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BJP Demands SIT Probe into Ex-MLA Faqeer Muhammad Khan’s Suspicious Death

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BJP Demands SIT Probe into Ex-MLA Faqeer Muhammad Khan's Suspicious Death

BJP Alleges Murder in Ex-MLA Faqeer Muhammad Khan’s Death, Demands SIT Probe Srinagar, March 22, 2025: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has raised suspicions over the death of its leader and former legislator from Gurez, Faqeer Muhammad Khan, who allegedly shot himself at his official residence in Tulsi Bagh, Srinagar, on Thursday. While the Jammu and Kashmir Police initially suggested the incident appeared to be a case of suicide, the BJP has called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter, alleging foul play. BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur,…

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Sajad Lone Highlights Unaddressed Promises in L-G’s Address, Calls for Action

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Sajad Lone Highlights Unaddressed Promises in L-G’s Address, Calls for Action

Lone Slams J&K L-G’s Address, Calls It ‘Love Letter to BJP’ Srinagar 07 March 2025: Peoples Conference president and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone on Thursday criticised the recent Lieutenant Governor’s address, calling it a “love letter to the BJP” rather than a representation of public concerns from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Speaking during the ongoing Budget session, Lone denounced the address for failing to acknowledge the deep-rooted grievances of people, dismissing it as a “hollow vision document” disconnected from the realities and aspirations of Jammu and Kashmir. “It was…

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Historical Tensions Reignited: PDP Protests Against BJP Leader’s Comments on 1931 Martyrs

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Historical Tensions Reignited: PDP Protests Against BJP Leader’s Comments on 1931 Martyrs

PDP Rallies in Kashmir Over BJP Leader’s ‘Disrespectful’ Remarks Against 1931 Martyrs Srinagar 06 March 2025: The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) held protest demonstrations across several parts of Kashmir on Thursday in response to the “disrespectful” remarks made by BJP leader Sunil Sharma against the July 13, 1931 martyrs. The protests, led by senior PDP leader Iltija Mufti, demanded an apology from Sharma and accused the BJP of attempting to erase Jammu and Kashmir’s collective history and memory. Protests in Srinagar In Srinagar, the protest was spearheaded by Iltija Mufti,…

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Controversial Remarks on 1931 Martyrs Spark Chaos in J&K Assembly

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Controversial Remarks on 1931 Martyrs Spark Chaos in J&K Assembly

Pandemonium in Jammu & Kashmir House Over BJP MLA’s ‘Derogatory Remarks’ Srinagar 05 March 2025: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly witnessed chaotic scenes as National Conference (NC) and Opposition legislators protested against the ‘derogatory remarks’ made by a BJP MLA regarding the 1931 Kashmir martyrs. The controversy erupted during a heated debate, leading to a walkout by BJP legislators after Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather ordered the remarks to be expunged from the records. The Controversial Remarks The uproar began when BJP MLA Sunil Sharma made controversial remarks about the…

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Debate Over Security and Politics: Omar Abdullah’s Remarks Spark Controversy

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Debate Over Security and Politics: Omar Abdullah’s Remarks Spark Controversy

Opposition Targets Omar Over Mirwaiz Security Remark; NC Hits Back Srinagar, February 26, 2025 – Several opposition leaders in the Valley have criticized Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s remark about the security of Hurriyat chairman and Jamia Masjid chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. During an interview on a news channel, the Chief Minister stated that there has been a decline in separatist activity in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019, and it would have been unthinkable earlier for the Mirwaiz to be provided with CRPF cover. Enhanced Security for Mirwaiz Umar Farooq…

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Sajjad Lone Faces Eviction from High-Security Bungalow in Srinagar Amid Criticism

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Sajjad Lone Faces Eviction from High-Security Bungalow in Srinagar Amid Criticism

A Z-plus security protectee, the Peoples Conference chairman, who is also the Handwara MLA, has been allotted a government quarter in lieu of the ministerial bungalow that he had been occupying for a decade People’s Conference chairman and Handwara MLA Sajjad Lone has been asked to vacate his high-security government bungalow on Church Lane in Sonwar, Srinagar, and has been allotted a quarter by the Jammu and Kashmir estates department in the city’s Jawahar Nagar. On January 31, financial commissioner, estates, Shaleen Kabra allotted him quarter number J-64 at Jawahar…

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Mehbooba Mufti Appeals to Andhra, Bihar CMs to Halt Waqf Amendment Bill

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Mehbooba Mufti Appeals to Andhra, Bihar CMs to Halt Waqf Amendment Bill

Former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti caims that the Waqf Amendment Bill is against religious and constitutional rights of Muslims Claiming that the Waqf Amendment Bill is against religious and constitutional rights of Muslims, former J&K chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday wrote to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, urging them to halt the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill in Parliament. The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), after clearing the Waqf bill, had recently presented it before Parliament.…

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Opposition, Students Criticize J&K Govt’s Mandatory ABVP Rally Order

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Opposition, Students Criticize J&K Govt's Mandatory ABVP Rally Order

The Opposition as well as students’ bodies urged that education must remain “neutral, free from coercion or external influence” A government order asking educational heads to send students and teachers to a Tiranga Rally organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in the Pir Panjal valley’s Poonch has come under criticism from political parties and students’ bodies in Kashmir. According to an order of the Additional District Magistrate, Poonch, permission was granted to a rally on January 23 to mark respect and celebrate Republic Day. The order was also…

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Revoking Special Status Strained Kashmir’s Relationship with India: Omar Abdullah

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Revoking Special Status Strained Kashmir's Relationship with India: Omar Abdullah

“The truth is that people in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are not happy with the steps taken on August 5, 2019,” the National Conference Vice-President said. National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the BJP government has harmed the bond between Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country with the abrogation of Article 370 provisions. Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament, Mr Abdullah said the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were not happy with the decision to revoke special status of the…

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Jitendra Singh Blames Nehruvian Policies for Delay in Jammu and Kashmir’s Integration

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Jitendra Singh Blames Nehruvian Policies for Delay in Jammu and Kashmir's Integration

Taking jibe at the Congress, Citing Mirza Ghalib’s poetry “ki mire qatl ke baad us ne jafa se tauba” (After she had slain me then from torture she forswore) Union Minister Jitendra Singh Said, “For 60-70 years, those who did not implement the Constitution of India in Jammu and Kashmir, today they are teaching those who sacrificed 3 generations so that the Constitution of India should be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir.” Amid a chorus from the opposition benches that the Centre restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and set…

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