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Will Make Rahul Gandhi’s Visit to Kashmir a Grand Success: JKPCC

INDIA, Politics, REGIONAL
A meeting of Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) leaders was held at the former Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed’s residence where they vowed to make the upcoming visit of the AICC leader Rahul Gandhi to Kashmir a grand success. Besides Peerzada Syed, the meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders Mohammad Anwar Bhat, Mohammad Amin Bhat, Ghulam Nabi Monga, Manzoor Ahmad Ganie, Inyatullah Rather (DDC member), Zahid Jan (district president Budgam) and other leaders. “Over the decades, the Congress is the only party which has emerged as a strong unifying and secular force in all regions of Jammu Kashmir and the country. Under the dynamic leadership of Shri Rahul Gandhi ji the party alone can better serve the interest of all sections of the society and lead Jammu Kashm...

Peoples Conference Expansion: Former Parliamentarians and Senior Leaders Joined the Party

Politics, REGIONAL
In a major boost to the expansion strategy of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Conference, former MLC, Adv. Murtaza Khan, former parliamentarians Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohammad Fayaz, DDC Chairman Baramulla, Safina Baig and former Deputy Mayor of Srinagar, Sheikh Mohammad Imran commenced their journey to the caravan of change. Welcoming the leaders into the fold, Chairman Mr Sajad Gani Lone said that the organisation will immensely benefit from their political experience and expand the outreach of the party beyond its strongholds. JKPC Chairman, Sajad Gani Lone said, “They are experienced leaders with a huge base of supporters and will in the coming years play a crucial role in shaping the politics and welfare of Jammu Kashmir. Peoples Conference is growing stronger with each passing da...

RSS Wants to Popularize Vedic Period Medicine to Boost Immunity of Children

INDIA, Politics
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has taken the initiative to popularise ‘Suvarna Prashan’, an Ayurvedic medicine which was adopted in the Vedic period, and now by the people of Uttar Pradesh to increase the immunity in children before the expected third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hits the state. This move by the RSS is being seen as an attempt to popularise the ancient knowledge of Ayurveda. This campaign being spearheaded by the Sangh is seen as a strategy to establish itself on the ground by going door-to-door before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Amid the impending possibility of the third wave of Covid-19, the Sangh’s subsidiary organisation Arogya Bharati has been spearheading this campaign ‘Do Boond Immunity’ to increase immunity in children. Under this c...

Pegasus Project: Two Telephone Numbers from Mehbooba Mufti’s Family Selected as Potential Targets for Surveillance while Mufti was CM

INDIA, Politics, REGIONAL, What's Hot
In the new revelations made by the Pegasus Project, The Wire revealed today that more than 25 people from the Kashmir Valley were selected as targets of surveillance from 2017-2019. A number of political leaders, journalists and activists from Kashmir have made it to the list. The Wire's latest report claims that at least 2 members of the PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti's family were targeted. It was around the time that Mufti happened to be the Chief Minister of the erstwhile state, with the PDP in coalition with the BJP. The report claims that the former chief minister's family members were chosen right before BJP decided to pull out of the coalition in June 2018. The Wire said that Mufti had declined to comment when she was asked whether she thought that there was a link. Alt...

No joint decision on meeting Delimitation panel: PAGD

Politics
'Respective parties to take the decision as per their will' Ahead of the Delimitation Commission's Jammu and Kashmir visit, the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Monday said that there was no joint decision over meeting the panel. Addressing a presser, PAGD spokesman Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that the PAGD has not taken any joint decision vis-a-vis meeting the Delimitation panel, which is visiting J&K for four days from July 06. He added that the political parties, part of the PAGD will take the decision about meeting the panel separately. Pertinently, Delimitation Commission has planned a four-day visit to J&K during which it will interact with all the District Election Officers (DEOs) of J&K—(...

Chidambram reiterates INC’s position on Statehood of Jammu Kashmir, says “J&K is ‘people’, Their Rights and Wishes Must Be Respected

Politics
The senior leader of the INC, P. Chidambaram, in a series of tweets on Monday morning, reiterated the Congress Party's stand on the issue of Jammu Kashmir's statehood, saying that the Parliament should restore the status quo ante in Jammu Kashmir. The tweets come 2 days before the much talked about All Party Meeting to be held on 24 June, at the PM's residence, where 14 politicians from Jammu Kashmir have been invited. Chidambaram tweeted, "Congress Party’s position, reiterated yesterday, that full Statehood must be restored to J&K should clear any doubt or ambiguity." He also added that what was made under the Constitution cannot be unmade by an Act of Parliament misinterpreting and misusing the provisions of the Constitution. "Please remember that the dismembering of J&am...

Congress Asks For Restoring Full Statehood, Conducting Elections in Jammu Kashmir

Politics
On the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Sunday said that restoring full statehood and conducting assembly elections is a way forward to restore democracy. The statement from the party has come ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting on 24 June with the leaders of the mainstream parties from Jammu and Kashmir, the first one after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. Randeep Singh Surjewala, the party general secretary, addressing a press conference here, said, “Let me draw your attention towards the Congress working committee resolution on August 6, 2019, whereby it clearly demanded the restoration of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir. We believe that and undoing it is a direct attack on democracy and constitutional principles. “Indian National Congress ...

PDP Urges Government to Revoke Decision on Property Tax by Cantonment Board in Srinagar

Politics
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said that they cannot participate in the ongoing delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir as the party at present has no incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) as well as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). The party, while addressing a presser, also demanded revocation of the decision to charge property tax from the dwellers living within the jurisdiction of Srinagar Cantonment Board. PDP chief spokesperson, Suhail Bukhari, who was accompanied by the party’s additional spokespersons Najmu Saqib and Dr. Harbakhsh Singh Shunty, according to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the parties in J&K can individually decide on their participation in the ongoing delimitation commission. “However, as far as PDP is conc...

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