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PDP Alleges Vote-Buying in Budgam, Accuses NC of Distributing Money to Sway Electorate

September 25, 2024 Editor

The PDP candidate Aga Muntazir Mehdi is facing NC vice president Omar Abdullah from Budgam assembly constituency which is going to polls, in the second phase, on Wednesday Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged the National Conference of distributing money to buy votes in Budgam assembly constituency. NC responded by saying that PDP should present evidence. The PDP candidate Aga Muntazir Mehdi is facing NC vice president Omar Abdullah from Budgam assembly constituency which is going to polls, in the second phase, on Wednesday. PDP…

Sizzling Srinagar: Heatwave Pushes Mercury to 33.7°C

September 24, 2024 Editor

Severe heat wave was witnessed yet again in Kashmir parts on Monday with the gateway of Kashmir—Qazigund, recording the highest-ever day temperature in the month of September at 33.2 degree Celsius. Jammu and Kashmir parts recorded a rise in the maximum as well as the minimum temperatures with Kashmir recording the heat wave and some parts including Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recording severe heat wave today. According to the news agency—KNO, the data reveals Srinagar recorded the maximum temperature of 33.7 degree Celsius, which was 6.7…

Iltija Mufti Pledges to Soften Home Minister’s Stance for Jammu and Kashmir

September 23, 2024 Editor

“We will soften Home Minister’s heart for people of Jammu and Kashmir,” says PDP candidate Iltija Mufti In a passionate campaign speech, Iltija Mufti, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate from the Bijbehara assembly constituency, pledged to soften the stance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah towards the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti emphasized the need for a compassionate approach to governance, stating, “We will soften the Home Minister’s heart for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Our focus is on ensuring that the voices of the people are…

Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Condemns Restrictions: Third Consecutive Friday of House Arrest

September 21, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, Sep 20 : Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today strongly condemned his continued undeclared and illegal house arrest preventing him from going to Jama Masjid for the third consecutive Friday to deliver the sermon and offer prayers . Mirwaiz said that it’s strange that while the head of the government claims that he is a “free man “all over media , he is detained ! No reason is given for this infringement to his fundamental right to freedom and liberty. Instead, it is enforced in private and denied in public .…

Pulwama Voter’s ‘Chai-Biryani’ Request Leaves Top EC Official Speechless

September 20, 2024 Editor

Pulwama voter’s ‘chai-biryani’ demand stumps top EC official As the first phase of the much-awaited Assembly elections was progressing in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the demand for ‘chai’ and ‘biryani’ in a video conversation between a top Election Commission official and few voters outside a polling booth in sensitive Pulwama is leaving people in splits. The video, recorded in Pulwama’s Tral, one a militancy hotbed, has been posted on X by IAS officer BN Singh, who is among the large number of bureaucrats deputed by the Centre in J&K…

MP Ruhullah Criticizes Er Rashid: Calls PM ‘Modi ji’, Labels Former J&K CMs as Traitors

September 18, 2024 Editor

Srinagar, Sep 17: Senior National Conference leader and Member Parliament for Srinagar Lok Sabha segment Aga Syed Ruhullah cast aspersions on the language being used by the North Kashmir Member Parliament Er Rashid stating that the words used by Er Rashid speak a lot as for him Prime Minister is “Modi ji” and former J&K CM “traitors.” Speaking to reporters while campaigning for the NC’s candidate for Lal Chowk Ehsan Pardesi, MP Ruhullah as per news agency NVI said the he wished Er Rashid would have fought against BJP in…

Jamaat-AIP Alliance Shakes Up Political Landscape for NC, PDP in Kashmir

September 18, 2024 Editor

Leaders of both regional parties, the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party, are worried given that Jamaat-backed candidates are contesting 10 seats in Kashmir, while the party led by Engineer Rashid is contesting 35 seats The tactical alliance of the Jamaat-e-Islami-backed Independent candidates and those of the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), floated by Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid, in 16 segments of the Kashmir that go to the polls in the first phase of the assembly elections on Wednesday, has left leaders of regional parties, the National Conference and the…

Rashid Vs Mehbooba: South Kashmir Becomes Election Battleground

September 14, 2024 Editor

Mr. Rashid is out of jail on a 22-day interim bail to campaign for the Assembly poll; his party is fielding 13 candidates in south Kashmir; he slams NC, PDP chiefs for their failure to protest his detention, resolve the Kashmir issue On his second day out of jail, Awami Ittihad Party (AIP) chairman and MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, lost no opportunity to target former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti in election rallies in south Kashmir, a bastion of the…

From GPS Anklet to Ballot: Jamaat Leader’s Bold Move, Malik’s Promise

September 13, 2024 Editor

With a global positioning system (GPS) tracker anklet fitted to monitor his movement, Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik, a former leader of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, today filed his nomination papers from North Kashmir’s Bandipore district for the J&K Assembly elections. Malik, who was former district president of the Jamaat-e-Islami, submitted his nomination papers to contest elections from the Bandipore Assembly seat. Malik, who filed his nomination papers on Thursday with a GPS anklet tagged to him, told The Tribune that if he was elected, he would work toward…

Engineer Rashid Granted Interim Bail: Free to Campaign Till October 2

September 11, 2024 Editor

New Delhi, Sep 10: A Delhi Court Tuesday granted interim bail till October 2 to Member of Parliament Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case. Rashid defeated former chief minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Baramulla. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh granted the relief to Rashid, who had moved the court seeking interim bail to campaign in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. “I am granting interim bail till October 2. He will have to surrender on October 3,” the judge said. The judge granted…