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State General Secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul who is on 3-Day tour to Kashmir had a meeting with the BJP leaders regarding the progress of the activities going on, Koul said we are ready to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu Kashmir while he chaired a crucial meeting of senior party leaders to plan its strategy for upcoming Assembly polls at Srinagar. According to a statement issued here, Koul also reviewed the overall situation arisen in the aftermath of recent snowfall in the Valley, and also stated that in this regard a review meeting with the party's main leaders. They were asked to make a survey all over the Kashmir of the left out deserving people who could not take the benefits of these schemes till date and frame their list to furnish the same to party higher ups in...

Senior National Conference (NC) leader M A Bukhari has tendered his resignation from the party on the issue of Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to Pahari tribe of Jammu and Kashmir. Bukhari, a resident of Surankote in Poonch, is a former legislator, who also served as the Vice Chairman for the board of development of Pahari people in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), he is regarded as a top Pahari leader, who led the movement with demand for ST status to Paharis for decades. In his resignation, Bukhari stated to have tendered his resignation from the basic membership of the party. He said that he remained a loyalist of NC for decades, who stood with the party during thick and thin times. “Your constant insistence on me foregoing Pahari c...

National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah today exhorted the cadre across Jammu and Kashmir to remain steadfast in their resolve of serving the people and strengthening bonds of inclusiveness—the political philosophy of the party that has withstood the test of times. “Emergence of National Conference as a big political force is an eyesore for elements opposed to J&K’s spirit of amity, brotherhood, harmony and inclusiveness”, Dr Abdullah said while reviewing the functioning of the party units in Pir Panjal and Chenab Valley regions of the Jammu Province. Dr Farooq Abdullah said that massive support to the National Conference in every nook and corner of Jammu and Kashmir is reflective of the deep faith of the people in the party, which has met the challenges with courage and...

On International Mother Tongue Day, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami stressed on the need to preserve and promote Kashmiri language and literature.buy silvitra online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/silvitra.html no prescription The statement, a copy of which is in possession of The Kashmiriyat says, "21 February is celebrated as the International Mother Language Day every year to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The purpose of celebrating this day is to promote, preserve and protect all languages used by people of the world." The different literary organisations celebrate this day as a reminder that the essence of our cultural identity lies in only one language and that is our mother ton...

Jammu Kashmir National Conference has submitted a document of its objections to the Delimitation Commission on Monday, terming the interim report of delimitation as irrational and unconstitutional. The NC in its list of objections demanded that the process of delimitation be postponed till a decision on the petition filed in the Supreme Court regarding the Jammu Kashmir Reorganization Act.buy xifaxan online mabvi.org/wp-content/languages/new/canadian/xifaxan.html no prescription Meanwhile, BJP also has informed the commission of its reservations over the Delimitation Commission's interim report. The Delimitation Commission in its interim report proposed the addition of six assembly constituencies in Jammu province and one in Kashmir province. Other than this, 19 old assembly c...

Farooq Abdullah placed under house arrest, Says 'Remove my security, I do not need it' "I was scheduled to visit Jammu today. This morning, I was informed by security officials that I cannot step out of my house, I don't know what it has to do with my travel. Everyone is moving but they didn't allow me to travel to Jammu," he was quoted by NDTV as saying. A police official was quoted by the report as saying that all types of VIP movement and even the movement of security convoys were to be avoided today. "There is no specific order to disallow the movement of Dr. Farooq Abdullah. Today, all types of VIP moment has been avoided following a security advisory," the police official said. Commenting on the downgrading of security, he said, "I have been asking them to withdraw the en...

Jammu Kashmir Apni Party Saturday said that the three-member parliaments are representing themselves and not Kashmir in the Indian Parliament. Apni Party district president for Srinagar and former legislator, Noor Muhammad Sheikh said that the 3 MP's representing Kashmir in Parliament seem to have "hand in glove" relationship with Delimitation Commission. He said by now they (MPs) must have handed over their resignation and protested against the Draft Report by Delimitation Commission. "They represent themselves, not Kashmir,” he said. Pertinently, political parties except for BJP in Jammu and Kashmir are up in arms against Delimitation Commission’s Draft Proposal. National Conference, the associate member of the Commission has already rejected the proposal of the Delimitation Com...

Stating that it is painful the way statehood was snatched from Jammu Kashmir, actress-turned-politician Nagma on Wednesday said that 'Naya Kashmir' is not visible on the ground after the Centre revoked Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019. Nagma, who is also the General Secretary of the All India Mahila Congress, said at the end of a three-day visit: "It is very unfortunate and painful that the Modi government snatched statehood from Jammu Kashmir and created a Union Territory." "We were waiting that some development will take place after Article 370's revocation but the 'Naya Kashmir' is only a myth and not visible on the ground." She said people were unhappy with the Delimitation Commission's proposal. "We met people in Suchetgarh and they are very annoyed due because...

The Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is all set to hold a meeting on February 23, to discuss the recent draft put forth by the Delimitation Commission. Sources within the PAGD told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the conglomerate will meet on Feb 23 in Srinagar at its president Dr Farooq Abdullah's Gupkar residence. They said that the meeting will be presided over the conglomerate president, which will begin at 11:30 AM on Feb 23, 2022. Earlier, the meeting was scheduled to be held at Jammu on Feb 13. However, the sources said that the meeting has been rescheduled and will now be held on Feb 23 in Srinagar at Dr Farooq's residence. Spokesman of PAGD, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami, confirmed the meeting on Feb 23, saying that the draft presented by Delimita...