Jammu and Kashmir
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MP Rashid slams LG’s call for stricter laws against Jamaat-e-Islami’s poll participation
Srinagar: Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Wednesday hit out at Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s call for stricter laws to prevent organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami from participating in elections. Rashid said unlike…
- Kashmir
J-K polls: Over 11% voting in first 2 hours
Srinagar: A voter turnout of 11.11 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of voting in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, an official said on Wednesday.…
- Kashmir
Polling begins for first phase of J&K Assembly elections
Srinagar: Voting began for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, first time since the abrogation of Article 370, as 24 constituencies spread over seven districts of the Union Territory…
- Opinions
Smoke, mirrors politics of Kashmir or changing dynamics ahead of polling
Kashmir politics continues to spring surprises in the first-ever Assembly polls in a decade being held from September 18. Awami Itihad Party or AIP led by Abdul Rashid aka Engineer Rashid had entered into…
- Kashmir
‘Restoration of J&K’s statehood key priority for Centre’
New Delhi: Restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood is a “key priority” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and will be done soon but happenings in India’s neighbourhood have to be factored…
- Kashmir
Gunfight breaks out in J&K’s Poonch
Jammu: Firing exchanges took place between the security forces and the terrorists overnight in J&K’s Poonch district, officials said. Officials said that following intelligence inputs about the presence of a group of…
- India
3 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J-K’s Baramulla
Srinagar: Three terrorists were killed on Saturday morning in an overnight encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. They said a cordon-and-search operation was launched in Chak…
- India
Gunfight breaks out in J&K’s Baramulla
Srinagar: A gunfight started overnight between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. Officials added that an encounter has started during the night intervening September 13-14…
- India
Construction work on Ram Temple complex to be concluded by June 2025: Officials
Jammu: Asserting that several revolutionary steps have been taken by the Centre for the welfare of people, the J&K BJP on Friday said 890 central laws have been implemented in the UT…
- India
J&K: One soldier killed, three injured in Kishtwar encounter
Jammu: One soldier was killed and three others were injured on Friday in an encounter with the terrorists in Chatroo village of J&K’s Kishtwar district. Earlier, an encounter started between the security…
- India
75-yr-old Rohingya refugee dies after 1287 days of indefinite detention
A 75-year-old Rohingya woman, Lalu Bibi, passed away on Wednesday, 11 September, at a ‘holding centre’ in Hira Nagar, Jammu, where she had been detained since March 2021. Her death marks the…
- Opinions
There is more to Engineer Rashid’s angry notes on Modi’s new Kashmir narrative
The opening remarks of Lok Sabha member Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid soon after his release from Tihar jail in Delhi on Wednesday were a verbal assault on Prime Minister Modi’s vison of new…
- India
Tribunal upholds ban on 6 J&K separatist groups
New Delhi: A judicial tribunal of the Delhi High Court has upheld the Centre’s ban on two factions of the separatist group Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir and four factions of another…
- India
BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances: Kharge in J&K
Srinagar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the BJP should stop making efforts to break alliances and political parties opposed to it as they have a minority government at the Centre…
- Kashmir
J-K assembly polls: Congress announces five guarantees for state
Anantnag: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday announced five guarantees for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, including five lakh interest-free loan for women entrepreneurs and Rs 25 lakh health insurance per…
