Kashmir
NC chief Dr.Farooq Abdullah wins Srinagar Lok Sahba Seat, as...
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Srinagar:National Conference leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has won the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll beating principal opponent People’s Democratic Party’s Nazir Ahmed Khan comfortably. Abdullah defeated Nazir by over 10,700 votes. After winning the election, Abdullah requested the Centre and the president to dismiss the present government and impose governor’s rule and conduct fresh elections. “I Request government of India and President to dismiss present...
Congress will not participate in polls until Governor rule i...
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Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir Congress Unit chief and joint candidate of NC-Congress, G A Mir said that the Congress party will not participate in the elections until Mehbooba Mufti submits her resignation and governor rule in imposed in the state.
“Congress party has decided that it will not participate in any election until Mehbooba Mufti resigns, and Governor rule is imposed in Jammu and Kashmir,” Mir told KNS.
Mir’s statement comes hours after Election Commission of India postponed the...
Wake up India, talk to Pakistan or lose Kashmir, warns forme...
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Srinagar:Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference Chief Dr Farooq Abdullah has urged India to think of a political, not military, solution to the Kashmir dispute before it loses the valley. In a recent interview with Indian media, Abdullah said the violence and loss of lives during the Srinagar by-poll “are a tragedy and a failure of the government of the day.” The former chief minister, who contested the state by-elections from Srinagar, lamented that the Indian...
Efforts of Shaheed Moulana Showkat for Unity and freedom wil...
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Srinagar:Terming the participation in elections as ‘disrespect to great martyrs like Showkat Ahmad Shah’, incarcerated chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday said that the charismatic and multi-dimensional personality of Moulana Showkat is ‘unforgettable’ and no Kashmiri can ever overlook his sacrifices and struggle. In a statement issued here,Yasin Malik said that his struggle for freedom and efforts to eradicate sectarianism from Jammu Kashmir...
US is responsible for the bloodshed and unrest in Muslim Wor...
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Srinagar:Reacting to the mediation offer on Kashmir, by the US envoy to UN, Nikki Haley, the senior CPI(M) leader and MLA, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said that past and the present experience clearly shows that the U.S. has exploited various political issues faced by the third world countries for justifying it’s intervention and furthering its agenda of hedgemonisim. In the recent past the U. S. has directly or indirectly created havoc in Iraq’ Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen and Syria. It allowed...
Top Shia leader quits NC and joined PDP in Kashmir...
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Srinagar:Prominent Shia leader Aga Syed Mohsin today switched allegiance from opposition National Conference (NC) and joined the ruling Peoples Democratic party (PDP) here. According to the report of Wilayat Times,Hailing from a prominent religious family of Budgam,Aga Syed Mohsin Mustafa Almosavi was welcomed into the party fold by Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, Senior leaders & cabinet minsters Molvi Imran Reza Ansari and Basharat Bukhari at Budgam Kashmir.Aga Syed Mohsin...
Floods disrupt life in Kashmir Valley...
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Srinagar: The water level in river Jhelum in this summer capital city has touched the “flood declaration mark” and is approaching towards the “danger level”. The situation is, however, expected to improve by Friday as weatherman predicts marked decline in the intensity of rains. As the water levels in river Jehlum flow above alarm levels, due to incessant rain and snowfall in the Kashmir Valley over the past couple of days, fear gripped valleyites on April 6 and they mostly preferred to stay...
Voting betrayal of sacrifices:Syed Ali Geelani to People...
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Srinagar: Reiterating the call for boycott of upcoming parliamentary by election, Syed Ali Geelani said on Sunday asked people to “be consistent about the freedom struggle, show wisdom and valour and remain optimistic”.
“We have presented unparalleled sacrifices for our birth right and are duty bound to safeguard these cherished sacrifices,” Geelani said and asked people to be as committed as during last year’s uprising.
“We need to follow the mission with same spirit and...
Forces kill 3 youths: Deceased among protesters who tried to...
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Chadoora: Three people were shot dead and several others injured by government forces in Zuin Chadoora on Tuesday.
The deceased people were protesting and throwing stones at the forces in a bid to help a militant, holed up inside a house, escape. The militant was killed when the forces blew up the house, which belongs to one Dr Shaheen, with explosives.
While the forces were laying siege to the village and zeroing in on the house, scores of local residents poured onto streets, shouted pro-freedom...
Not election only but fight against fascism:Dr.Farooq Abdull...
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Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the upcoming by polls are not merely the “battle for ballot” but a “fight for survival of secularism”, which is at peril in the wake of communal and divisive forces taking the centre stage in the state polity. “The outcome of the two parliamentary seats from Kashmir, should, therefore, send a terse message to the fascist forces who are overtly and covertly trying to establish foothold through PDP,” Abdullah told...