shooting stones and landslips, it could not protect the victims as heavy boulders and mud broke the iron roof. As this path to the…