Month: September 2024

A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred till September 11 its order on the regular bail plea of Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid, who is in jail in connection with a terror-funding case. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah in the Lok Sabha polls held earlier this year from Baramulla. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who was scheduled to pass the order on Rashid's bail plea on Wednesday, posted the matter for the next date, saying the order was not ready. The court had heard the arguments on the application during an in-camera (not open to the public) hearing on August 28 and reserved its order. The judge had, on August 20, issued a notice to the National Investigati...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost his confidence after the recently held Lok Sabha elections and the time is not far when his government will be removed. At a poll rally at Sangaldan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Banihal Assembly constituency, he claimed the Central government is run by PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and their corporate friends. Targeting Modi over the unemployment issue, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said implementation of GST and demonetisation harmed the interests of small businesses as the government is working for two billionaires. “I was told not to name Modi’s corporate friends Adani and Ambani so I am using aliases like A1 and A2 for them. This government is like ‘we two, our two’ — Modi and...

BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Wednesday accused the National Conference and the People’s Democratic Party of taking support from ex-militants for the assembly polls in Jammu Kashmir, and said the two parties want to take the Union territory back to its “trouble-filled days”. Referring to the Abdullahs and Muftis, Madhav, who is the party’s in-charge for J-K, said the two families need to be shown the door. “I have information that ex-militants are openly campaigning for the candidates of the NC and PDP. The people will have to defeat the parties who want to take J-K back to its bad days and support new leadership which wants peace and progress,” Madhav told reporters here. He was accompanying the party’s candidate from Lal Chowk assembly constituency Aijaz Hussain durin...

A heated confrontation erupted outside the Srinagar Municipal Corporation office today as workers from the National Conference (NC) and Apni Party virtually clashed while their candidates filed nomination papers for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir. NC's Mushtaq Guroo and Apni Party's Syed Altaf Bukhari, accompanied by top leaders Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Hassan Mir, respectively, were present at the scene. The atmosphere was electric, with hundreds of workers from both parties chanting slogans and waving party flags. However, the situation quickly turned ugly as some workers from both sides began pushing and abusing each other. The timely intervention of police personnel prevented further escalation. The Chanapora Assembly segment is likely to witness a clos...

Shabir Khan After four days of search efforts, the body of a 9-year-old boy, who drowned three days ago was recovered from the Jhelum River in the Gatamulla area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to officials, the minor boy, identified as Sahil Ahmad, son of Abdul Rashid Lone had been bathing in a nearby Nallah when he was swept away by a strong current on September 01. A major search operation was launched immediately after the incident, with local authorities and residents working together to locate the child. On the fourth day of the search by locals, Police and SDRF teams, the body of young boy was retrieved.

BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, who also oversees the party's activities in J-K, announced plans to establish industrial clusters in the region to provide skilled youth with new entrepreneurial opportunities. Speaking at a public gathering in support of the BJP candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections, Chugh emphasized the need for the youth of Jammu Kashmir to excel in various professions, including law, medicine, and engineering. "The era of stones and AK-47s is over. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ushered in a new dawn for J-K, where prosperity and development will flourish," Chugh stated, receiving strong applause from the crowd. He highlighted that the Prime Minister has ensured food security for every poor family, promised housing for all, and provided ade...

Shah Basit Days after the rejection of his form from Zainapora in Shopian, Sarjan Barkati is likely to file his nomination form for the Ganderbal assembly segment. Sources informed The Kashmiriyat that Sarjan Barkati will file his nomination form for the assembly polls. The last date for filing nomination papers for the seats in phase two of assembly polls is September 5 while the scrutiny will be done on September 06, as per officials. In the second phase of the assembly polls, the seats up for election include Gulabgarh (ST), Reasi, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Kalakote-Sunderbani, Nowshera, Rajouri (ST), Budhal (ST), Thannamandi (ST), Surankote (ST), Poonch Haveli, Mendhar (ST), Kangan (ST), Ganderbal, Hazratbal, Khanyar, Habbakadal, Lal Chowk, Channapor...

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) yet again on Tuesday claimed that the National Conference wants to change the name of Shankaracharya and Hari Parbat Hills in Kashmir. During a press conference in Jammu, BJP candidate for Nagrota, Davendra Singh Rana claimed that nobody can change the names of these hills till the BJP is in power. The statement has stunned some National Conference leaders. National Conference leader Imran Nabi Dar told the news agency Kashmir News Trust accused the BJP of having no meaningful issues to discuss and relying solely on playing the religious card. Pertinently, Takht-e-Suleiman and Koh-i-Maran are also the names given by the people to these two hills in Kashmir. National Conference leader said that it is an immaterial issue and people are least bother...

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday ruled out any tie-up with the BJP in Jammu Kashmir, while asserting that government formation after the assembly polls would not be possible without the inclusion of her party. Hitting out at the National Conference (NC), she claimed the party wants to contest elections just for the sake of government formation. “They have been doing so since 1947. They do not have any aim other than that. They form alliances just for the sake of government formation, for ministerial berths,” she said addressing workers at the party headquarters here. The PDP chief said her party wants to contest elections for an agenda, but asserted that no government formation after the assembly polls will be possible without her party. “We formed a government with only...