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Zero Votes Cast in Eight Booths in Tral

Zero Votes Cast in Eight Booths in Tral

PULWAMA
The Residents of Tral in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday stayed away from ballot box owing to the lack of development in the area from the last seven decades. The residents from Rathsuna, Shairafabad, Nowdal, Midoora, Pinglish said that casting votes in the past has brought them no relief, "thus they have decided to boycott the polls this time." "We used to vote for our basic amenities but our demands were never met, so we decided to stay away from polls," residents of Noristan Tral said. A local resident Muzamil Ahmad said that in the last two decades, several political parties promised of providing better road connectivity, electricity but it all proved hoax on the ground. "These political parties just want a vote from us, and after we vote in their favour, they d...

DDC Elections- ‘Voting Will not Bring Back Article 370’- In South Kashmir, Many Prefer to Stay Away from Polls

REGIONAL
In Southern Kashmir, many people preferred to stay away from the second phase of District Development Council (DDC) polls but those who voted stated that they have used their vote cautiously to choose best candidates. People from different areas of South Kashmir ‘boycotted’ the DDC polls stating that participating in these elections won’t bring back Article 370, and its “better to stay away.” However, many others were seen enthusiastic in casting their votes on the pretext that they want best candidates to serve them. Mudasir Nabi, a resident of Shadimarg belt of Pulwama district told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that when article 370 was abrogated, Central government even detained former Chief Ministers’ of J&K, so how can DDCs help in restoring special status. ...

‘New Land Laws will destroy the food security of Jammu Kashmir’- Tarigami Approaches Supreme Court

REGIONAL
Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has filed an Application for Direction in the pending Writ Petition in the Supreme Court challenging new land laws on behalf of the CPI (M). In the application, Tarigami submitted that the new land laws promulgated by the Central Government permit anyone from any part of the country to buy land in Jammu Kashmir including agricultural land and that the same is illegal for the reason that the powers to make such laws are derived by the Central Government from the Jammu Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 which in itself is unconstitutional. In the plea, Tarigami points out that the new law prohibits the sale of agricultural land to a non-agriculturist, yet authorizes the government or an officer appointed by it to “grant permission to an agriculturist to alienate ...

DDC Elections- Kathua Groom Turns up to Vote Along with Baratis

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik A groom from Kathua district in Jammu division turned up to a polling station to cast his ballot on Tuesday during the second phase of DDC elections in Jammu Kashmir. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that Sahil Bhadwal of Mandi area in Kathua before proceeding with his baraat turned up at the local polling station of block Mandi. His wedding day coincided with the second phase of maiden DDC polls in Jammu Kashmir for which he had registered himself to vote. The State Election Commissioner KK Sharma tweeted about Sahil casting his vote on his wedding day, “#DDCElections2020…A Groom namely Sahil Bhadwal cast his vote at Kohag A1 Polling Station of Block Mandli before proceeding with his Baraat in Kathua today, ” Sharma wrote. He also uploaded Sahil’s picture whe...

BSF SI Killed in Pakistan Firing Along LOC

REGIONAL
An Assistant Sub Inspector of Border Security Force was killed in Pakistan firing along the Line of Control (LOC) in Tarkundi area of Balakote Sector in Poonch district on Tuesday. An official said that a BSF Assistant Sub Inspector identified as P. Jatha of 59 Bn BSF was killed in the sniper attack by the Pakistan Forces.

DDC Polls- Shopian Records Lowest Polling at 3.95 Percent, Pulwama 6 Percent

REGIONAL
The 2nd phase of DDC elections 2020 recorded voter percentage of 23.67 % across different constituencies spread over all the districts of Jammu and Kashmir till 11:00 am. As per the figures given by the office of State Election Commissioner, in Kashmir Division, Kupwara has recorded voting percentage of 16%, Bandipora 39.89%, Baramulla 14.45%, Ganderbal 15.65%, Srinagar 18.26%, Budgam 25.29%, Pulwama 6.08333 %, Shopian 3.95%, Kulgam 14.37% and Anantnag 15.56% till 11:00 AM. Similarly, in Jammu division, Kishtwar has recorded voting percentage of 28.47%, Doda 35.86%, Ramban 24.75%, Reasi 32.27%, Udhampur 26.39%, Kathua 29.75%, Samba 38.34%, Jammu 39.65 %, Rajouri 32.09% and Poonch 38.42% till 11:00 AM. More over it was informed that the Kashmir Division recorded an overall polling ...

UP Police Start Witch-hunt against Muslim Men under new ‘Love Jihad’ law

INDIA
The first FIR under the newly promulgated ordinance on ‘love jihad’, has been registered in Bareilly district. The complaint was filed at the Devraniya police station on Saturday night, as per IANS Tikaram, resident of the Sharif Nagar village under Devraniya police circle, has lodged a complaint that a youth from his village has lured his daughter and is now forcing her to convert. A case under Sections 504/506 IPC and section 3/5 of the ‘Vidhi Virudh Dharam Parivartan Adhiniyam’ (anti-conversion law) has been registered in the matter. The state Home Department spokesman said that further action and investigation in the matter was underway. The term ‘love jihad’ was initiated by Hindu extremist activists and politicians purportedly in order to prevent Hindu women from marry...

Police to Install 3000 Cameras in Jammu Kashmir

REGIONAL
The Jammu Kashmir Police is going to install 3000 CCTV cameras in all the 22 districts of the erstwhile Jammu Kashmir, For this, the Jammu Kashmir Police has tied up with an England based consultant company (Ernst & Young). Sources said that the English company will visit all the districts and prepare a report and hand it over to the police headquarters, which will detail where the CCTV cameras are to be installed. How high are the cameras to be installed and What quality cameras are needed? Engineers of the British are set to visit the region in December to prepare the aforementioned report, The Maximum number of cameras are being installed in Jammu and Srinagar, Sources told The Kashmiriyat. The cameras are also being installed on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway about 30...

Voters in Bari Brahmana Jammu Vote in Large Numbers to Defeat ‘Communal Agenda of BJP’

REGIONAL
Mubashir Naik Large queues of voters lined up in various polling booths set up in the Bassi kurd area of Bari Brahmana in Jammu on Tuesday morning during the second phase of polling for the District Development Committee. People came out to vote in large numbers at around 7 AM when the polling begun and since then people have been turning up in large numbers to cast their ballot. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat several voters said that their only purpose to vote is to defeat the Bhartiya Janta Party's communal agenda and the way they have been spilling communal hatred in Jammu Kashmir. "Bhartiya Janta Party has always deceived people in the name of Ram and Hinduism, they have done nothing for the development of the general Public, the public has been suffering since they came into ...

Lack of Export-Oriented Policies Dents Sale of Kashmiri Walnuts in Asian Markets

BUSINESS
The import of Walnuts from different countries especially from California and Chile into the Asian market has dented the local walnut industry badly. Kashmir used to be the largest exporter of walnuts in India, but with time, the production depleted – the markets across India and in other Asian countries are now flooded with walnuts from countries like California and Chile. The locals associated with the industry said that despite inorganic in nature, the walnuts from California and Chile are preferred in Asian markets because of their stylish packaging. Aijaz Ahmad, a dealer from Srinagar, said that it was during 2014 floods, when produce from Kashmir didn’t reach Asian markets on time, thus compelling dry fruit dealers to look for an alternative, which ultimately led them to cou...
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