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Apr152019 by News DeskNo Comments

513 Ceasefire Violations by Pakistan Since Balakot Air Strikes, Says Indian Army

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April 15 General Officer Commanding (GOC) of White Knight Corps Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Saturday stated that 513 ceasefire violations by Pakistan took place along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in the past one-and-a-half month and the Pakistan army suffered five to six times more casualties than the Indian army in the retaliatory action. While talking to media on the sidelines of Rajouri Day celebrations, he also said that security forces in Jammu and Kashmir would not allow revival of militancy in the Kishtwar district that witnessed three militancy-related incidents in the last few months. Responding to queries about ceasefire violations along LoC, he said that the Pakistan army also used heavy weaponry like mortars and artillery guns in over 100 times during these violations and ta...

Apr152019 by News DeskNo Comments

Pulwama Attack was Planned- Modi Killed 42 CRPF men to Win Elections, Says Former Mizoram Guv

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March 15 Former Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi has made a controversial remark on the Pulwama attack in which over 40 CRPF personnel were killed. “Plan karke aapne ye karwaya taki apko mauka mile, lekin janta samajhti hai. Agar Modi ji chahein ki 42 jawanon ki hatya karke, unki chitaon ki raakh se apna rajtilak kar lein, janta nahi karne degi. (You planned it and got it done, but public knows it. If Modi ji wants that he can ascend to power by murdering 42 jawans and use their ashes for his coronation, then people will not allow this),” Qureshi, a Congress leader, said. According to reports, Qureshi asked how the vehicle loaded with explosives was allowed to enter Jammu Kashmir. He added that if PM Modi thinks that he can win the election by planning the killing of 40 CRPF personnel then...

Apr142019 by News DeskNo Comments

“Will Not Do Any Work For Muslims, if they do not vote for me”

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April 14 Two top members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party including an estranged member of the Gandhi dynasty were in hot water Saturday for appearing to threaten people to vote for them in the ongoing mega-election. Indian politicians are often accused of using hate or intimidation to win support of the electorate. Soliciting votes on religious lines or threatening voters is prohibited. A video showed women and child welfare minister Maneka Gandhi, widow of former politician Sanjay Gandhi, warning a gathering of Muslim community members to vote for her or be shunned if she returns to power. "I am winning with the help of the people. But if my victory comes without the support of Muslims, then I will not feel good," Gandhi told a gathering during a campaign rally...

Apr142019 by News DeskNo Comments

Modi’s Rally in Jammu- A moment of Embarrassment for the Party- 50 Per cent of Chairs Removed Amid Less Turnout

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April 14 In yet another major embarrassment to Bhartiya Janta Party, Only a 'handful' gathring showed up to attend the Public Rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kathua this afternoon, reported a Jammu based news Agency. Locals present in the Rally told UNT that BJP Cadre had setup around 15000 chairs but they removed more than seventy percent of the chairs midway after less numbers turned up for the Modi Rally against their expectations. The report further said that it was the for the first time that Narendra Modi's rally in Jammu witnessed such a low turnout despite Lavish Advertisement budget of Party and full cadre working to get the numbers at his rally. Analysts believe that Lal Singh's exit from the party has hit the BJP hardly. Exit Polls suggest that, Bhartiya ...

Apr142019 by News DeskNo Comments

Modi is Like Hitler, He Wants to be Prime Minister forever

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April 14 Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal tagged PM Modi as a Hitler said that he is following the Adolf Hitler model and he wants to be the Prime Minister for life, just like the German leader remained Chancellor till his death in the second World War. In a poll campaigning rally at Lohia Maidan in the South Goa district, Mr. Kejriwal also said that something nefarious is cooking between the two Prime Minister’s of the countries; Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. He while expressing suspension about Mr. Khan’s comment that if Modi becoming the PM again, it would be good for resolving the long pending Kashmir issue. “What’s cooking between Khan and Modi. Just some days back there was such tension along the border, that both countr...

Apr132019 by News DeskNo Comments

We will Clean India of All Muslims and Infiltrators, Says BJP

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April 13 India's ruling, Bhartiya Janta Party has been accused of promoting communal tensions after their official twitter handle promised to rid the country of all "infiltrators" in an apparent swipe at Muslims and other religious minorities. "We will remove every single infiltrator from the country, except Buddha, Hindus and Sikhs," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah told supporters in West Bengal He promised to do so by implementing the National Registry of Citizens nationwide. The NRC is a hugely controversial policy mooted last year in Assam, a region of India which shares a porous border with Bangladesh. Proponents of the registry say it will help root out illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, but the move has prompted fears of possible deportation among Assa...

Apr112019 by News DeskNo Comments

No Vote Polled in Brath Kalan, 02 in Hajin, Stone Throwing Continues in Palhallan

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April 11 Shabir Khan As North Kashmir wore a festive mood when long queues of voters were seen during first phase of polling in Baramulla, Several areas including Hajin, Sopore and many others witnessed poll boycott. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that clashes between Government Forces erupted in Palhalan area of North Kashmir as hundreds of youth hurled stones on polling stations, the clashes were going on till this report was filed. ALSO READ: “My Vote is not Against Azadi,But for my Everyday Issues,” Voters Queue up in Large Numbers in North Kashmir In Hajin township of Bandipora, Sources said, Out of 1800 votes, only 02 votes were polled in 03 polling stations, while in Sopore's Brath Kalan which a home to 6 Local Militants, no vote was polled at all. The situation turn...

Apr112019 by News DeskNo Comments

BJP would scrap Article 370 after Forming next govt: Shah

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March 11 Hitting out at opposition leaders for being “unhappy” with air strikes on ‘terror camps’, BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said his party would remove Article 370 from Kashmir “after forming the next BJP government” at the Centre. Criticising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for questioning the Balakot air strikes in a bid to “appease” the minority vote bank, Shah asked her to come clean on whether she, too, wants a separate PM for Kashmir, just like her ally and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. “Mamata Banerjee and opposition leaders are unhappy with the air strikes. They are questioning it just to appease their minority vote bank. But, I want to say it loud and clear that we won’t allow such forces to win. “We would remove Article 370 from Kashm...

Apr112019 by News DeskNo Comments

Lok Sabha Election 2019- 32 Percent Polling in North Kashmir at 5 PM (Live Blog)

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April 11 After a high voltage campaign, polling begins for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019 in ninety-one constituencies spread across 18 states and two union territories amidst a strict security cover. In Jammu Kashmir, Baramulla and Jammu will go to polls in this initial phase, as Valley is expecting two power-houses, National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to lock horns, while representatives of the national parties, Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also have a say in Jammu, Engineer Rasheed and Sajjad Lone's People's Conference may also surprise the two main regional parties. The voting began by early morning on Thursday at 1,749 polling stations at 1,387 locations in Baramulla constituency for 13,12,148 registered voters, in which ...

Apr92019 by News DeskNo Comments

54 Percent of Jammu Kashmir’s Total Population Registered as Voters

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April 09 Over 78 lakh voters out of the total 145 Million, including nearly 38 lakh women, would decide the fate of dozens of candidates from the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu Kashmir, which are going to polls in five-phased election beginning Thursday. They include over 4.25 lakh new voters and 159 transgenders, State Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra Kumar told PTI. He added that 47,216 are PWD (people with disabilities) voters and 1,433 VIP voters. Kumar said a total of 11,316 polling stations – 5,450 in Jammu region, 5,307 in the Kashmir Valley and 559 in Ladakh – would be set up to enable 78,42979 electorate, including 37,75,227 women, and 159 transgenders to exercise their franchise. Among the new voters who were inducted into the final list within a short period of th...